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Keyboard Shortcuts in Skype for Business – Where to Find and How to Use Them

Dog on Skype for Business

I’ve blogged about Skype for Business all this time, and almost never touched on keyboard shortcuts! Shame on me. As with most tech learning, this came up out of necessity. I wanted to learn two things in particular…shortcuts to: Accept

chris.williams January 15, 2020 Reference, Skype for Business, Skype for Business Server 2019, Third-Party Skype for Business Products No Comments Read more

The Skype for Business Mac Client is Here!

It’s finally here! Microsoft has at last released the new Mac client for Skype for Business. (Okay, it was released on October 26. But I was on vacation.) As soon as I saw the announcement, I grabbed a copy and

chris.williams November 17, 2016 Skype for Business 14 Comments Read more

How to Train Users on Skype for Business

I covered training in the past, for Lync Server, a few times. The latest post is: 7 Questions from a Lync Training Session But I haven’t posted about training for Skype for Business use. Until now. I intend this post

chris.williams August 31, 2016 Conferencing, Instant Messaging (IM), Reference, Skype for Business, Third-Party Skype for Business Products, Unified Communications, Voice over IP 6 Comments Read more

Presence is Dead? I Think Not!

A tweet on Tuesday led me to an interesting NoJitter article:  The Death of Presence – NoJitter It’s a thought-provoking read. The author asks a potent question – “How valuable is Presence, really?” The article talks about a new technology

chris.williams January 28, 2016 Instant Messaging (IM), Skype for Business, Unified Communications 2 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

Lync Add-Ons: Lync Custom Status Tool

Today on the Lync Insider, I’m reviewing a third-party add-on for Lync 2013. This is a client-focused add-on called the “Lync Custom Status” tool, or LCS for short. It was made by Mike Hudson at MikeSel.info. The tool allows a

chris.williams September 11, 2014August 19, 2015 Third-Party Lync Products No Comments Read more

Where Users Want Lync to Go

For today’s post, I browsed through a series of plugins on GitHub. I was struck by the variety of purposes behind the plugins…and what they might hold for the future of Lync Server. But first, let me take a step

chris.williams April 2, 2014 Lync Server 2013, Third-Party Lync Products No Comments Read more

Visual Aids for Lync Server 2013 Ins and Outs

Some exciting new releases in the Lync world! We have two training/education resources for Lync Server 2013, released this week. Both are new versions of previous training aids, issued for Lync Server 2010. They’re great for training, mapping out your

chris.williams September 18, 2013 Reference 2 Comments Read more

Looking to Try Out Lync Server 2013? TechRepublic has a Step-by-Step to Installing an Evaluation Version

I’d almost given up on finding time to blog this week. But fear not, Lync Insider readers, I do have something useful to share with you (quickly) today! At the TechRepublic Data Center blog, John Joyner recently posted this: Evaluating

chris.williams August 29, 2013 Lync Server 2013 No Comments Read more

Is the Unified Communications Market Crowded?

The other day I came across this article: Microsoft pushes into crowded Unified Communications market – ComputerWorld It says that Lync Server 2013 is pushing into an already-crowded Unified Communications market. And that it doesn’t really stand out from its

chris.williams August 21, 2013 Unified Communications 2 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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