We are pleased to introduce Nvoice for Skype for Business. Skype for Business is a Microsoft application connecting various communicating possibilities via Unified Communications. Nvoice for Skype for Business offers known Skype for Business functionalities without the need to maintain a Skype for Business server. Furthermore, there is the possibility to book or dismiss Nvoice for Skype for Business licences and extensions on a monthly basis.

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Version 1 / 06.2015 (en)

To create a new Skype for Business client password, the email concerning password changes in the Nvoice for Skype for Business portal is needed (see Leaflet Nvoice for Skype for Business). The email includes a one-time password. Use this password to enter the Nvoice for Skype for Business portal and create a new, personalized password for the Skype for Business client. This process ensures that every Skype for Business user has a unique password that is known to the user only.

-Click on the link in the email that redirects to the Nvoice Skype for Business portal.

-Log into the portal with the password mentioned in the email and create a new password.

-Click on Save.

⇒The password is valid for the Skype for Business client and the Nvoice for Skype for Business portal.

You can download all compatible Skype for Business clients in the Nvoice for Skype for Business Portal. If you use Office 365 or a Mac, you can follow the below described installation path.

• Jump to:
• Installation of the Windows client via Office 365
• Installation of the Mac client
• Installation of the mobile client

If your organisation uses Office 365, you can download the client as described below:

-Check whether Skype for Business is already installed on your PC. If Skype for Business or Skype for Business is listed under Start -> All programs -> Microsoft Office 2013, you do not need install the client a second time and can continue with the login process.

- If you need to install the client, make sure that all necessary system requirements for the Skype for Business client are met beforehand.

-Go to the Office 365 Portal, enter your login data and click on Sign in.

-Switch to  Settings-> Office 365 settings and choose Software ->

Skype for Business

-Click on Install Skype for Business.

-Open the app store and search for "Skype for Business".

-Install the app.

Start the the client after the initial installation and follow the steps below to log in.

-Enter your email address and if necessary your user name as well as your password.

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The Skype for Business client will now try to access the server.

If all technical requirements are met, click on Accept or check "Always trust this server [...]" and click on Connect.

Within the Skype for Business contact list you can sort your contacts, call them via double-click and see the presence state of each individual. Contacts are not added to the list automatically, but manually. Via OpenFederation of a plus tariff, contacts of other Skype for Business servers can be added easily. Furthermore the connection to Microsoft Outlook allows for the sharing of presence data with other contacts. If your colleague is occupied by an appointement marked in his Outlook calender, the state "occupied" is shown in Skype for Business as well.

-Right-click on the adding symbol Click on the Contacts.

-Click on Add a contact from my organisation and enter the respective name. -Enter the name of your contact in the search row.

⇒If your contact is already registered in your Outlook address book, it will now be displayed.⇒If Skype for Business is connected with Outlook, the contact will be displayed  immediately.

-After a right-click on the contact choose Add to contacts and click on the desired contact list.-Click on the Plus symbol  next to the contact to add him or her to your contact list.

⇒The contact is now listed.⇒The contact is now listed.

Alternatively you may enter the contact name right away into the search box of Skype for Business. If Skype for Business is connected with Outlook, the contact will be displayed and can be added with a right-click.

Add an external contact

-Right-click on the adding symbol Click on  Contacts.

-Click on Add a contact outside my organisation and choose wether you would like to a add a contact from Skype, Skype for Business or another external source.-Enter the email address of your contact in the search row.

⇒If you would like to add a contact from another source, a pop-up opens.-Click onto the Plus symbol  next to the contact to add him or her to your list.

-Enter all relevant contact information and add the contact to a group.⇒The contact ist now listed.

-Choose a relationship status to set your privacy settings for this specific contact.

⇒The contact is now listed.

Skype for Business offers various softphone features to its users. Calls can be transfered, hold or toggled. Furthermore, all known Unified Communications features like video conferencing, conference calls and screensharing (only Windows) are available depending on the tariff chosen.