Skype For Business Mac Client Technical Preview

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The new Skype for Business Mac client will be available for Technical Preview in the second quarter of this year. And we expect that the general availability of it will be this summer. We suggest you monitor our Office Blogs. Joe Doe in Skype for Business Mac Insider Preview, Today the latest version of SFB, 16.15.166, started crashing upon starting up. From what I can see on the detailed crash report the problem is related to an Secure HTTP (HTTPS) issue since that thread is the one crashing. Here’s an overview of the new Skype for Business 2016 Mac client. As stated in the introduction, anyone can now download Skype for Business for Mac from Microsoft. The system requirements for Skype for Business on Mac are OS X 10.11 El Capitan or macOS Sierra 10.12. If you have Skype for Business Server 2015 and Office 365, see the Skype for Business on Mac column in Client comparison tables for Skype for Business Server 2015. If you have Lync Server 2013, see the Skype for Business on Mac column in Client comparison tables for Lync Server 2013.

Microsoft is officially launching Skype for Business for Mac users to everyone today, having launched in preview back in April.

The enterprise incarnation of the Microsoft-owned communications app offers a number of benefits over the normal Skype client, including full-screen sharing, one-click to join, and edge-to-edge video. Today’s launch comes six months after Skype for Business arrived for some Mac users, and 18 months after the full and final Windows version was introduced.

Also today, Microsoft announced a couple of updates to the Skype for Business apps on Android and iOS, which were debuted in August 2015. Perhaps most notably, the apps now let users present remotely with PowerPoint directly from their mobile device. Before, users would have to manually share files with other participants, which was a far less fluid way of working.

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On both iOS and Android, users can access PowerPoint files stored in the cloud, but due to device restrictions on iPhones and iPads, only those on Android can access locally stored files.

Additionally, Microsoft has announced that Skype for Business on Android and iOS will now use Video-Based Screen Sharing (VbSS), which uses a different protocol that expedites the setup, uses less bandwidth, and generally provides a more reliable session.

Microsoft notes that it will be adding more features shortly, including CallKit integration — this is an iOS framework that serves as a bridge between VoIP apps such as Skype and the iPhone’s native calling app.

Hi Franky,

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No have no issue in saving the correct autodiscover url in manual configuration.

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Using the manual configuration with the url format for mobility however in my opinion based on Microsoft's blurb will not work if you have the latest Nov 2016 Cumulative Update - with this update is it the case the Mac client will be treated as a desktop client hence in my case (Nov 2016 CU installed) mobility is not a requirement, I have tried using the correct mobility url but it will not sign-in, however if mobility is not required then the automatic discovery (autodiscover checked) should work (which will look at the local pool fqdn on port 5061). For those that don't have the latest CU installed then the manual mobility URL should work - folks may need to install the skype for business web services cert locally and the root chain cert though for this to work if off the domain. In my case the Mac is not on the domain, thus I am going to install the certs locally on the Mac later when I get into work. I may also add it to the domain just to see if it works off the bat now that Nov 2016 CU is installed on the skype servers. Now it maybe the case that I need a reverse proxy but shouldn't if the Mac is suppossedly treated as a desktop client (As you said though the Mac client is built on same stack as mobile clients)

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Mobility Policy required

With the release of Skype for Business Server 2015 CU4 (now available) and Lync Server 2013 CU8 HF1 (now available), we will support Skype for Business on Mac as a desktop application. This means that having a mobility policy assigned to Mac users will not be required. Until these server updates, Mobility enablement on the server side is required.