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Skype for Business compatibility with regular Skype
Hi Greg,
What you're experiencing are the expected limitations around Skype for Business and Skype Consumer interoperability. You ultimately only get basic communication capabilities between the two;
- Peer-to-Peer voice and video calls
- Instant messages
- Online status information
Anything beyond that such as the file transfer and the multi-party conferencing you mention is not supported. There's nothing to stop you running the two clients concurrently, but I appreciate this will almost definitely result in a disjointed user experience and negate some of the benefits that you were looking to gain through use of a single application.
Kind regards
Ben
I am just about to get S4B, but I don't want it going anywhere near my regular Skype because I use the latter to stay in touch with friends and family in faraway places.
Can I run them simultaneously, or will I have to go through the rigmarole of having to manually logout of one to login to the other, please?
ScorpioPower Yes both the Skype for Business and Regular Skype Applications are two different application. We can keep both the applications separate. One for Business Use and other for Regular Personal Usage.
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Unfortunately, Microsoft will not allow me to use both professionally. Normal Skype will not allow me to create an account with my 365 email. Because of this, I need to give out my personal Skype account to all of my work colleges.
