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George Cabe
Sep 19, 2016Iron Contributor
Skype for Business vs. Whatsapp
There is a group in my enterprise who is considering the use of Whatsapp rather than Skype for Business (we're already a S4B Online shop). I would like to think that most, if not all, of the Whatsap...
Jack Rowley
Sep 20, 2016Iron Contributor
The only real advantage I can think of that WhatsApp has over Skype for Business is that I can have a conversation going, on the web through WhatsApp and then pickup my phone and carry on that conversation. Whereas with Skype for Business I would need to remake the conversation, ask the other person to resend anything that I missed or need to reference.
This is a constant frustration for me personally, though that's not a suggestion to use WhatsApp over Skype for Business, it's very much not suitable for a business environment in pretty much every other aspect.