Microsoft Support simply referred Mac users to the for further news although at the time of writing, even that hasn’t been updated to announce the final version has been released. SfB Preview Version The SfB Preview is effectively the Skype for Business Mac Beta version and is therefore incomplete and is subject to bugs and crashes. You can still run the Preview of Skype for Business for Mac side-by-side with both the final version of Skype for Business and Lync for Mac so you don’t have to worry about breaking or overwriting the Preview or Lync if you install the final release.

A Microsoft Account (Windows Live ID) is required to sign up for the Skype for Business Preview Program. If you need to create a new Microsoft Account, or link a login to your current business account, you can do that here. Microsoft Employees should use their corporate credentials for sign in.

Timing simply comes down to the development cycles of each suite. Microsoft’s hope is to give its business customers a combination of the familiar Skype consumer experience with the security, compliance, and control features required by enterprises. In April, Skype for Business will become generally available to business customers with a new client, new server, and updated service within Office 365. Once both are generally available, Microsoft will continue with regular updates for both. Today’s previews are meant to woo business customers into trying the new versions before they are ready so they can give the company feedback.

Check out to request access to Skype for Business Mac Preview today. The public version is expected to launch in Q3 later this year, replacing Microsoft’s Lync for Mac 2011.

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At a press event today in the US, Microsoft announced new next.

This client was all-new, and it definitely had bugs. Leveraging the Skype4B community is a good way to hunt them down quickly. The new Mac client is stable; I’ve had it running for over 36 hours now with no errors or crashes. It has a good feature set. It’s ready for day-to-day use. And we’re all happy for that! For a full feature list, check the now-updated client comparison table: (Just remember to uninstall Lync for Mac first.

Instead the team has built the Skype for Business for Mac client from the ground up, they said.” But Wait! The Preview has Arrived! The ZDNet article updated only hours after publication. Microsoft has begun the preview! Naturally I raced over to the preview site: I signing up for the following: • iOS Mobile • Skype 4 Business Mac Client Meetings Experience (a Mac meetings-only client) (I wanted to sign up for the “New firmware for Polycom VVX Phones” too, but our new phones haven’t arrived yet) Hope to hear back very soon.

Is one of ‘s biggest properties at this point, serving as a cross-platform messaging and voice/video service. And now business users that just happen to use a Mac are getting a nice preview of what’s to come. Microsoft has just announced Skype for Business Mac Preview, which is a pre-release build of the messaging platform that Microsoft is granting access to. The idea is to create an enterprise-friendly platform for business users to use while they work within OS X, and Microsoft is allowing professionals to request access into the preview period beginning today. Microsoft has a three-stage rollout planned for Skype for Business on Mac.