Basics: Meetings

The meeting feature gives you the capability to collaborate by making presentations online and sharing desktops, programs, files and a whiteboard between meeting participants.

Content

1 Scheduling a meeting
2 Starting an unscheduled meeting

Scheduling a meeting

If you use the Outlook desktop client or Outlook 365 online, you can use Skype for Business Meeting to schedule a single or recurring online meeting similar to the way you use Outlook to schedule regular meetings.

To initiate an online meeting request in the desktop client

Start as you would normally by going to your Outlook calendar
Click the New Skype Meeting button on the ribbon and in the meeting request window
Enter the attendee and date/time data as for a standard meeting

A link is automatically added to your meeting request that invitees can click to join the conversation.

With the meeting request created, you then have access to the Meeting Options button on the ribbon where you can set preferences and permissions

Starting an unscheduled meeting

For spontaneous meetings, the Meet Now feature in Skype for Business allows you to hold impromptu meetings without the need to schedule in Outlook.

In the Skype for Business window, go to the Options menu (cog icon ) and select Meet Now
A meeting conversation window will open and you will be able to invite participants using the Invite button