Preview phase two-We’ll be adding instant messaging, presence and contacts in the next preview release coming in early summer.
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. Skype for Business for Mac will eventually replace the ageing Lync for Mac 2011 client that OS X users have been forced to endure, long after Microsoft ditched Lync in favor of Skype for Business on other platforms.Īs previously reported, there are four milestones on the road to its final release: Today - perhaps even sooner than some had expected - the company officially announced details of the new preview. Yesterday, we reported on a Microsoft presentation in which it recently committed to launching its first public preview of Skype for Business for Mac 'real soon now'.