Monitor Skype user's usage in minutes

Hello.
From Skype Manager is possible to monitor paied calls usage, but in a business environment with business accounts, is it possibile to monitor also the total time that a user is chatting or making Skype-to-Skype calls, please?
We do not need a full log, and no way we need - and want - Skype chat logs: just how many minutes per day a specific user is using Skype for chatting or free-calling.
Thanks,
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Personally I wasn't a fan of skype anyway. I understand that what really makes it that successful is the phone-calling.
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