If the email address pulls up in the search results, simply select that address and send the individual a message. To add Skype for Business contacts, simply tap/click on contacts and enter the potential connection’s work email address in the Search Skype field. Thus, users can now combine business with personal in one application, scheduling a business lunch with a client and then scheduling a dinner date with a loved one. This is a global availability, enabling users to connect with Skype for Business subscribers anywhere around the world. To activate this feature with version 11.9, go into Skype Preview on the Windows 10 smartphone, touch the settings button and then select “Make Skype your default messaging app.” After that, load up Skype Preview on the PC, head into the settings, and select, “Enable Skype on this device to sync my SMS messages.” That is it! Now you can send and receive messages on a desktop or laptop.Īnother big feature offered in version 11.9 is the ability to connect to Skype for Business. Sorry, Android and iPhone customers are out of luck … for now, at least. The drawback is that the source smartphone must have Windows 10 Mobile and Skype Preview installed to utilize this new feature. That means users can send and receive SMS and MMS messages on a Windows 10 desktop or laptop with Skype Preview installed. Microsoft’s Skype team reports that Skype Preview version 11.9 is now available packing a feature called SMS Relay.

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