Microsoft – s Skype for Business app is now available for iOS

Microsoft's Skype for Business app is now available for iOS

By Andy Weir Senior News Editor Neowin LLC @gcaweir · Oct 14, two thousand fifteen · Hot! with four comments

Back in August, Microsoft released its fresh Skype for Business app on Windows Phone 8.1, and released a preview of the iOS version. Skype for Business substituted Lync as Microsoft’s corporate communications platform earlier this year, and after a few weeks in preview, its app has now officially launched on iOS.

As Microsoft explains, the fresh app makes it lighter than ever before to get to contacts and arrange meetings:

An updated dashboard brings the contact search bar, your upcoming meetings and most-recent conversations to one place. The contact search bar permits you to search your Global Address List by very first name, last name, email alias or phone number. Your latest conversations are at your fingertips, no matter which device you had the conversation on. You can also lightly glance at your upcoming appointments—simply tap on the left for the meeting details or on the icon on the right to join instantaneously.

Microsoft also boasts of an "enhanced in-meeting practice" with full-screen movie and larger, easier-to-use controls, as well as simultaneous viewing of collective content. And in an upcoming update, the company promises that you’ll also be able to view PowerPoint glides while in a meeting – but for now, this can only be done via desktop sharing.

In its blog post, Microsoft went on to highlight some of the security and authentication features in Skype for Business on iOS:

Office three hundred sixty five customers can now take advantage of Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL)-based authentication. This enables your IT admin to configure multi-factor authentication for the Skype for Business iOS app, enhancing the security beyond just a user name and password. With multi-factor authentication, users are required to acknowledge a phone call, text message or an app notification on their device after correctly injecting their user name and password. Other Office applications also support ADAL-based authentication, which permits for consistent authentication across your organization. Learn more about setting up multi-factor authentication using ADAL.

You can download Skype for Business as a Universal iOS app from the iTunes App Store. If you’re presently using Lync two thousand thirteen on your iPhone, you’ll get upgraded to the fresh app automatically; however, if you’re using Lync two thousand thirteen on your iPad, you’ll need to download the fresh app by hand from the App Store.

Microsoft says that its Skype for Business app for Android will be available "later this year".

Microsoft – s Skype for Business app is now available for iOS

Microsoft's Skype for Business app is now available for iOS

By Andy Weir Senior News Editor Neowin LLC @gcaweir · Oct 14, two thousand fifteen · Hot! with four comments

Back in August, Microsoft released its fresh Skype for Business app on Windows Phone 8.1, and released a preview of the iOS version. Skype for Business substituted Lync as Microsoft’s corporate communications platform earlier this year, and after a few weeks in preview, its app has now officially launched on iOS.

As Microsoft explains, the fresh app makes it lighter than ever before to get to contacts and arrange meetings:

An updated dashboard brings the contact search bar, your upcoming meetings and most-recent conversations to one place. The contact search bar permits you to search your Global Address List by very first name, last name, email alias or phone number. Your latest conversations are at your fingertips, no matter which device you had the conversation on. You can also lightly glance at your upcoming appointments—simply tap on the left for the meeting details or on the icon on the right to join instantly.

Microsoft also boasts of an "enhanced in-meeting practice" with full-screen movie and larger, easier-to-use controls, as well as simultaneous viewing of collective content. And in an upcoming update, the company promises that you’ll also be able to view PowerPoint slips while in a meeting – but for now, this can only be done via desktop sharing.

In its blog post, Microsoft went on to highlight some of the security and authentication features in Skype for Business on iOS:

Office three hundred sixty five customers can now take advantage of Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL)-based authentication. This enables your IT admin to configure multi-factor authentication for the Skype for Business iOS app, enlargening the security beyond just a user name and password. With multi-factor authentication, users are required to acknowledge a phone call, text message or an app notification on their device after correctly injecting their user name and password. Other Office applications also support ADAL-based authentication, which permits for consistent authentication across your organization. Learn more about setting up multi-factor authentication using ADAL.

You can download Skype for Business as a Universal iOS app from the iTunes App Store. If you’re presently using Lync two thousand thirteen on your iPhone, you’ll get upgraded to the fresh app automatically; however, if you’re using Lync two thousand thirteen on your iPad, you’ll need to download the fresh app by hand from the App Store.

Microsoft says that its Skype for Business app for Android will be available "later this year".

Microsoft – s Skype for Business app is now available for iOS

Microsoft's Skype for Business app is now available for iOS

By Andy Weir Senior News Editor Neowin LLC @gcaweir · Oct 14, two thousand fifteen · Hot! with four comments

Back in August, Microsoft released its fresh Skype for Business app on Windows Phone 8.1, and released a preview of the iOS version. Skype for Business substituted Lync as Microsoft’s corporate communications platform earlier this year, and after a few weeks in preview, its app has now officially launched on iOS.

As Microsoft explains, the fresh app makes it lighter than ever before to get to contacts and arrange meetings:

An updated dashboard brings the contact search bar, your upcoming meetings and most-recent conversations to one place. The contact search bar permits you to search your Global Address List by very first name, last name, email alias or phone number. Your latest conversations are at your fingertips, no matter which device you had the conversation on. You can also lightly glance at your upcoming appointments—simply tap on the left for the meeting details or on the icon on the right to join instantaneously.

Microsoft also boasts of an "enhanced in-meeting practice" with full-screen movie and larger, easier-to-use controls, as well as simultaneous viewing of collective content. And in an upcoming update, the company promises that you’ll also be able to view PowerPoint glides while in a meeting – but for now, this can only be done via desktop sharing.

In its blog post, Microsoft went on to highlight some of the security and authentication features in Skype for Business on iOS:

Office three hundred sixty five customers can now take advantage of Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL)-based authentication. This enables your IT admin to configure multi-factor authentication for the Skype for Business iOS app, enlargening the security beyond just a user name and password. With multi-factor authentication, users are required to acknowledge a phone call, text message or an app notification on their device after correctly coming in their user name and password. Other Office applications also support ADAL-based authentication, which permits for consistent authentication across your organization. Learn more about setting up multi-factor authentication using ADAL.

You can download Skype for Business as a Universal iOS app from the iTunes App Store. If you’re presently using Lync two thousand thirteen on your iPhone, you’ll get upgraded to the fresh app automatically; however, if you’re using Lync two thousand thirteen on your iPad, you’ll need to download the fresh app by hand from the App Store.

Microsoft says that its Skype for Business app for Android will be available "later this year".

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