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David Kamp
Jul 17, 2019Brass Contributor
Teams IM to Skype for Business
How can I configure the Administrative Portal to get a Teams Chat/IM client get to a Skype for Business client? I have a test group that cannot send IM messages to Skype for Business. I am currentl...
Jul 17, 2019
If they are in islands mode all teams messages will go to the recipient Teams client ( except from external user chat ) set the users using Skype to Skype only coexistence mode! This will be done in teams admin portal - users - select the user and from here you can set the mode to Skype only! Otherwise the sender needs to use Skype to send them messages in Skype
- David KampJul 17, 2019Brass ContributorNot sure I understand your Statement.
If I go into the Microsoft Teams admin center then select Users, then select a random user, the Account hi-lighted the Topic "Teams upgrade" shows Coexistence mode as "Use Org-wide settings".
What should it be set to? (Since the Org wide setting is Islands).- Jul 17, 2019Yeah, now by default everyone is set to islands, but if you want a user or a set of users to only receive all messages in Skype you set them as Skype Only here!
Same thing for Teams Only!
Also be aware of that this change can take some time to propagate- David KampJul 17, 2019Brass ContributorWith my settings being Org Wide to Islands mode and the user to the same, Should a Teams client have the ability to IM a Skype for Business client (All Internal and Cloud Only)?