Preview phase three-We will add telephony and related features later in the summer. Preview phase two-We’ll be adding instant messaging, presence and contacts in the next preview release coming in early summer. You can continue to use Lync for Mac 2011 side-by-side with Skype for Mac Preview, giving you continued access to messaging and voice features. Join any meeting with just one click and enjoy full screen video, content viewing, in-meeting chat and the ability to invite others to the meeting.
Preview phase one-Once you sign in, you’ll see your meetings for today and tomorrow, based on your Outlook calendar, displayed in the Skype for Business client. Let’s take a look at the functionality rolling out today and what’s coming in the future. Today’s initial release lets you see and join your meetings. The preview will release in three cumulative stages leading to public availability, planned for the third quarter of 2016. Commercial customers can request an invite to test the Mac client at We’ll start by issuing invites to IT administrators to download the client and gradually expand the preview to everyone in the coming weeks.
We are excited to announce the start of the Skype for Business Mac Public Preview. Contact card information for the signed-in user is out of date, Large PowerPoint files cannot be shared in a meeting, IM notification for emergency calls not.
First step to the all new Skype for Business for Macīy Skype for Business Team, on April 26, 2016
