Oh yes, Skype for Business on Linux, even their "web" interface does not work for me. Their web inteface keeps trying to install windows executables into my Linux/Chrome browser. I got tired of fighting with it and boot up a Windows VM when I have to use Skype for Business.
Microsoft gets uncomfortable with me when I say that I can't use Skype for Businesws on Linux, please talk with me on a google hangout. On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Aaron Macks <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't speak to Sharepoint, but from the base o365, these are the Mac > issues I have seen: > * Exchange/outlook - Works fine with Apple Mail.app, iCal and Address > Book. There are some slight oddities about looking up resources in > iCal, but that may be specific to our AD tree > * Skype for Business (formerly Lync) - Horrible. The client is trash, > both unstable and unpleasant to use. There seem to be some serious > flaws in the underlying protocol, we often get "oops message was not > delivered" several hours after message seemed to have been sent > * OneDrive for Business - this is NOT their usual dropbox-clone, but > essentially a pre-configured sharepoint site. Not at all useful for > moving files around since there's no non-windows client support > > Aaron > > On 8/31/15 1:21 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: > > Paul Beltrani wrote: > >> We have an IT vendor that's trying to convince our CFO to move to > >> Office365/SharePoint. I get why they're proposing it. They're a > >> Microsoft only consultant and it's the only tool in their box. Also, > >> they stand to make some big bucks in professional services to set it > >> all up. > >> > >> However, they're steam-rolling over the objections of a large number > >> of more modern users who have been using Macs, Linux and Google Apps > >> for Business for years. > >> > >> Does anyone have recent experience with SharePoint/Office365 using a > >> client on any OS other than windows? I would very much like to know > >> what breaks and/or causes difficulty for Mac and Linux users. If > >> Exchange is any example, they'll claim it's cross platform (i.e. OWA) > >> but in practice you get limited functionality unless you're running > >> Windows. > >> > >> -- Paul Beltrani > > > > > > -- > _______________________________________________________ > Aaron Macks([email protected]) [http://www.wiglaf.org/~aaronm ] > My sheep has seven gall bladders, that makes me the King of the Universe! > > _______________________________________________ > bblisa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa >
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