It allows you to schedule meeting in advance and send link to non-skype users and if you are MAC Outlook user then you would only get this option in OWA. The Skype for Business Meeting Scheduler in the Outlook Web Access (OWA) calendar is an important feature. Skype for Business is being replaced by Microsoft Teams so you may no longer have this add-in. Enabling the Skype for Business Meeting Scheduler in Hybrid OWA.
Still determined not to have the status / presence indicator showing in Outlook, I had to find something else to set the DefaultIMApp value to… I picked ‘NotSkype’ and I have been happy since. Skype Meeting add-in for Outlook 2016 When you have Skype for Business installed (part of Microsoft 365 ProPlus), this add-in offers various integration features such as the New Skype Meeting button in the Calendar. Skype decided to reinstall itself as the default IM app and insert the annoying grey boxes again. Woohoo – until I restarted Skype and Outlook. My first attempt at removal after cruising through the Skype menus was to delete the newly added registry key at \HKEY_CURRENT_USERS\Software\IM Providers\DefaultIMApp (Skype sets the value to ‘Skype’ and also adds some sub keys). The Teams Meeting add-in lets you schedule a Teams meeting from Outlook. It might be great for some people but the little grey boxes annoy me and it annoys me further that there isn’t a quick way to remove the integration from Outlook. Click the box next to Skype Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office 2016 and click OK to save the changes. On the Manage menu, select COM Add-Ins and select Go. Follow these steps to add it back in: Start Outlook. Upon reopening Outlook, you have a presence indicator to the left of each email address (some people have this already with Microsoft Lync). Some users report that their 'New Skype Meeting' button disappears so they can no longer make a meeting into a Skype meeting. Who wants a Skype toolbar? Now with version 6.1 and 6.2 Skype automatically integrates itself with Outlook 2010 or 2013. They sneak in more crap with each new version. While I am a big fan of Skype, I hate downloading updates to Skype.