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John Yii's avatar
John Yii
Copper Contributor
Nov 23, 2016

When will SfB on Mac able to share screen without MeetNow?

I was told this is one of the upcoming feature.

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Skype for Business

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  • Eric Price's avatar
    Eric Price
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 06, 2016

    On 16.2.111, I can share my screen with other users on 16.2.111. However, if someone using Windows tries to share their screen with me, it kills the phone call. The windows user will receive an error message stating that the invitation has expired, and most of the time I will have to force quit and restart skype for business on the mac to get it working again.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Dec 01, 2016
    In 16.2.111, I can attempt to share my screen in a standard conversation but if the recipient is using Mac SfB, they get a message saying only available in Conferences. It seems to be OK when the recipient is running a Windows SfB or Lync client.
    • Erik Hendrix's avatar
      Erik Hendrix
      Brass Contributor
      Dec 02, 2016

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      This might be because you are on 16.2.111 which introduced the screen sharing without having to start a meeting whereas the other user is not yet there. This is the Fast Insider Track you are on. I would not be surprised that come January 16.2 will be GA.

    • John Yii's avatar
      John Yii
      Copper Contributor
      Dec 01, 2016

      I think this means that they also have to be on SfB 16.2.xxxx client for screen sharing to work...

  • Sascha Schmatz's avatar
    Sascha Schmatz
    Brass Contributor
    Nov 29, 2016
    I fully agree - that is so annoying, because all Mac users were used to have that function already in the past with Lync 2011 !!!