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10.0 Important Dos and Don’ts
All of the following dos and don’ts may be found elsewhere in this guide, in the relevant
section. Listed here, they may be a useful summary to help you avoid making mistakes
when setting up and administering Skype Connect in your business.
10.1 General
• To use Skype Connect, access to a broadband internet connection is required.
Skype is not a replacement for traditional telephone services and cannot be used
for emergency calling. Skype Connect is meant to complement existing traditional
telephone services used with a corporate PBX, it is not a stand-alone solution. Skype
Connect users need to ensure all calls to emergency services are terminated through
traditional telephone services.
• To help you set up and administer Skype Connect, we have produced extensive user
guides and troubleshooting documentation. These can be found at:
support.skype.com/category/SKYPE_CONNECT
• Online Numbers are provided ‘as is’ and their ongoing availability to you is subject
to applicable local residency rules and regulatory practices. The terms related to
Online Numbers may change accordingly, such changes may include the imposition
or amendment of local residency requirements and/or require you to provide further
user information for continued access to defined Online Numbers. Such changes may
impact on your ability to use, purchase and allocate Online Numbers in the future. The
terms that relate to Online Numbers are clearly displayed within the Online Number
purchase flow and you need to agree to these prior to proceeding to purchase Online
Numbers.
10.2 Setting up your Skype Manager
• Before you start, check whether anyone else in your company has already registered
as a Skype Manager administrator.
• Skype does not recommend that the Skype Manager account is administered using
any employee’s own personal Skype account details.
• Skype does recommend that the person in your business who will administer Skype
Credit and manage business Skype accounts create a new Skype account on behalf of
the business for setting up your Skype Manager.
• Skype suggests creating a Skype Name such as 'Company.Admin’ to reect the fact
the account is for administering Skype within your business.
Please see 4.0 Setting up your Skype Manager.
