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Skype For Business is now available for school-wide use (staff and students).

== What is Skype For Business? ==

You can also use Skype For Business to communicate with other organizations using Skype For Business, Lync and anyone using Skype.  With Skype For Business you can do one-on-one or group conversations using instant messages, audio, or video.

Skype For Business is heavily integrated with the other Office 365 services.  For example, conversation logs are saved into your email box under the Conversation History folder.  You can also see whether people are online when sending emails to them.  You can also send and receive Skype For Business messages when checking your email.

== Using Skype For Business on school computers ==

We are still rolling out the Skype For Business messenger client to all computers on campus.  On some computers it will just work when you start it (Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Skype For Business 2015.  On others, you will get an error when attempting to start Skype For Business.  If you get an error, please report it to [mailto:help@smus.ca help@smus.ca] and we will install Skype For Business on that computer.

== Using Skype For Business on your own device ==

You can also get Lync or Skype For Business clients for your mobile device ([https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lync-2013-for-iphone/id605841731?mt=8# iPhone], [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lync-2013-for-ipad/id605608899?mt=8# iPad], [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.lync15&hl=en Android], [http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/lync/ba4b9485-8712-41ff-a9ea-6243a3e07682# Windows 8]) and your personal computer.  Students have Skype For Business included with their Microsoft Office subscription provided by the school.

== Signing into Skype For Business ==

You can sign into Skype For Business simply by providing your SMUS email address (@smus.ca) and password.  You can add other SMUS contacts by entering their email address (@smus.ca).

== Adding contacts ==

To add Skype contacts, choose + (the person with the plus symbol) -> "Add a contact not in my organization" -> Skype, then enter their Microsoft account email address.