


The other issue that we’ve noticed with Skype for Business 2016 is that after a few minutes of use the backspace key stops working in message replies and you’re stuck having to highlight words that you want to delete and use the DEL key instead. You will be prompted once to enter User/Pass to access corporate address book. HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ 16.0\Common\Identity\Version HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ 16.0\Common\Identity\ EnableADAL Make sure you empty Lync folders under:Ĭ:\Users\profile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\15.0Ĭ:\Users\profile\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\15.0 3. Exit out of Skype for Business, and delete following files:Ĭ:\Users\profile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Lync\Tracing 2. The result of the case was as follows: 1. This basically makes Skype for Business 2016 (Lync’s new name) unusable so we opened a case with Microsoft to try to get a fix. Now hit Uninstall and follow the wizard steps.For those of you who have upgraded to Microsoft Office 2016 and are using Microsoft Skype for Business 2016 with Microsoft Office 365, you may have noticed a seemingly endless authentication loop where after having successfully signed in with your Office 365 credentials, you keep getting prompted to indicate if this is a work or Microsoft Account.Then highlight for the Skype entry in the installed program list.

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In Windows 10, hit the Search Windows button.If you are running Office 2016, Skype for Business is installed as a standalone application, so the procedure is the same one as above. Uncheck the check boxes shown in the screenshot below:.Hit the Options menu at the right hand side of your upper toolbar.That said, provided you do have the right permissions, you could as well disable Skype in a quite simple manner, so that even if installed, it won’t start automatically when logging on to Windows 7/10 or alternatively it would run only in the background and won’t interfere with your daily work. Therefore, the only feasible way to uninstall it would be to uninstall Office 365 altogether. Skype for Business is integrated into Office 365, and doesn’t appear as an independent entry in the Programs and Features list. Disable and Remove Skype for Business 365 / 2019
