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Skype for Business Avatars Disappearing on You? Here’s How to Fix

The other day, our Support team deployed a new Skype for Business Server for one of our mid-market customers. Initial setup went smoothly…they had an existing Office 365 account, which they wanted to integrate. We set them up on a

chris.williams December 9, 2020 Microsoft Teams, PowerShell, Reference, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP No Comments Read more

Making Sure You See Skype for Business Notifications – No Matter What!

So far we’ve received a few responses to last week’s question – would you like fewer/more detailed posts each month, or is the current once-a-week schedule good for you? Right now it’s about even. So please keep the responses coming

chris.williams January 20, 2016November 13, 2020 Instant Messaging (IM), Skype for Business 26 Comments Read more

Are Lync Conversations Preserved by eDiscovery?

If you’ve followed political news lately, you’ve heard about Hillary Clinton using a private email server during her term as Secretary of State. Not only did this throw suspicion on her actions in office, it illustrated several dangers in using

chris.williams April 15, 2015 Lync Server 2013, Security No Comments Read more

A Week with the Skype for Business Client

It has now been 1 week since I installed the Skype for Business Technical Preview client. Here’s what I learned. Services Tested I’m using a Lenovo Ultrabook Helix. Prior to installing Skype for Business I used Lync 2013 on this

chris.williams March 25, 2015 Skype for Business 10 Comments Read more

Skype for Business 2015 Client Technical Preview Released: Why I’m Celebrating AND Concerned

On Monday, Microsoft announced a Technical Preview for the Skype for Business client! Yay! This means 2 things: One, we have 1 month to go until Skype for Business Server is here. Two, I can test out the Skype for

chris.williams March 18, 2015 Skype for Business 6 Comments Read more

Make Lync Stop Bugging You – How to Shrink its Powers of Distraction

Sometimes, Lync is annoying. You’re working away, accomplishing something, and then…DING! Incoming IM. DING! They typed again. DING! Oh, meeting request. DING! I’ll be the first to celebrate Lync’s benefits. But now and then, it makes me want to “DING”

chris.williams March 5, 2015 Instant Messaging (IM), Lync 2013 Client 13 Comments Read more

The State of Lync Users Heading into 2015

I apologize for anyone who was confused by last week’s post. Seems a few of you were confused – and not without cause – on the steps involved. I thought about removing it until I can make 100% sure I

chris.williams January 15, 2015January 22, 2015 Instant Messaging (IM), Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business 3 Comments Read more

2014 Reader Survey: What are Your 2015 Lync Plans?

It’s the last Lync Insider post of 2014! Hope everyone’s Christmas shopping is done and the workload is light. It’s been quite a year for the blog. Add-ons coming out. Big announcements. Lots of updates & fixes. Lync is out

chris.williams December 17, 2014 Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP 5 Comments Read more

11 Lync 2013 Keyboard Shortcuts You Should Know

Do you use keyboard shortcuts during the workday? Odds are most of us do. Cut & paste, switching windows, opening/closing programs… Most Microsoft programs have plenty of keyboard shortcuts built-in. Lync 2013 is no exception. Until recently, I only knew

chris.williams August 21, 2014 Lync 2013 Client 2 Comments Read more

Lessons from an Office 365 Outage

Starting Monday, Office 365 users started losing service. First Lync Online went down for several hours on the 23rd. Then Exchange Online did the same thing on the 24th. Lync Online Outage: Microsoft Lync Online users hit by outage –

chris.williams June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 Lync Online, Office 365 No Comments Read more
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The Skype4B Insider is a blog about the technology we use to communicate in business today. Here we talk about Microsoft's Skype for Business Server 2015, Lync Server 2013, Unified Communications, Voice over IP and related technologies like Exchange Server. Written by Chris W., MCSE in Communication and PlanetMagpie IT Consulting's Digital Marketing & Communications Manager.

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