Skype Meetings is Microsoft’s new free video conferencing tool for small businesses

#SkypeMeetings is @Microsoft ’s new free video conferencing tool for small businesses Posted yesterday by Frederic Lardinois (@frederic) #Microsoft today launched Skype Meetings, a new audio and video conferencing tool specifically designed for small businesses. #Skype Meetings is essentially a stripped down version of the Skype for Business solution. The more fully featured Skype for Business product allows you to host meetings with up to 250 people and it’s deeply integrated into #Outlook, #Word and #PowerPoint. Skype Meetings, on the other hand, only allows for PowerPoint collaboration (screen sharing, laser pointer, etc.) and screen sharing. Video calls are also limited to a maximum of 10 people during the first two months. After that, the maximum number of participants drops to three people. Participants can join Skype Meetings from virtually any device with the help of a personalized URL and the calls are powered by the same technology as Skype for Business calls. That means you will get to take advantage of Skype’s head tracking feature, for example, which ensures that a face will always be in the center of the screen, no matter where it is in the actual video image.