Using skype for business instead of skype

I'm seeing other users words instead of the emoticons in text messaging from my mac laptop. Instead of the emoticon I see the words in parens: rainbow, man, woman for example. Is skype ever gonna sync up the versions so everyone sees the same thing on its product?

Hi Rudolf and welcome to the Skype Community,
Di you know you can actually add Skype contacts on Skype for Business and vice versa? Learn more about adding SfB contacts in Skype here: https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12315/can-i-contact-lync-users-from-skype
So basically you can just decide for one client and continue using that. Keep in mind though that currently you can't do Skype screen sharing across these two account types. If you are using the advanced screen share functionality of Skype for Business I would recommend going for that.
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