Freigeben über

Tip o’ the Week #278 – Skype for Business UI tips

  • Artikel

clip_image001Skype for Business has rolled out across a good number of customers and it’s, generally-speaking, a great UI update compared to Lync. The clients’ histories were covered a few weeks ago, if you’re interested…

But there are a few differences that could catch people out. If you join a conference call, for example, it’s possible you won’t see the list of attendees, where with the old Lync client, you’d be able to quickly show them with a  click of the chunky Participants button clip_image002in the Lync meeting UI. In Skype for Business, during an IM chat or call, you’ll see there’s no equivalent participant button – there’clip_image004s the usual button to show the IM window, which shows the text chat section but not the participants button.

clip_image006This has been moved to higher up in the UI – it varies depending on which kind of chat/meeting/conference you’re in. Click on the icon to the left of clip_image008the text (hover and you’ll see the Open Participant List tooptip) and you’ll be able to view that list.

On a simple IM conversation, the same thing is true, too, only with a smaller button.

clip_image010

clip_image012

If you look in the Settings | Tools | Options page within the Skype for Business client, under the Skype Meetings setting, you can set the default on what happens when you join a meeting.

 

There are some other tweaks too, such as using the view icon on the top right of the meeting window - Gallerclip_image014y View shows you a horizontally-arranged list of attendees’ mugshots, which can be right-clicked to interact with them. Speaker View hides clip_image016all of that, but still shows  a picture of you next to the person who’s currently speaking, and Content View hides both in favour of the presentation content that’s being shown (the “Stage”).

Comments

  • Anonymous
    July 25, 2016
    Please add a configuration option for selecting which of the 3 views a user prefers by default. I find myself manually switching to "Content View" in every single meeting I join so that the thumbnails don't obscure the presentation.
  • Anonymous
    November 14, 2016
    I agree with Mark. I only use content view. Having used Lync for +5 years, I found my self having to manually switch it every meeting. I was disappointed to see that Skype for Business has yet to address this.