Getting Started

Find Someone

The quickest way to find someone via Skype for Business is to start a search by typing the person’s name, phone number, or IM address in the Search box on the Skype for Business main window. The results display automatically using the Global Address List and the user contact list.

FindSomeone 

Add a Contact

The Contacts list simplifies communication and allows each other to see presence and contact information for the people contacted most often. To add a contact:

  1. Using Skype for Business search, locate the person you want to add. (See previous section.)
  2. Right-click the person’s listing in the search returns
  3. Click Add to Contact List
  4. Click a group to add the contact to

AddToContacts 

View a Contact Card

The contact card contains details from a contact’s company directory, such as the person’s office location, phone numbers, organization, and Outlook calendar free/busy information.  To see someone’s card,

  1. Find the person on your Contact list or via search
  2. Place cursor on the photo area
  3. Click the contact card icon (4th icon to the right)
  4. Right clicking on the contact also provides options, such as starting a video call or sending an e-mail

ViewContactCard

Send an IM

Use instant messaging (IM) to get in touch immediately with your available contacts. 

  1. In the Skype for Business main window, double-click the name or place the cursor on the picture area and select the IM icon (the first option)
  2. Type the message in the message input area at bottom of the IM window, and then hit Enter

SendIM 

Accept an IM Request

If someone send an IM request, the request will appear in the lower right of the screen. Click anywhere on the picture display area of the IM request pane. 

IMRequest 

Switch between Multiple Conversations

If there are multiple conversations, chat sessions, or meetings going on at once, Skype for Business displays them all in one place, which allows the user to toggle between them.  Click any tab to bring that activity to the foreground.

SwitchingConvos