Getting Started with Microsoft® Lync®/Skype for Business: Windows® and Mac® 03/2014 Microsoft® Lync® helps you stay connected to the people who are important to you via instant messaging, email, audio, and video calls, persistent chat rooms, and online meetings and presentations.
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We are excited to announce the start of the Skype for Business Mac Public Preview. Commercial customers can request an invite to test the Mac client at. We’ll start by issuing invites to IT administrators to download the client and gradually expand the preview to everyone in the coming weeks.
The preview will release in three cumulative stages leading to public availability, planned for the third quarter of 2016. Today’s initial release lets you see and join your meetings. Let’s take a look at the functionality rolling out today and what’s coming in the future. Preview phase one—Once you sign in, you’ll see your meetings for today and tomorrow, based on your Outlook calendar, displayed in the Skype for Business client.
View your meetings schedule. Join any meeting with just one click and enjoy full screen video, content viewing, in-meeting chat and the ability to invite others to the meeting. View your video meeting in full screen. Preview phase two—We’ll be adding instant messaging, presence and contacts in the next preview release coming in early summer. You can continue to use Lync for Mac 2011 side-by-side with Skype for Mac Preview, giving you continued access to messaging and voice features. Preview phase three—We will add telephony and related features later in the summer.
What to expect at the Skype for Business Preview site To get started, IT administrators can sign up their organization by visiting the site. Each day, we will issue invitations to IT administrators, with the goal of extending invitations to everyone in the coming weeks. Once an IT administrator downloads the preview client, they can manage its distribution to end users within their organization. To learn more and see the new experiences in action, watch this demonstration of the Skype for Business Mac Public Preview. Tell us what you think! Your feedback will help ensure we deliver the best client experience in the final product. You can submit your feedback directly in the client by clicking Report an Issue or via.
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Create a Skype meeting in Outlook 2016 for Mac You can use Skype for Business to have group meetings without leaving your desk. Have voice only meetings, video meetings, share your screen, and use instant messaging. Plus, it's linked to the rest of your Office 365 suite so you can start a call from any application. Please note you will need to be logged in to the Skype for Business desktop app in order for this to work. If you don't have it installed, see our article. Open the Skype for Business desktop app. Log in with your email address and password.
Go to Outlook and in Calendar view, click on Meeting to create a new meeting. Click Online Meeting and select Add Online Meeting. This opens a window with a link to the Skype meeting room. Set all the other meeting options (date, time, etc). Add people and click Send.