Offline messaging now available in Skype for Business

Today’s update for Office 2016’s click-to-run version (16.0.6965.2053) brings a long anticipated feature – the ability to send messages via Skype for Business to contacts that are currently offline (offline messaging). In order to take advantage of this feature, you need to be running the latest version and the feature …

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Proper error message shown when Skype is not able to connect due to claims rule restrictions

I often end up cursing at the Skype for business client developers for making my life harder after every patch Tuesday, but this time I’d like to express my gratitude. I was just playing with my AD FS lab, preparing a new blog post, when I noticed the following error …

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Lync online federation issue in Hybrid scenarios

​Recently, one of our customers run into a strange issue with Lync Online. They were simply unable to see the presence info for contacts in the HP.com domain, or initiate conversations with them. On the other side of the line, everything worked OK. Here’s the interesting bit though: the issue …

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