Skype Meetings App offers a simplified browser experience for downloading and installing the app and joining meetings, including one-click join for users of Internet Explorer. For Skype for Business Server 2019, using Skype Meetings App and Skype for Business for Mac is the only option.

If Skype Meetings App and Skype for Business for Mac are enabled, users will download the latest version of the apps from the Microsoft 365 or Office 365 Content Delivery Network (CDN) rather than from your Skype for Business server. The Skype for Business Web App is stored on the Front End Server and gets sent to the meeting attendee.įor Skype for Business Server, Skype Meetings App (on Windows) and Skype for Business for Mac (on Mac) are available as replacements for Skype for Business Web App beginning with CU5, but providing the replacement apps requires the additional configuration described in Enable Skype Meetings App to replace Skype for Business Web App (Optional). Right now, you can still use the Skype web app on the Firefox browser, though you will be greeted with a warning that functionality will be limited.You can't pre-install either the Skype for Business Web App or Skype Meetings App, but smart phone and tablet users may be able to install inexpensive mobile clients they can use to attend meetings.īy default, the server hosting the meeting will direct the user to download and install Skype for Business Web App to join the meeting. It will likely not take too long, as said version is currently being tested by Insiders. Source: Skype / WikimediaThat being said, there’s no word on when that will happen. And soon, once version 8.78 of the web app rolls around, it will also finally support Mozilla Firefox. Support for Safari was only added in May this year. This includes Google’s Chrome and Microsoft’s own Edge browser. And two years after getting web support, the app will finally be working on all browsers.Īs Dr Windows reports, the web app version of Skype launched back in 2019, and only worked on Chromium-based browsers. But all this has seen Skype, which Microsoft acquired over a decade ago, getting sidelined. Since then, most of the company’s efforts have been going into that, including bringing it to general consumers. This included Microsoft and its Teams platform.

Out of necessity for the most part, video calling and conferencing apps became all the rage since early last year.

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