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Skype for Business icon has disappeared from Outlook web app
Hello, everyone! I use Office 365 web apps frequently when I'm not in the office—I can't install full versions of Outlook, Excel, etc. on my personal computer (not Windows or Mac). That wasn't really a problem until this morning, when Outlook asked me to upgrade to the "new Outlook" on the web. I hit OK, and everything looked good...until I noticed that the Skype for Business icon is now missing in the upper-right navigation bar. Was this by design? I know Microsoft is phasing out Skype for Teams, but to just remove the web interface without warning? My company has been slow in migrating to Teams, and most of our users still use Sky for Business exclusively. How do I continue to use Skype for Business in the web interface?
- Just to make clear, if you toggle back you get the features back?
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Yes, there is no Skype for Business icon in the new experience, in favor of MS Teams. This is by design.
Did Microsoft take into account the amount of time that's required for a company to migrate from SFB to Teams? My company won't be done migrating to Teams until late 2020.
Jon Cutting I'm not from Microsoft (just the messenger here...).
MS has been pretty aggressive about moving people to Teams. You might want to escalate your concerns to your Microsoft account team.
Hello KevinCrossman
What if the customer is using a SFB standalone plan 2? They have still not decided to adopt Teams and are on a Skype for Business Only Coexistence mode org wide. They are not seeing the "Add Skype Meeting" option in OWA when setting up a Calendar Event.
Can this be remediated by Support?
- When you open a new meeting window, do you have a scroll bar with options of Skype or teams in the middle right?
Adam- Hi, Adam. No, I do not have the option to add a Skype or Teams meeting anymore. I did before I went to the "new Outlook." Also, I no longer have the icon to open the Skype for Business chat function.
- Just to make clear, if you toggle back you get the features back?
