TIL: âSkype For Businessâ is not really possible on Linux PC in 2023. There is no native built. Itâs âWeb Appâ requires a plugin that comes with an MSI installer. Not that it really matters, since itâs superseded by âTeamsâ. In theory.
So if you need it anyway youâre not really looking for âSkypeâ, that may sound similar but has nothing to do with âSkype For Businessâ, but for âLyncâ. Did I say âLyncâ? I meant âOffice Communicatorâ. And if you do youâre in luck. There is a Pidgin plugin called âSipeâ which does that. In theory. I couldnât get it to sign in because my âOffice 365â account, that supersedes the BPOS (Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite), has no more âOffice Communicatorâ or âLyncâ or âSkype for Businessâ. It does have âTeamsâ and to add insult to injury also âSkypeâ.
There is however an Android app âSkype for Businessâ and lo and behold itâs on API Level 30 from 2020 so chances are good that it works on most recent devices (it will request all permissions though and refuse to start without). And while I still have no account for this, or the possibility to create one, since Microsoft simply redirects me to âTeamsâ, I can now open an invitation link in a browser which in turn opens the app again where I now get the previous unavailable option to _join as guest_.
Stay tuned if it picks up the microphone too as there is no speech indicator and no echo chamber to test this. At least video seemed to work fine.
(And hell no I will not even try that with a Google Chrome Brower EXE in Wine)
#linux #lync #officecommunicator #skype #skypeforbusiness #teams
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