If you know you already have Skype available, you just tap “Join conversation” which then requests permission to launch the Skype app.
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Now it works with Skype, too.īy clicking the Skype call link’s “Join” button, participants will immediately taken to the site which first prompts you to download Skype, if it’s not already installed on your device. (It’s also important to Microsoft to find other ways into the mobile market, as the company doesn’t have a large stake in the smartphone market itself.)Īlready, Outlook allows its users to access Word, Excel or other Office documents that may be attached to messages, and then edit them in their corresponding application, as well as pull in files hosted on its own cloud storage service OneDrive, for example. It’s also yet another example of how Microsoft is working to integrate its various products and services into Outlook mobile – a key starting point for expanding Microsoft’s mobile footprint, given that email is one of the most-used mobile apps on smartphones. The feature, found in the “event” detail page, is accessed by simply tapping a toggle switch on or off.
In the updated iOS app, a new setting allows you to turn on a “Skype Meeting” option when you’re either creating or editing an event within Outlook.īy doing so, Outlook automatically creates a Skype call link which is shared with other meeting participants, along with the other event information, like the date, time, and attendee list.
Following yesterday’s news of its planned support for group calling on mobile, Skype just launched an integration with Microsoft’s mobile email and calendar application, Outlook.
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