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The Video/Audio settings allow you to customize the audio and video input devices if you want to use external mics or webcams:įinally Notifications allows you to customize how you receive notifications via Notification Center:Īpart from the launch of Skype for Business on Mac, Microsoft has also updated the mobile apps with the ability to present in a meeting from the Skype for Business mobile app and better video based screen sharing. Under Calls you can activate things such as call forwarding, pause iTunes and configure PIN settings for joining meetings: Under Contacts you can choose whether to use a compact contact list or show contact status: You can also choose a download location to store call logs: The General tab allows you to tweak things like whether you want a prompt before leaving a call and want to show video for incoming calls. You can customize a few preferences on Skype for Business for Mac. Simply click the Skype icon in the top navigation bar to access contacts and start a chat.Īlternatively, you can click the IM button in the users contact card. Skype for Business chat is also accessible in both the web version and desktop version of Outlook. those that use the Web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote can now start a chat with another user or collaborator simply by clicking on the blue Chat button. Microsoft is slowly integrating Skype for Business on Windows into other Office applications such as PowerPoint and Word.

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You can also see a full list of the Presenter and Attendees to the right of the interface and search for participants during a call.

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SfB for Mac supports group video calling and up to 4 participants can be added: When you join a meeting, you can display full screen video, share content, chat with others and invite others into the meeting: You can expand the Meeting Calendar to access and join meetings directly from within the client by clicking on the appointments: Once you sign-into Skype for Business for Mac, as long as you have at least Outlook build 15.27 (161010), it will display your meetings for today and tomorrow based on your Outlook calendar: Note that a Skype username or Microsoft account will not work. When you launch Skype for Business for Mac, you’ll need to enter your organization username and password. The advanced options also allow you to configure a proxy for SfB to use:

Skype for Business will then launch and you log on using your organization credentials:

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When you launch Skype for Business on your Mac for the first time, it will automatically ask you whether you want to check for software updates manually or automatically and offer you the chance to join the Office Insider program:

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Note that the Skype for Business Mac installer also installs Microsoft Update on your Mac to keep the software updated.

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The Skype for Business Mac download runs the Skype for Business for Mac installer which requires your Mac admin password to install and will also prompt you to close your browser while you install it. Note for any other technical doubts, the Skype Operations Framework (SOF) has also been updated to help system admins roll out Skype for Business for Mac in enterprise environments. For Outlook integration you need at least Outlook Mac build 15.27 (161010). You’ll also need to make sure you’ve upgraded the server to Skype for Business Server 2015 or Lync Server 2013. It will not work on OS X 10.7 Lion, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, OS X 10.9 Mavericks or OS X 10.10 Yosemite. The system requirements for Skype for Business on Mac are OS X 10.11 El Capitan or macOS Sierra 10.12 ans above.

System RequirementsĪs stated in the introduction, anyone can now download Skype for Business for Mac from Microsoft. Here’s an overview of the new Skype for Business 2016 Mac client. Until now, Mac users have either been stuck with the Lync or had to use Skype for Business online or the recently released Skype Meetings service in the meantime (more on those two later). SfB has been long awaited on Mac to replace the highly unreliable and maligned Lync for Mac which hasn’t been updated by Microsoft since 2011.

It’s now clear that Microsoft simply left it very late in the month to release Skype for Business on Mac.

It was originally due for release in Q3 2016 but then revised to October 2016 although this seemed increasingly unlikely as October drew to a close.Įven just a few days ago Microsoft support stated “we aren’t able to provide the exact date when Skype for Business 2016 Mac Client will be released”. The long awaited release of the Skype for Business Mac client was delayed in Q3 by Microsoft.

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