For instance, features like calling landlines and mobile numbers require a plug-in. Power users may find that the preview of Skype video calling on Microsoft Edge falls a little short.

They can also call users of the latest Skype apps for Windows and Mac directly, according to the company. It enables users to conduct Skype voice, video and group video calls on Skype for Web,, Office Online and OneDrive natively in their browsers without a plug-in or additional software, including the bundled Skype app for Windows 10.Įssentially, Edge users can now make one-to-one and group calls (voice and video) with one another without loading the Skype client software. The new capability comes courtesy of built-in support for the Object Real-Time Communications (ORTC) standard in Edge. (IE11 is still available for enterprises running legacy Web apps.) Making a break from Internet Explorer’s checkered past, Microsoft replaced IE with the newer, Web-standards-compliant Edge as the default browser for Windows 10.

Microsoft announced a new preview of Skype video calling on its Microsoft Edge browser (version 6 and up) on Friday that does away with plug-ins and other helper software. Septemversion .Windows 10 users can now make Skype calls from Microsoft Edge, no plug-in required.

Renamed Skype for Business Plugin, previously Lync Plugin.

When a user joins a Zoom meeting or changes their status on Zoom, Skype for Business/Lync can reflect that status. Novemversion 4.1112 New and Enhanced Features

Resolved an issue where the presence was not syncing to Lync.

The new status “Presenting”, when a user is sharing their screen, will now be synced to the Lync Plugin.

Support for the New Status “Presenting”.

Jversion 5.11.0.534 Resolved issuesĭecemversion 7.1127 New and Enhanced Features Please review all current release notes carefully. Note: The information in the past release notes may have been superseded by subsequent release notes. Upcoming Releaseĭetails about upcoming releases will be posted as they become available.

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