Skype for Business Replaces Live Meeting

Beginning Jan. 1, web conferences will be conducted using Skype for Business.

With Microsoft’s end-of-year shutdown of Live Meeting, web-based meetings with less than 80 participants currently held with Live Meeting will instead use Skype for Business, which includes screen sharing and audio capabilities.

If you have issues seeing shared screens in Skype for Business, please contact the ITS Service Desk via Live Chat or 866-236-0441.

If you have Lync, an older version of Skype for Business, you will be able to organize and participate in Skype for Business meetings. Decisions about upgrading employees who use Lync to Skype for Business are pending.

Larger web-based meetings with 80 or more participants will use AT&T Conferencing, which includes Cisco WebEx application for screen sharing.

Preparing for the transition
Employees who organize meetings are receiving emails about the transition to Skype for Business and AT&T Conferencing and can participate in training sessions offered through Jan. 12, 2018. Administrative assistants can participate a training session that is specific to their role and covers both new applications.

When you’re invited to meetings that use one of these applications, you’ll see new meeting invitations that include Skype for Business or AT&T Conferencing information. You’ll have access to job aids that will help you participate in meetings using the new applications.

Want to be trained on the new tools?
If you are not a current meeting organizer but would like to learn about the new applications, additional training sessions will be offered in early 2018. Details about these training opportunities will be shared as they become available.