
The post Skype for Business Mac Preview adds contacts, presence and IM appeared first on Office Blogs. Tuesday Ap10:15 AM PDT by Juli Clover Microsoft today announced the launch of its Skype for Business Mac Public Preview, bringing expanded Skype capabilities to its Mac business users. Paul Cannon, senior product marketing manager for the Skype for Business team

#SKYPE FOR MAC PREVIEW PROFESSIONAL#
If you're not familiar with it, Skype for Business (previously Lync) is a professional cross. Microsoft on Tuesday launched an invite-only preview of its Skype for Business product for Mac clients. In between these moments, we will release minor updates to resolve any issues and address your feedback. Microsoft has finally released today the first public preview of Skype for Business for Mac users. And we are still targeting to make the Skype for Business Mac client generally available this fall. Skype for Business on Mac is the all new client that provides great communication experiences for Apple users. Skype for Business Mac Public Preview is rolling out in stages over the coming months. We expect to release the third phase of preview functionality in the summer, including voice features like the ability to dial out to a traditional phone number. For existing preview participants, the app will automatically check for updates each time it starts. We are now at capacity for the number of preview participants and are no longer accepting registrations. There has been tremendous interest in the preview, with over 22,000 individuals, representing more than 7,000 organizations, signing up since it opened on April 26. With group video calling, you can talk face-to-face with colleagues no matter where they’re located. Conversation history-View a list of previous conversations and restart them at will.Group video calling-Now you can see up to four meeting participants simultaneously.

#SKYPE FOR MAC PREVIEW OFFLINE#
Contacts and presence-See whether a contact is offline or online, whether they’re busy, in a meeting or available, and easily start an IM conversation.We’re pleased to announce the next phase of the Skype for Business Mac Preview, which-on top of the meetings functionality released in April-brings a new set of functionalities to the app. A new version of the Skype for Business for Mac Preview is now available, adding new contacts and presence, IM, peer-to-peer calling, group video calling, and conversation history capabilities.
