Discover how ‪#‎Skype4B‬ simplifies communications in the cloud.

This video illustrates how Office 365 and Skype for Business simplify all of your meeting essentials to just one relationship, one work stream, in the cloud and at a reduced cost.​

Microsoft recently released Skype for Business for Android. The company has been testing the app on Android for a little while, and it’s finally available for the public. With the new Skype for Business app, Microsoft is offering a new dashboard design which offers a Skype for Windows-like experience on tablet devices. Microsoft states:

A new dashboard design brings the contact search bar, your upcoming meetings and most recent conversations to one place. Simply tap the Quick Join icon to the right of your appointment name to join your meetings with one touch, or tap the name of the meeting to see its details. Your recent conversations are at your fingertips, no matter which device you had the conversation on. Additionally, full-screen video as well as larger call-control buttons to mute and add participants to a meeting make it easy for you to collaborate on the go.

Additionally, Microsoft is also offering a better contact management experience with the new Skype for Business for Android app. In the new app, users can easily search for a contact within groups, etc. The app also brings a “modern” authentication experience for users, which is also pretty nice to see.

With PSTN Calling now available from Office 365, your business can subscribe to domestic and international calling plans with ‪#‎Skype4B‬.

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Prioritize your ‪#‎meetings‬! Use Windows + Escape to decline a ‪#‎Skype4B‬ invitation you can't accept.

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Record and play back a Skype for Business meeting

When you record a Skype for Business Meeting, you capture audio, video, instant messaging (IM), screen sharing, PowerPoint slides, whiteboard activity, and polling. Any of the presenters can record a meeting and save it on their computers.

Record your Skype meeting

1.Click the Options button, and choose Start Recording.

If the recording option is dimmed, your audio might not be connected. Click the mic icon to connect audio, then try again.

2.Use the controls at the bottom of the meeting to pause, resume, or stop the recording.

3.To see who else is recording, point to the red recording button.

4.When you’re done, click Stop Recording.

5.Skype for Business automatically saves the recording in MP4 format that plays in Windows Media Player.

You can exit the meeting while the recording is being processed.

Play and share a recording

When your recording has been processed, you can access it to play or send to others. Skype for Business displays a message when the recording is ready. You can click the alert to open Recording Manager, or if you miss that, click Tools on the Skype for Business main window, then Recording Manager.

In the Recording Manager window:

1.Click your recording to highlight it, then click Play on the right side of the window.

2.You can also rename or delete your recording here.

3.To share your recording with others, click Browse to locate it, then copy the file to post on a shared location, such as OneDrive or an internal SharePoint site.

If you cannot post the recording, check to make sure you have enough space on the page.

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The Look of Modern Meetings

An increasingly global workforce, mobility, and video are top trends impacting the evolution of the modern meeting.
As written by Michelle Burbick on No Jitter.

Blue Jeans Network recently released its third-annual State of the Modern Meeting Report , which uses data from more than five million BJN business video collaboration meetings in 177 countries to draw conclusions about how meetings are evolving over time.

This year's report highlights several notable trends. BJN has found, for example, that weekend meetings are becoming more frequent. BJN data shows that 49% more meetings are taking place on Saturdays, and Sundays have seen an 84% increase in meetings over the previous couple years. I suppose this reflects that the traditional workweek is on its way out -- something us Millennials have been crabbin' about for a while now.

Online meeting use surges when extreme weather strikes, with video meeting activity increasing by 35% during the Boston blizzard last year and by 26% during the flooding that hit Texas this past May. As this trend illustrates, conferencing technology is making it easier to maintain business as usual in situations when that might not have been possible previously.

As you will see in the infographic below, the corridor from New York to Los Angeles is traveled the most, both physically and virtually speaking, while professionals on the West Coast take more meetings then their counterparts in other regions.

While the use of conference room systems is growing, mobility is key. A quarter of all meetings have at least one mobile video caller, BJN reports, with 78% of mobile video meetings coming from Apple devices. The rise of remote workers and increasing globalization of teams are propelling the use of video, enabling team members to meet "face to face" no matter where they are or what devices they are using.

Take a look at the full infographic to get a more complete snapshot of the modern meeting.

For life's little interruptions, use Windows + F4 to mute yourself in #Skype4B.
When it's time to speak up, use it again to unmute.

Start an online presentation in PowerPoint using Skype for Business

You can schedule an online meeting ahead of time or start a meeting right away – all from within PowerPoint using Skype for Business. You need to have a microphone connected to your PC, so you can speak to your meeting attendees.

Important: This feature isn’t available in Office on a Windows RT PC. Want to see what version of Office you're using?

1. Slide Show > Present Online > Skype for Business.

Note: A list of active Skype for Business conversations and scheduled Skype for Business meetings (within 30 minutes) will appear, and you can also start a new meeting right away.

2.In the list, pick a scheduled meeting or start a new Skype for Business meeting, and then click OK.

3.In Skype for Business, do one of the following:

Begin your scheduled meeting.

To begin a new meeting, invite attendees by choosing Invite More People Add contact button.

i.Under Invite by Name or Phone Number, select contacts from the contacts list or type each name in the box, and then click Select.

ii.Begin your presentation.

Tips for using other options in Skype for Business:

Note: These button images will change color. For example, dark grey means that you’re not performing an activity at the moment, but you can click it to start one. Blue means you are engaged in an activity. Light grey means you don’t have functionality for that option.