Skype for Business workshop

Skype for Business lets you connect with co-workers or partners around the world.

  • Start conversations with IM chat, voice, or video calls.
  • See when your contacts are available online, in a meeting, or presenting.
  • Broadcast online to a large audience.
  • Present your screen during meetings
  • Use Skype for Business in other Office programs to chat, call, or join a meeting with a click.  (On a Windows computer you can Share content > OneDrive file and co-author a document.)

If you don’t have Skype for Business already installed, you can download and install it from your Office 365 home page.

Skype for Business on Mac Quick Start

Set up your audio and video devices

Find and add a contact, Start an Instant Message (IM), Start a voice or video call

Share your desktop, Schedule or Join a Skype for Business meeting

Skype for Business on Windows Quick Start

Sign in and out of Skype for Business to choose how you want to be visible to your contacts.

See if your co-workers are available, or change your own status.

Set up your audio and video devices or Set up audio and video to hear and see your contacts with voice and video calls.

Find and add a contact, Start an Instant Message (IM), Start a voice or video call

Share your desktop or a program, Schedule or Join a Skype for Business meeting