How to Create A Meeting in Skype

Skype for Business allows you to work in real time with your colleagues using your microphone or webcam. This article will cover how to start a call immediately with your coworkers and how to schedule a call ahead of time using Outlook.

Start a meeting immediately

You can quickly start a group call to work on a subject that requires immediate attention. Add sharing to make it an impromptu meeting that provides all the features of a scheduled meeting, including shared PowerPoint slides, whiteboard collaboration, and desktop sharing.

Make sure your contacts are available by checking their present status first. Then follow the steps below to invite them to the conference call.

  1. In the Skype for Business main window, in your Contacts list, hold down the Ctrl key and click the names of your contacts to select them for your meeting.
  2. Right-click the selection, and click Start a Conference Call.
  3. Click Skype Call.

Your contacts then receive a notification and can accept or decline your request for the conference call.

If you need to add more people to your conference call, you can drag their names into the meeting from your Contacts list. Or add them by using the people menu:

  1. In the conversation window, in the Participants pane, click Invite More People.
  2. Select someone from the list, and then click OK. Skype for Business calls the person for you and adds them to the meeting.
Schedule a meeting with Outlook
  1. Open Outlook, and go to your calendar.
  2. On the Home tab, select New Skype Meeting
  3. Set up the meeting as you normally would.
  4. In the meeting area, you can add an agenda. Be careful not to change any of the online meeting information.
  5. Double check the information is correct and select send.