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Skype for business web application
Skype for business web application











  1. SKYPE FOR BUSINESS WEB APPLICATION INSTALL
  2. SKYPE FOR BUSINESS WEB APPLICATION SOFTWARE

If this plugin is disabled, the IE will not start the local installed SfB Client when it is installed. LyncMeetingJoinAxOC.dll or MeetingJoinAxOC.dll). The lunch from the SfB client is controlled by the ActiveX plugin “MeetingJoinHelper Class” (e.g. However for the user it would be hard to remember to add the “?SL=1”. This will force that the SfB website didn´t force the IE to start the local installed SfB client and the user is able to use the “Skype for Business Web App plug-in”. If the local user do not have a SfB login he couldn´t login and can retry the action and every time the SfB client will start.Īdvise the user to add an “?SL=1” suffix (e.g. So if a user got a URL in the format and will click on that, the local IE will start to load the website, will detect a running SfB environment there and will normally lunch the local installed SfB client. Once Microsoft Skype for Business is installed on a computer, the local Microsoft Internet Explorer will become aware of special URLs used by the Microsoft Skype for Business environment. The issue is now, that if he get an URL to join an SfB meeting URL () the local and non configured SfB client will popup and the user isn´t able to join the meeting with the “Skype for Business Web App plug-in”.

SKYPE FOR BUSINESS WEB APPLICATION INSTALL

Windows 10 DOES NOT require a license, just get the official ISO from MS website and install without a product key, it works fine but just disables a couple features like change color scheme and desktop background.Įdit: forgot to mention, if you dont have a Skype4B account, that is fine, just click the link and it will install the web version (msi) and you can join.Abstract: You might come into a situation where a PC has SfB installed, but the user who is using this PC do not have a SfB login and therefore couldn´t login.

skype for business web application

The key is to install the Virtual Box extras mentioned above which allows the VM to works seamlessly with the Linux host OS (window resizing, shared files and clipboard). Windows 10 boots up very quickly in VM, especially if you remove all bloatware and auto-login. Now this sounds like a crap solution but just try it and you might be surprised. This will give you an almost seamless experience on a decent PC. Make sure you install the VirtualBox Extension Pack on host and Guest Additions within VM to allow seamless resizing, drag and drop files and shared clipboard with host. I pass through my audio and microphone to the VM. This is also how I use MS office 2016 on Linux.Īll I do is use VirtualBox to create a Windows 10 VM with a little bit of RAM and 2 CPUs and install Skype4B + Office on it and Outlook online to get emails, calendar and links to Skype4B meetings.

skype for business web application

OK so this is a work-around but it works surprisingly well for me as I very rarely need to share my Linux host screen, or if I do, then its just a MS Office doc which is easy to share within VM. For a long time I have used the method below to run MS software.But some corporations could be over a decade slow in upgrading (many still use Lync 2007!). Good news is that MS is replacing Skype4B with MS Teams which has a web and native Linux binary already.The other nail in the coffin is that MS will reportedly discontinue Skype4B support in mid 2021.

SKYPE FOR BUSINESS WEB APPLICATION SOFTWARE

  • Skype4B was always just a renamed version of the very old Microsoft Lync software which works totally differently to Skype regular (which was originally a separate company later purchased by MS).
  • The software is "Skype" by brand name only, and has nothing to do with regular Skype which already works on Linux.
  • It's annoying, but I am almost certain MS will never make Skype4B available on Linux.
  • Here is my latest advice about running Skype4B aka Lync on Linux:













    Skype for business web application