How to answer to a Skype for Business Meet Now Request

Introduction

Important: in case you have Skype running on your computer, you MUST sign-out before contunuing.  Do this now!

This document was made using Skype for Business 2016.  The screens for other versions may vary slightly.

Solution

1) An invitation for the meeting is send to you by e-mail.  The message looks like this:

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2) Click the hyperlink embedded in the message (starting with https://meet.lync.com/comcertbvba/...).

3) For those who don’t have Skype installed on their computer à skip to item 6)

4) For those who have Skype installed on their computer: the external protocol request dialog will appear (fig 2). Click ‘Launch Application’.

5) In the Join Meeting Audio dialog, select the radio button ‘Use Skype for Business (full audio and video experience)’ and click OK.  Note: audio and video are muted automatically once the meeting is started.  It has to be unmuted explicitly.

6) For those who don’t have Skype installed on their computer, a plugin has to be installed first.

7) If the presenter is asking you to share your desktop, click on the round blue button near the bottom of the window picturing a television and confirm.

8) Once desktop sharing is started, the presenter may ask you to pass control so he can control your keyboard and mouse.  To do this, click on the square box near the top of the window and confirm.