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Sharing Desktop - External Skype users
Hi,
Just started using SfB and share my desktop to other users on SfB but can't share when in a call with a normal skype user on own home account? the share options don't appear the same?
Is this a security setting or blocked by MS?
Thanks
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The workaround here is to use zoom. We do have a lot of interaction with people from other organizations and unfortunately skype is very limited for this use case. Zoom has been our workaround for interviews, presentations with vendors, etc.
Hi,
screen sharing between Skype and SfB is not supported at the moment:
https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12315/can-i-contact-skype-for-business-users-from-skype
If you need to do screensharing with a external party that dont have SfB, i sugest sending a online meeting invite from SfB/Outlook where the external party can join as a guest.
I see that, as of a year ago, SfB users could not share their screen with regular Skype users. Has this changed in the last year? We are looking to use SfB, but this is a significant deterrent.
Thank you!
Stacey
Hi Stacey, no this hasn't changed. Skype for Business integration with the Skype consumer platform still only offers the following basic feature set
- Peer to Peer voice and video calls
- Peer to Peer instant messages
- Presence information
Multiparty and conference dependent capabilities such as desktop sharing are still not supported.
Kind regards
Ben
