Skype for Business Lessons

How to join a Skype for Business meeting

Online language teaching using Skype for Business (SfB)

A client’s representative or a student creates a recurring event with a generated link to join the online room. Invitation will be sent to all other students’ and a teacher’s calendars or emails.

Supported browsers: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox

Apple and Safari browsers are not supported!

It is not possible to join such a meeting via normal Skype. It is only possible to use SfB application (internal employees) or Web App Skype for Business (a teacher and employees using non-company PC or laptop).

1) The preview of the received invitation may vary, depending on the client’s email. Always choose Skype Web App.

Gmail+Outlook – the invitation is displayed as a link.
In the Seznam email the link is not formatted and must be copied to a new browser window. Do not copy the brackets enclosing the link, only the link must be copied!

Gmail

Seznam.cz email

Note: If you see the following message, inform the organizer - link does not work and a new meeting must be created.

2) Joining a meeting may vary graphically, depending on the browser and OS Windows version. The process is always the same!

Connecting via a web browser - Skype Web App. When connecting for the first time, you may be asked to install the necessary plug-in for your browser: Skype for Business.

Do not try to connect using Skype for Business or Lync client – only for students on a company PC/laptop.