Visit the What’s New in Skype for Business 2016 for the latest update information. Visit the Skype for Business Server Deployment Connectivity page for the Skype for Business Clients and Interoperability Matrix. Visit the Skype for Business Client Comparison Tables for side by side feature comparisons for Lync, Skype for Business and Skype for Business Server. Visit the Known Issues and FAQ pages for more information. Lync Server 2010 is not supported – instead we recommend customers continue to use the Lync for Mac 2011 client. Lync Server 2013 customers should consider upgrading their installation to Skype for Business Server 2015, or downloading the latest Lync Server 2013 Cumulative Update version 8308.974 or higher. Skype for Business Server 2015 customers should at a minimum download and install the Skype for Business Server 2015 Cumulative Update version 9319.272 or higher. Skype is a web-based communication platform that allows users to communicate via standard instant messaging as well as to make video and phone calls for free. It also allows users to text chat and share multimedia files. NOTE: This download will install one of the following languages based on your OS system language preference: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.įor the best Mac client experiences and an always up-to-date infrastructure, we recommend all customers migrate to Office 365. World's most popular video-chatting platform. Features like one-click join, edge-to-edge video, and full screen sharing give you a superior Skype Meetings experience. You can also follow detailed step-by-step instructions here to resolve the issue and continue using Skype.Skype for Business on Mac is the all new client that provides great communication experiences for Apple users. If that’s the case, simply click Download the latest version now and follow the steps to upgrade to the latest version for free. When this happens, you'll see the following message when trying to sign in to Skype:

Note: From time to time, we do retire older versions of Skype to focus our efforts on improving the most recent versions of Skype. After the update is completed, click Relaunch in the pop-up window to start using the new version of Skype.

If there is an update available, you will be prompted to install it.In the menu bar, select Skype > Check for Updates….If you have disabled Skype automatic updates on your Mac, you can update Skype manually: Simply check Always keep Skype up to date in Skype > Preferences… > General. You can enable the automatic updates again whenever you like. Select the General tab, then un-check Always keep Skype up to date.In the menu bar, select Skype > Preferences….They’re turned on by default, but if you’d like to disable them:

Automatic updates are the easiest way to keep your version of Skype for Mac OS X up to date.

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