Join a Skype for Business meeting on Mac

Join a Skype for Business meeting on Mac

Skype for Business on Mac lets you quickly check your upcoming meetings for the day, without having to go to your Outlook calendar. You can join a Skype for Business meeting right from the main window, if the meeting was set up by an organizer inside your company.


Join with Skype for Business on Mac.




  1. In the Skype for Business on Mac main window, find and double-click the meeting you want to attend, or click the Join button.


    Join a Skype for Business meeting


  2. Welcome to the meeting.


    Meeting window with participants


  3. To view meeting participants, to add others, and to mute participants if you're a presenter, click the Participants buttonbutton.


    Skype for Business for Mac meeting windows showing participants

    Use the Invite more people box to add more people to your meeting.




  4. To send an IM to meeting participants, click the IM button button.


    Skype for Business for Mac - Meeting window showing IM

    Type a message, and then press Enter or click Send an IM button to send the message.



  5. When you first join a meeting, your microphone is automatically muted, and people in the meeting can't hear you. To unmute your microphone, click the Unmute button button.


  6. When you first join a meeting, the video camera is inactive. To start your video camera, click the Video buttonbutton.




Disconnect from the meeting



  1. To exit the meeting, click the End the call button button.


  2. At the Need to leave? prompt, confirm you want to leave the meeting by clicking the Leave Meeting button.


    Skype for Business for Mac - confirmation to leave a meeting


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