Skype-to-Skype communication is a term we use to denote a direct connection between two Skype for Business clients for the purposes of voice, video After you are enabled for Skype for Business phone service, you will receive a welcome email from Microsoft Outlook with a PIN for your voicemail.
Skype for Business for Mac Updated: August 22, 2018 Latest issues added or updated. Server update Without or, Skype for Business on Mac requires Mobility enablement on the server side.
After updating to builds 9317.272 or 8309.973 or later, Mobility enablement will no longer be required. You can download these updates at. You can also find more information at. Known issues Issue Comment Outlook integration Requirements for Skype for Business and Outlook integration on Mac:. Mac Outlook version 15.28 or later is required. Skype for Business must be running. Same user account needs to be signed into Outlook and Skype for Business.
Troubleshooting Outlook integration in case Contacts don’t show presence, online meetings fail to schedule, or there is no dial-in information in meeting invitation:. Ensure the user account is the same in Outlook and Skype for Business.
Restart Outlook. Reinstall Skype for Business on Mac.
Perform clean uninstall of Lync 2011. See for more information. Ensure Skype for Business is running and signed in. Can’t see users’ Skype for Business presence in Outlook 2016 for Mac If you have Lync for Mac 2011 installed on the same Mac device, Lync for Mac might have changed the configuration. Recommend that you reinstall Skype for Business on Mac. Can't search Skype directory Skype for Business on Mac users can't search the Skype directory, although you've this functionality for your organization.
However, Skype for Business on Mac users can communicate with Skype users if they know the Skype user's Microsoft account. See Side-by-side installation Side-by-side installation of Skype for Business and Lync is not supported on Mac. We recommend that you perform a clean uninstall of Lync for Mac 2011 prior to installing Skype for Business. Cannot sign in to Skype for Business Some Lync profiles might be different from Skype for Business on Mac profiles and can cause a discrepancy. See for more information.
Mobility Policy required With the release of and, we will support Skype for Business on Mac as a desktop application. This means that having a mobility policy assigned to Mac users will not be required. Until these server updates, Mobility enablement on the server side is required. Meeting invitations only display a single dial-in number Fix: Update to Outlook 2016 for Mac build 15.32 or later. Single/tabbed window experience not available By default, if your topology meets the following requirements, all conversations will be shown in a single/tabbed window. However, there are cases when the client can’t detect if server-side conversation history is enabled and it will not default to single window view. This can be remedied by updating settings in Preferences.
Requirements for single/tabbed window experience:. Skype for Business Online or Skype for Business Server 2015. Server-side conversation history enabled. Troubleshooting if single window mode is not available, check the following:.
Preferences General Show conversation in separate windows is unchecked. Adding a distribution group that has more than 100 contacts will result to 100 contacts only Workaround: To view the full member list of distribution group, use Outlook to expand the group. Search contacts limitation There is a known limitation with Mac search where it will not show personal Outlook contacts, federated contacts, and Skype consumer contacts; it can only show contacts in the local Active Directory. Desktop viewing in Skype for Business on Windows client While in a peer-to-peer session between a Windows Skype for Business client and a Mac Skype for Business client, and sharing is started by the Mac Skype for Business client, the Windows Skype for Business client will not be able to see the Mac user's desktop. Desktop viewing is currently not supported in this Skype for Business scenario for Windows on-premises users.
Workaround: Users can join a conference call or use 'Meet Now.' PSTN conference info missing in Outlook for Mac PSTN conference info is missing when scheduling an online meeting in Outlook for Mac. Workaround: To fix this issue, you have to delete an Outlook setting:. Exit Outlook for Mac. Open Terminal.
Type: defaults delete com.microsoft.Outlook OnlineMeeting. Start Outlook for Mac. Skype for Business on Mac fails to sign-in (Skype for Business Server Online, Exchange Server Online, Identity managed on-premises with ADFS 3.0 and WIA authentication enabled for wiasupporteduseragents-Mozilla/5.0) Workaround:. Remove “Mozilla/5.0” from the WIASupportedUserAgents parameter in AdfsProperties.
Essentially, you will need to:. Run Get-AdfsProperties select wiasupporteduseragents and get the output.
Then remove only “Mozilla/5.0” from the output. Then run Set-AdfsProperties -WIASupportedUserAgents with the output from step b. Revert back to using Lync for Mac 2011. Note: Skype for Business on Mac gets represented by the underlying ADAL library as user agent Mozilla/5.0 (no option to set it from the app), and Windows Integrated Authentication is generally used only for Windows clients and therefore not supported by ADAL library on Mac. Contact Management, including Delegate Management, is only supported on Skype for Business Server 2015 with UCS disabled Users on Skype for Business Server 2015 cannot modify their contacts list in Skype for Business if a user account is enabled by the Skype for Business administrator for the Unified Contact Store (UCS) for Exchange.
If the users are hosted on Lync Server 2013, Contact Management is not supported. Users can make changes to their contacts list in Outlook. Delegate Management can be done by the Lync or Skype for Business administrator using the SEFAUtil administrative tool.
Skype for Business Server 2015 with UCS disabled is the only currently supported Contact Management. Enhanced 911 (E-911) support Support for E-911 emergency calls made from Skype for Business on Mac has the following requirements for on-premises servers:. Skype for Business on Mac version 16.11 or later. Skype for Business Server 2015, or Lync Server 2013, November 2016 update (CU8 HF1). Enable911 in CsPlatformServiceSettings must be true.
West Safety Services customers: Emergency Gateway Version 5.4. EnhancedEmergencyServicesEnabled property of the user’s location policy is enabled or. EnhancedEmergencyServicesEnabled property is enabled on the location policy applied to the network site of the subnet to which the user is connected (Skype for Business Server 2015, required). Instant messaging (IM) notification for emergency calls not sent to a distribution list For users of Skype for Business Server 2015, sending an IM notification of an emergency call placed from Skype for Business on Mac to a distribution list (as specified by the the notification URI in the location policy) requires the. In Outlook, cannot join a meeting from a non-federated organization Users cannot join a meeting from another organization that isn’t federated with your organization when users click the join links in Outlook.
Workaround: Join the meeting from the Meetings tab inside the app (version 16.11.149 and later). Large PowerPoint files cannot be shared in a meeting PowerPoint files that are larger than 30 MB can't be shared in a meeting from Skype for Business on Mac.
Workaround: Open the PowerPoint file on the computer and share the screen in the meeting. Features not available in this release If you have Skype for Business Server 2015, see the Skype for Business on Mac column in. If you have Lync Server 2013, see the Skype for Business on Mac column in. Related Topics.
Skype for Business, formerly Lync 2013 for iOS, extends the power of Lync and Skype to your favorite mobile device: voice & video over wireless, rich presence, instant messaging, conferencing, and calling features from a single, easy-to-use interface. Pccddd, Audio issues when using Skype for business via Apple car play When in a Skype for business meeting via wired Apple car play, the audio will suddenly drop from car play and the car’s sound system, back to speakerphone on my iPhone X. Everything on the car play touch screen and the iPhone display still indicates that the audio is still going through car play, even though it actually isn’t, and there doesn’t seem to be any way to get it back from the speakerphone to the car play. The last time this happened to me with car play, today, after loading the latest Skype for business update this morning before the meeting, I stayed in the meeting and disconnected from the wired car play and tried to use my air pods, the phone indicated that the audio switched to the air pods, but there was no audio at all. I was able to eventually get the audio to the air pods by putting them back into their case, closing the case, and then taking them out again. I hadn’t before had issues with Skype and the air pods when Apple car play wasn’t in the scenario. Please fix this bug.
Pccddd, Audio issues when using Skype for business via Apple car play When in a Skype for business meeting via wired Apple car play, the audio will suddenly drop from car play and the car’s sound system, back to speakerphone on my iPhone X. Everything on the car play touch screen and the iPhone display still indicates that the audio is still going through car play, even though it actually isn’t, and there doesn’t seem to be any way to get it back from the speakerphone to the car play. The last time this happened to me with car play, today, after loading the latest Skype for business update this morning before the meeting, I stayed in the meeting and disconnected from the wired car play and tried to use my air pods, the phone indicated that the audio switched to the air pods, but there was no audio at all. I was able to eventually get the audio to the air pods by putting them back into their case, closing the case, and then taking them out again.
I hadn’t before had issues with Skype and the air pods when Apple car play wasn’t in the scenario. Please fix this bug. Randall King, Slow! Needs more features. First problem: I rely on the 'Conversation History' folder in Outlook to find.all.
of my SfB chats, not just the ones I happened to have on my Windows PC. It stinks that this app can't sync those and add them to my mailbox folder somehow. Microsoft decides the features put into Exchange Online, Skype for Business Server 2015, and this SfB mobile app; there is no reason that they can't make it work. Second problem: The app is.slow.
People's presence information takes 30 seconds, or usually several minutes, to update. That should not happen. It's instantaneous in the Windows app.
Same sort of delays happen with changing my presence (status), changing forwarding settings, etc. Makes the app unusable. It's faster to use RDP and access the client through my Windows PC remotely! Third problem: When I'm placing a new call, why disable the speakerphone button?! This app requires that the call be connected first, and then I can enable speaker. But, that requires that the other party wait on me before the conversation can begin.
Microsoft misses details like this. One example of many quality problems with their software.
Randall King, Slow! Needs more features. First problem: I rely on the 'Conversation History' folder in Outlook to find.all.
of my SfB chats, not just the ones I happened to have on my Windows PC. It stinks that this app can't sync those and add them to my mailbox folder somehow. Microsoft decides the features put into Exchange Online, Skype for Business Server 2015, and this SfB mobile app; there is no reason that they can't make it work. Second problem: The app is.slow.
People's presence information takes 30 seconds, or usually several minutes, to update. That should not happen. It's instantaneous in the Windows app. Same sort of delays happen with changing my presence (status), changing forwarding settings, etc. Makes the app unusable. It's faster to use RDP and access the client through my Windows PC remotely!
Third problem: When I'm placing a new call, why disable the speakerphone button?! This app requires that the call be connected first, and then I can enable speaker. But, that requires that the other party wait on me before the conversation can begin. Microsoft misses details like this. One example of many quality problems with their software. Messthebeast, Just a bit more effort The reason this app gets one star is because it doesn't sync up with skype on one's computer. This is the simplest most basic piece of functionality a messaging app should do.
If I send a message from my phone to a coworker, I should be able to see it on my computer. If I receive a message on my phone from a coworker, read it, then wish to respond via computer, the message USUALLY DOES NOT SHOW UP ON THE COMPUTER. Highly frustrating, Groupme has been doing this for years guys, literally years. Edit: So I originally stated the syncing issue was my only qualm. I was sorely misguided. This app has continued to disappoint repeatedly. I’m currently traveling internationally and simply unable to connect via WiFi (note groupme connects rapidly).
It’s comical how bad this app is and I laud the developers who created it for how little they cared. I desire to someday care so little about what I do and yet still have it published for thousands to use. It will be the greatest practica joke of my life. I have written maybe 10 reviews total in my tenure as an Apple user.
This app holds first place for two reviews under my name. Messthebeast, Just a bit more effort The reason this app gets one star is because it doesn't sync up with skype on one's computer. This is the simplest most basic piece of functionality a messaging app should do. If I send a message from my phone to a coworker, I should be able to see it on my computer. If I receive a message on my phone from a coworker, read it, then wish to respond via computer, the message USUALLY DOES NOT SHOW UP ON THE COMPUTER.
Highly frustrating, Groupme has been doing this for years guys, literally years. Edit: So I originally stated the syncing issue was my only qualm. I was sorely misguided. This app has continued to disappoint repeatedly.
I’m currently traveling internationally and simply unable to connect via WiFi (note groupme connects rapidly). It’s comical how bad this app is and I laud the developers who created it for how little they cared. I desire to someday care so little about what I do and yet still have it published for thousands to use. It will be the greatest practica joke of my life.
I have written maybe 10 reviews total in my tenure as an Apple user. This app holds first place for two reviews under my name. Compatibility Requires iOS 9.3 or later.