Please be aware that if you disable Skype for Business from auto loading, you will lose presence awareness in addition to instant messaging. If you do not wish to use the features of Skype for Business to collaborate with colleagues, you can prevent the software from starting automatically by following step 1 on this page. green for available, red for busy, grey for offline.
This will indicate the current diary status of the person you are collaborating with e.g. In addition to messaging functions, you will now see ‘presence awareness’ in Outlook and other applications. To open Skype for Business you can double click on the Skype icon in the notification area in the bottom right corner of the screen. It will be automatically configured to sign in with your University account, set to run in a minimised window and to auto-start at every future login. Skype for Business is enterprise instant messaging and video conference software. From the 2 nd of March, Skype for Business will automatically be launched on all staff managed desktops at login.
