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- Join a meeting using Skype for Business Web App. Here are the basic steps to join a Skype for Business meeting with Skype for Business Web App. Open the meeting request in your email or calendar, and select Try Skype Web App.
- Oct 25, 2016 When the Skype for Business client is installed on a computer it will automatically attempt to join using the full Skype for Business client, rather than Skype for Business Web App.
Symptoms
Skype for Business Web App is a browser-based meeting client that you use to join Lync/Skype for Business online meetings. You can only join meetings using the web app, you can’t schedule meetings. Allow cookies for Skype for Business Web App.
Consider the following scenario.
- You join an online meeting by using the Skype for Business Web App or Lync Web App on macOS High Sierra 10.13 (including beta versions).
- Someone in the online meeting shares their desktop.
In this scenario, you see only a black screen instead of the shared desktop.
This problem occurs when the meeting is hosted in Skype for Business Server 2015 or Lync Server 2013. This problem doesn't occur if the meeting is hosted in Skype for Business Online.
Workaround
Skype for Business Web App
To work around this issue for Skype for Business Web App, use the Skype Meetings App instead. To do this, the system administrator must follow these steps:
- Install the May 2017 update for Skype for Business Server 2015.
- Enable the Skype Meetings App by following the instructions in the 'Enable Skype Meetings App' section of Deploy Web downloadable clients in Skype for Business Server 2015.
After these steps are done, web app users will automatically use the Skype Meetings App when they join a meeting.
Lync Web App
There is no workaround yet for this problem for Lync Web App.
Apple Skype For Business App
Status
![Login error in skype for business web app mac problems Login error in skype for business web app mac problems](/uploads/1/2/7/2/127269409/632646271.png)
Microsoft is working closely with Apple to resolve this problem.
More information
This issue can also occur when the camera isn't granted access permission to Skype for Business.
- Select Apple menu > System Preferences, select Security & Privacy, and then Privacy.
- Grant Skype for Business access to the camera. You will be prompted to restart Skype for Business.
- Check if the issue is resolved after the restart.
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