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What is the future of Skype for Business Server?

In FAQ
August 13, 2021
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Microsoft has retired Skype for Business Server and all the Skype for Business server users and customers are in the transition state till the MachCloud Assisted Upgrade program moves the users to Teams. With that said, it is important to note that all the services that were once integrated with Skype for Business Online and the server are now also gone. Services like third-party audio-conferencing providers (ACP), hybrid voice configurations, Skype for Business Online Cloud Connector Edition (CCE), and Skype Meeting Broadcast all are going to end of life. It is also important to note that Microsoft Skype for Business Server can’t run in a hybrid environment with Teams side by side. If the users are homed in Skype for Business Server, they have to be migrated to Teams Only mode.

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Is Skype for Business a VoIP?

In FAQ
September 17, 2020
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Originally, when Skype was launched, it was a proprietary VoIP system. However, Microsoft has made quite enhancements in its back-end infrastructure and it has now completely moved to a cloud-based service powered by Azure. However, Skype for Business can essentially be used and connected with a SIP Trunk to carry outcalls.

Originally, Skype came from a more distributed system. Every device that needed to communicate over Skype had to install a client application due to which it became a node in a network of nodes. The communication was carried out via the Peer-to-Peer network and used the Skype Protocol. Presently, Skype for Business has emerged as a centralized Cloud-based infrastructure in which call management is more controlled and streamlined. Today, Skype can be integrated well into the Business Phone system which includes SIP Phones or VoIP Phones.

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Can I call a landline from Microsoft Teams?

In FAQ
June 12, 2020
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The answer  is Yes, you can. Microsoft Skype for Business supports calling on Landline and so does Microsoft Teams. This is possible if you have the needed Microsoft licenses, like Phone System with Teams. You will just have to tap on Calls located in the bottom bar and dial the number from the dial pad. If the App has got permission to access your contacts, you can also make calls to personal phone contacts. You can also make calls to landlines via navigating through your phone contacts in call history.

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3 ravishing features that make Microsoft Teams Online a Complete Calling Solution

In Digital Communications
September 12, 2019
3 Min Read
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Collaboration, Meetups and digital communications are the backbone of any business. With the news of Skype 4 Business functionality being integrated into Microsoft Teams soon, Teams can now be called as a “Complete Meeting solution”.  Microsoft’s big shift to incorporate Skype for Business into Microsoft Teams is the implementation of the plan where they wish to make Teams the primary communication client in Office 365. This is where the future of Intelligent digital communications begins. 

With Microsoft Teams online, you can provide the optimal collaboration solution within your organization and to your clients. Messages, calls, meetups and other business communication needs of today – all are catered by Teams. CSPs are eager to help customers to make the shift from Skype4B to Teams which includes deployments, management and up gradation.

Calls and Voicemail

The call and voicemail feature is a Must in every meeting and digital communications solution. There’s a full featured log maintained related to “Activities” related to your Teams call and voicemail usage. You can playback messages from voicemail again whenever you need. There is even a transcribing feature in Teams; this hint us that Teams has grown into an Intelligent Communication system. Using this feature, your voicemail messages can be converted into text, you can use this feature if you are in a public place where it’s too loud to listen to a message.

Persistent Chat features

Microsoft Teams online has given rise to the concept of synchronous communication. This way, your time to comprehend emails and respond to them separately, is reduced by a lot. The “Chat” tab is an alternate to emails. For quick conversations, you can move urgent email conversations into chats and so, as mentioned before, the time to comprehend the conversation is reduced.

Mobility

With the workplace of the future being digitized and everything needs mobility, MS Teams has made usage fairly easy. So, you can be at work on the go. With Microsoft Teams, you can duck out of your office early for a dentist appointment or to meet up with a friend at coffee shop; it is no longer a hurdle in your office work productivity. Mobility is a must and Microsoft Teams online has promised that. The same level of productivity can be achieved from your smartphone from that of your Office system.

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MachCloud – The Best Digital Communications Provider for Business

We give priority to Skype for Business users with all the necessary deployment needs and our experts cater for the best solutions possible for our clients. MachCloud offers solutions like MachCloud, Cloud PBX, Office 365 plans, SIP Trunking and features like Calling via Microsoft Teams. With Unified invoicing and free calls mixing different technologies, MachCloud stands out from other Communication providers that make Digital communications deployment easier. It allows you to scale your business either way with no additional costs.

Head over to MachCloud for a more productive Communication solution with Microsoft teams online and other Microsoft Products in the forefront.

 

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Basics of VoIP Plans that can benefit your cloud business

In VOIP
July 25, 2019
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VoIP or Internet telephony is the trend of the modern era cloud business communications. Adoption of VoIP plans is widespread today.  In fact it’s the first step towards the emerging Digital communications trends of the future including UDCaaS and other services like Hosted Voice, Managed PBX and many other technologies. IT is crucial to take this first step carefully to land in a proper position to shape up your business communication for emerging future trends. Here’s an insight towards VoIP Plans and features you should look for in a VoIP service and plans that are suitable for a progressive business.

VoIP Basics

To get more out of your IP telephony system, it is important that you know the basics of VoIP plans and features. VoIP phone system enables businesses to effectively utilize multiple channels of communications using a single plan in a cost-effective manner. With this service, digital communication channels include messaging, video conferencing and scheduling, texting, calling everything using a broadband connection. Users or company employees stay connected to one another using VoIP Apps and devices. Not only it streamlines overall business communications, it is also pocket-friendly.

VoIP Plans

Providers generally provide 3 basic types of plans which include Pay-as-you-go model, in the basic plan, you are offered all basic digital communication features like Conference calling, Music on hold (Some providers make this a part of their National plan), Call recording, a Reception console to facilitate you with easy-to-use front end to use the system, Voicemail, Ring groups, Auto Attendant (IVRs), Call Recording, Call Queues, CRM Integration, Contacts directory and many more. Some providers also include Emergency calling as part of their basic plan.  The pricing varies from provider to provider; however, you should expect an estimated amount of US$ 3.99 – $ 5.99 user / month. For the National (or next-to-basic level) plan, the services are the same but with additional 2000 Minute Bundle where you can make calls to Over 30 countries and over 10,000 cities. The pricing is roughly around US$ 18.99 – $ 21.99 user / month. For the last type of plan, generally providers offer to make outbound calls to mobile phones in all listed countries. The prices is roughly estimated to be US$ 35.99 – $ 41.99 user / month

Many Providers also offer free trails for a few days depending upon their company policy.

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MachCloud and seamless voice services with MachCloud

MachCloud is Digital Communications and Service Delivery Solution platform for businesses to cater for the growing needs in business communications all over the cloud business space. It offers services such as MachCloud to seamlessly connect employees from any other telecom services and offers calling via Office 365 and your own Cloud PBX. It offers to combine Skype for Business, Cloud PBX and Calling via Teams without any investment. The calling plans include Fixed Tariff in Fixed Tariff Calling Plan, services to seamlessly migrate without changing phone numbers, a unified invoice to combine Office 365 licenses and other Microsoft Services and telecom services and a Geo Redundant platform.

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7 Reasons Your Business Needs a Hosted PBX as Digital Communications Solution

In PBX
May 10, 2019
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Keeping in view of the emerging business needs, it is always advisable to cater for the digital communications needs of cloud businesses. A Hosted PBX is one thing which you should defiantly be considering anytime soon. Here are a few reasons why:

  • IT saves you costs like none other

With a Hosted PBX right in place with the Right Provider, you can save huge money on your communication costs. Since, there is less hardware required, there are less costs of maintenance and setup. The Hosted PBX is mostly responsible for failure of equipment and keeping the uptime at max.

  • Scale up seamlessly as you grow

Businesses scale up or down as the overall market scenarios change. A typical business grows with more communication channels and more reach towards its customers. With the Right Hosted PBX in place, you can seamlessly scale your business not worrying about the digital communications infrastructure.

  • Can be setup with minimum startup capital

With a decent Hosted PBX, the cloud handles most of the hardware requirements. All you have to cater for is a stable internet connection that has enough capacity to handle the company’s communication and cloud hosting needs load your company is going to.

  • Easy to move

The best thing about adopting cloud-based systems, like SaaS or Hosted PBX, is that if you plan to shift your premises, you won’t have to shift excessive infrastructure and other hardware alongside.  Your web-based control panel is all you need to access your business services from the cloud. All your services will remain normal even if you plan a big workplace shift from Los Angeles to Florida.

  • It comes with promising DR solutions

This is one aspect of digital communications that makes many organizations opt for it as soon as they think of adopting digital communications. It is very difficult to setup Disaster recovery solutions and test them. A cloud hosted PBX provider is responsible for the uptime of your services. In case of a disaster, this ensures speedy turn-around from any disaster. In fact, your customers and clients are always within your reach in case of a calamity. With a hosted PBX in place, your business is up for real.

  • It ensures security

A cloud Hosted PBX provider is also responsible for the security aspects of your communication. A secured access and secure and reliable call system are all you need for your cloud business.  It is best to make sure your data backup is a part of Service Level Agreement.

  • Perfect for remote working employees

Telecommuting is on the rise. There is nothing worse than having a communication method that fails when you need a remote working employee the most to fix an issue. For the purpose of keeping your workforce within reach, you need a hosted PBX in place, at the right time.

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MachCloud is here to cater for your Hosted PBX needs

MachCloud offers a robust Service Management and Communication Delivery platform. It offers various digital communication services for cloud businesses including Hosted PBX, SIP Trunking, Azure, Dynamics 365, Skype4B and Hosted Voice. With MachCloud, you can unlock the potential of your business and reach out to your customers with best possible ways. Experts at MachCloud are always ready for any technical support that you need in terms of connections or uptime. With an intuitive Control panel, you can always keep all your digital communication proceeding tracked and have more control over the services.

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6 Things to stay aware of before choosing a Cloud PBX

In PBX
April 23, 2019
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Choosing a Cloud PBX requires many factors to be considered. The best in line features like Fax- And Voice-To-Email, Queue Management, Auto-Attendant and similar features have to be there. Further, the factor of scalability of business shall be considered too when selecting and implementing the Cloud PBX. cloud-pbx Resiliency is also a factor that makes you prefer one Cloud PBX system over another. The last point is: Cost-effectiveness. In general businesses are aware of the basic factors required for cloud PBX system implementation like scalability, affordability, resiliency etc.

Today we are going to cover a few factors that are out of mainstream to give you a hint what you should know when choosing a Cloud PBX provider. Without wasting another minute, let’s dive into the details:

    • Meet business needs: Ensure that the cloud-pbx provider meets all of your business needs like provision of auto-attendants, digital receptionist, conference bridges CRM integration, Online phone contact management systems and many more systems that are needed in your business.
    • Reusing existing phone system: for startups, the initial installation includes installation of a phone system but for other companies, Cloud PBX providers can use the existing phone system in your company and save you bucks.
    • Cost of Startup procedure: If no special equipment is required, some cloud PBX providers offer initial setup free of cost. It is important to know the initial startup costs before you make commitment to any hosted or cloud PBX provider.
    • The charges details: once the cloud PBX is installed, you must know the recurring costs and cost of additional usage. Some providers charge for Additional users, Extra extensions, Long distance calls, Number of minutes of telephone, Voice mail, and Additional inbound numbers.
    • Customer support: If there is any issue with your business calls like loss of important business call or downtime during the timings of an important meeting, it is necessary the cloud PBX providers offer that level of customer support. An ideal provider provides 24/7 customer support.
    • The DR Solution: if things go wrong, there needs to be a backup infrastructure to minimize downtime of the cloud-PBX services. Having the cloud PBX infrastructure located several geographical locations, makes the PBX Providers in a strong position to claim 99.99% uptime for their customers.

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MachCloud PBX – the ultimate Cloud PBX provider

MachCloud offers Cloud and Hosted PBX at affordable rates and with easier management. It is a complete service management and communication delivery platform that provides unified invoice, excellent customer support, promising SIP Trunking services, Microsoft Skype4Buisness services and other Microsoft services like Dynamics 365, Office 365 etc. The plans and pricing are flexible to fit into any type of enterprise at affordable rates.

Head now towards MachCloud when you are choosing a Cloud-PBX for a complete Cloud based PBX solution for your business.

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The essential guide to SIP trunking Pros and Cons

In SIP Trunking
March 20, 2019
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Entrepreneurs who are familiar with enterprise phone systems know how SIP Trunking pros and cons since SIP trunking are trending in the market. In fact, the phone connections which include physical lines connected to a PBX are now replaced with IP based connections in most of the enterprises and most organizations are now opting for SIP trunks because it is high-time entrepreneurs take decisions to switch to the technology of the future for their cloud business.

Before implementing any new technology into the organization, it is important to know SIP trunking Pros and cons and does a cost-benefit analysis. Today in this blog post, we tell you about various advantages you get while opting for SIP trunking and other drawbacks that are important to know so that you are prepared for the unwanted.

SIP Trunking Cons

The cost of implementation

By opting for SIP trunking, there is not only a cost of implementation, but there are recurring costs too. There are monthly subscriptions with variable costs. Some of the costs billing is directly proportional to the amount volume of costs, the more the calls, the higher would be the bill.

Maintenance requirements

Another drawback is the maintenance requirement for on-premise setups. There are two ways to tackle this, either employ experts for decent maintenance over time or opt for companies who outsource maintenance services, both can become expensive one way or another.

Advanced planning required

You need to research more before you actually get landed on the most optimal solution for your organization. The decisions like the architecture of SIP, centralized versus distributed, plans about capacity, peak traffic estimates, network load etc. and the important aspect of security have to be made within the organization.

SIP Trunking Pros

The cut-down costs

While the cost is viewed as a drawback, most enterprises look to it as a benefit. Taken a decade into account, the overall costs of SIP trunks are less as compared to other technologies like VoIP in ten years. In other words, they have a promising effect on the company finances over a longer period of time.

Customizability

One of the major SIP trunking pros include the factor of high customization that is not found in hosted services other than SIP trunks. With this option, cloud business can now choose to control options like upgrade options, security updates, latest patches and many more, all this without the involvement of an external vendor.

Productivity

SIP trunking, along with Unified communication, give the benefit of increased productivity. There is more collaboration and access to customers and partners saves time on collaborative projects.

MachCloud: The promising SIP trunking solution for your Cloud Business

MachCloud is your gateway to excel in Service management and Communication delivery. With offerings like services from Microsoft 365, Skype4B, SIP Trunking and Hosted Voice, MachCloud is the most promising Office 365 Services and SIP trunking provider in market for your cloud business.

Major services offered by this revolutionized platform include: Office 365 on Boarding, Office 365 Migration and Office 365 Admin as service. CSPs can start selling Office 365 & VOIP Services by Partnering as a Private Label partner or a Trusted Advisor. With best experts form the industry on board, MachCloud gives excellent customer support and technical assistance at any point of time. The Self-service control panel works wonders which offers premium office 365 experience.

There are many flexible plans to choose from this multinational cloud platform. It also offers trusted infrastructural deployment with the best architects in the market. With this approach, things are managed proactively and delivered seamlessly. It’s the next level agile platform that meets your current and future cloud business needs. Here’s your chance to take the most promising services and implement them on your cloud business.

 

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