How to use the new version of skype
HOW TO USE THE NEW VERSION OF SKYPE HOW TO
Using a fictitious business, Architects, it provides detailed, step-by-step guidance on how to set up and manage Skype Connect using Skype Manager, the web-based management tool that lets you centrally manage Skype for businesses of any size. Now, just like Google, Microsoft has a complicated array of conferencing tools to sort out, and Windows 11’s launch suggests it’ll cut the fat sooner rather than later. This guide has been written for administrators of Skype Connect. The sudden push to go remote saw regular users choose powerful enterprise-grade chat apps, with giants like Microsoft and Google opening their doors to encourage the trend. Skype joins OneNote, Paint 3D, and 3D Viewer as the apps that will no longer come with the OS.Įven adding one-click “Meet Now” features couldn’t help Skype compete early in the pandemic. You can see just how precipitously Skype has fallen over the last year when you consider which other apps Windows 11 will include out of the box even Windows Terminal will be a pack-in. The Skype app is available to download through the Microsoft Store for free.” A company spokesperson tells The Verge: “Skype is no longer an inbox app for new devices that run Windows 11. To avoid that the classic Skype starts when you start Windows, disable this option in this application. The new UWP application's icon is white with a blue S inside. The icon for the classic version looks like a blue cloud with a white S inside. Microsoft’s Skype struggles created a Zoom momentīut now, if you want to use Skype, you’re going to have to go find it in the Microsoft Store like any other app. The new Microsoft Skype for Desktop application may actually perform better for you than the currently used Windows Store 12.1815.210.0 version. Be aware that the classic Skype and Skype UWP have two different application icons (shortcuts).