B B in Skype for Business Mac Insider Preview, Setting Status in Skype for Business for Mac (e.g. If desired, you can let others control your desktop.
And there are new hardware devices that turn existing conference rooms into 'Skype for Business rooms' (the new name for Lync for Business rooms) from partners like Polycom and Cisco. In both Skype for Business on Windows and Lync for Mac, you can share your desktop or specific programs with others in a call, instant messaging conversation, or online meeting. That's for remote meetings – when you have people in the same room and maybe some calling in as well, Microsoft's Surface Hub has Skype for Business built in as well as OneNote for writing notes on a digital whiteboard. When you choose a file to work with, it doesn't just open on your computer – it opens on screen for everyone who's in the meeting, and again OneDrive will take care of getting the permissions set up, so everyone can edit it. Office Online will have a Skype button so you can start a chat from the document, or you can start a co-authoring session from the Skype for Business client where you're already having a conversation. All the Lync tools are still present in Skype for Business Office integrationĪnd with the next version of Office (including Office Online), you'll be able to link co-authoring of a document to a Skype for Business meeting.
