Dialing out from a Skype for Business meeting so other people can join it

Important

Skype for Business Online operated by 21Vianet in China will be retired on October 1, 2023. If you haven't upgraded your Skype for Business Online users yet, they will be automatically scheduled for an assisted upgrade. If you want to upgrade your organization to Teams yourself, we strongly recommend that you begin planning your upgrade path today. Remember that a successful upgrade aligns technical and user readiness, so be sure to leverage our upgrade guidance as you navigate your journey to Teams.

Skype for Business Online, excluding the service operated by 21Vianet in China, was retired on July 31, 2021.

Note

If you're looking for information about dialing out from a Teams meeting, see Dialing out from a Teams meeting so other people can join it.

As the meeting organizer, you can dial out using the Skype for Business app to let other people join the same meeting using their phone. Although it's not required, when you are dialing out to someone, it's recommended that you dial the full number, including the country/region code. To get dial-out to work:

  • You can dial-out only if you join a meeting using a Skype for Business app.

  • You as the meeting organizer have been enabled for audio conferencing.

In order to add other participants via dial-out to the meetings of your organization, at least one authenticated user from the same organization as the organizer (your organization) is required to be present in the meeting in order to allow adding other participants via dial-out.

Note

We are frequently updating how you can manage features found in Skype for Business Online, so the steps here might be a little different.

Step 1: In the invite meeting, use the Invite More People option to dial out to a phone number.

Dial-out with Skype for Business.

Step 2: Enter the full phone number, including the country/region code in the box.

Dial-out phone number in Skype for Business.

Supported countries and regions

Dial-out is only available to some countries/regions. For complete list, see Country and region availability for Audio Conferencing and Calling Plans.

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