

You’re inviting outside participants, and you’re not discussing confidential information. You don’t have external participants and you are not discussing confidential information.Īnyone who has access to the meeting link gets in to the meeting directly. You’re discussing confidential information and want to allow only specific people to join.Īnyone from your organization can get in to the meeting directly, even if not invited.

Everyone else has to wait until admitted. Only people who were invited to the meeting join the meeting directly. You have a high security meeting and confidential information.

You are the only one who gets into the meeting directly. If you have people wait, when the meeting starts, you’ll see a list of people who are waiting and can grant or deny access. These people don’t have to wait in the lobby You decide who gets into the meeting directly and who has to wait for you to let them in. Tip Regardless of whether you use Outlook, if you’re a presenter in a meeting, you can change some options for that meeting, such as whether video is enabled and who is a presenter, during the meeting by clicking the people icon, in the meeting window, and then using the options on the Participants and Actions tabs. If you use Outlook, you can change options for all Skype for Business Meetings that you set up by clicking New Skype for Business Meeting in your Outlook Calendar, clicking Meeting Options on the ribbon, and then selecting the option(s) you want to use. It’s a good idea to change the options if you are inviting more than 10-15 people, want to control meeting permissions, or have invitees from other companies. The Skype for Business default options are appropriate for small and casual meetings with co-workers. Change participant settings for Skype for Business meetings Here’s a guide taken from the Microsoft Office Support site detailing how to change the participant settings.

You may want to give certain people permission to present or to may want to disable IM to limit interruptions for example. If you’re hosting a Skype for Business meeting you should be aware of how to change the participant settings according to who you would like to participate and how you would like them to participate.
