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Has Office 365 deprecated Skype's dedicated meeting space?
When I create a new Skype Meeting in Outlook 2016 using an Office 365 mailbox I no longer see an option for dedicated meeting space. When I use my on-premise mailbox with an on premise Skype server I...
Essentially, we had dedicated conference IDs on premise and we have lost the option after migrating to Office 365. I expected the Meeting Options in Office 365 to resemble the on-premise options (see below).
Steps to reproduce the issue:
- Open Outlook 2016. Go to your calendar.
- In the ribbon, click New Skype Meeting.
- In the ribbon of the new meeting, click Meeting Options.
Meeting Options when I have on-premise mailbox with Skype for Business on Premise.
Mailbox in Office 365 with Skype Online
You get a single one in O365, you cannot change it/create new one, thus the option is not available.
The conference ID use to be static in Office 365 but they changed the default behavior at some point. Below is a screen shot of me creating to Skype Meetings and they both have unique Conference IDs.