Skype replacement.
Element is the natural replacement for Skype for Business Server.
It offers the same data ownership model, but with the added protection of end-to-end encryption and a complete messaging and collaboration platform with VoIP and enterprise-grade functionality.
More than a Skype replacement.
Own your data.
Data sovereign; on-premise or cloud-
E2EE messaging and VoIP
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Ideal for air-gapped environments
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Powerful federation to support external partners
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Built on the Matrix open standard
Skype replacement.
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1:1 and group voice and video
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1:1 and group messaging
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Editable messages
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File and screen sharing
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Emojis, polls, stickers and reactions to stimulate discussion and decision-making
Modern collaboration.
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Voice messages, read receipts and reactions
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In-room widgets, data feeds and integrations
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Organisation-wide chat room structures
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Mobile-first user experience with its messenger-style app
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Powerful corporate oversight to manage and moderate rooms
Seamless and secure video conferencing.
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Voice and video calling directly within the app or through a web browser (call.element.io)
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Platform-native picture-in-picture (PIP) mode to multitask without disrupting your calls
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Benefit from Matrix’s native end-to-end encryption, cryptographic identity and decentralisation
64% of technology decision makers expect their organisation's need to give partners access to air-gapped or isolated environments to grow over the next three years.
Flexible deployment for air-gapped or isolated networks.
Element supports data-sovereign, end-to-end encrypted communication between organisations. Network control can be extended through the use of a secure border or cross domain gateways for configurable rules-based access.
Customer stories.
Check out how organisations are moving from Skype to Element and Matrix
Försäkringskassan
Thanks to SAFOS the Swedish public sector “can leave Skype for Business for real”. – Anna Engström, Project lead
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Försäkringskassan
Thanks to SAFOS the Swedish public sector “can leave Skype for Business for real”. – Anna Engström, Project lead
Sweden’s social insurance agency provides a sovereign and secure collaboration service (called SAFOS) for parts of Försäkringskassan and several government agencies. Element is used to deliver the messaging and video calling component for ‘SAFOS Chatt’.
Watch: Matrix and Sweden’s Public Sector
"In the end it was a very clear choice. Matrix gave us the federation we needed" – Matthias Weiler, Systems Engineer
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"In the end it was a very clear choice. Matrix gave us the federation we needed" – Matthias Weiler, Systems Engineer
The University of Innsbruck chose Element over Microsoft Teams to be its university-wide real time collaboration platform for 5,000 employees and 27,000 students; all hosted on-premise.
Learn more about University of InnsbruckCompare the alternatives.
This info sheet explores six questions to help you find an alternative communications platform:
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Does Skype have a convincing product roadmap?
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Do you really need to keep it on-premise?
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Will your platform need to evolve to fit changing work patterns?
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Is securing communication as important as keeping it on-premise?
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Do you need mission critical communications?
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Can you support air-gapped, and highly secure environments?
A new era of communication
Organisations need a secure, neutral way to communicate. Matrix is the most advanced platform to provide that missing communication layer.
Upgrade to a future-proof platform
63% of technology decision makers are planning to introduce secure real time communication across their value chain as a high or critical near-term priority.
Skype.
Offers open federation, but all parties have to be Skype users. So like traditional vendor-hosted platforms, and most modern on-premise alternatives, Skype is a walled garden. This provides an additional IT burden if it will be used to connect outside of the organisation.
Element.
Element is a Matrix-based platform providing native connectivity via an open standard. Element supports interoperability with all Matrix-based apps, similar to how email clients interoperate, and just as easy for employees.
Element provides E2EE with enterprise functionality.
We provide the technology, you control the data.
Admin Console
Powerful platform and chat room management for admins
Identity Management
For SSO and role-based permissions
Auditing
For compliance and corporate oversight
Moderation
Manage your users’ conversations.
Air-gapped networks
Air-gapping enables internet-restricted sites to establish high-side communication networks. Physically isolate critical information from external threats.
Forrester Wave™: Secure Communications, Q3 2024.
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“Organizations with requirements for interoperability, federation, and data sovereignty should consider Element.”
