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Screen sharing clashes with VPN?
While connected through VPN screen sharing fails with "We can't connect you to the presentation" (macOS, Viscosity/OpenVPN). I'm not seeing any errors in the Console from Skype for Business. I've...
Kam Foo Aw I realize this is an old thread.
I've been having this issue with my company's VPN for a while. I seem to be the only one in the company, only with my Mac and only over VPN. Others with a Mac and even myself with a plain setup Mac (with VPN) do not have this problem.
I suspect a conflict with a kernel extension, something specific to my configuration.
I have to stop VPN to join a meeting with screensharing. In that case all of our Intranet and email are not accessible to me.
Even weirder: sometimes it just works, even through VPN, even connecting to a recurring meeting that otherwise doesn't work with screen sharing. It seems random but doesn't work much more often than it does.
Skype for Business meetings should work through a VPN. Without having detailed logs and information, I can't say what could be going wrong. Please work with your organization's helpdesk to engage with Microsoft support to help resolve this.
Phil.
Phil.