Skype for business - how do I get my chat groups?
My company just implemented Skype for business. I have some chat groups in my previous version of Skype desktop. How do I get those chat groups into Skype for business?
Thanks.
Hey!
you can use a permanent chat server with skype for business, for permanent chat rooms. But otherwise chats run the same way like with skype, you just add people to the conversation. when they leave the conversation, you have to add them again when you continue chatting.
One big issue is that you cannot yet do group chats with regular skype users. So once any normal skype user is in your chat, you cannot add anyone else. This is a missing feature they still have to implement.
And I also fear you will still not like the way the chat history is synced over different devices. So you will not have full chat history on different devices yet. This also affects your requested group chats, since skype for business will not auto-sync all chats on all devices.
I guess you have to wait a bit longer until the new mobile clients and mac clients are out to fix of the things above.
Cheers,
Florian
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