How To Add A Contact In Skype For Business

Add a contact who is in your organization

In the search box, type the person's name, IM address, or phone number.

As you blazon, the view automatically changes to My Contacts, which lets you search your organization's address book.
Right-click the person'south moving picture > Add to Contacts List > choose the contact group.

Add together a contact who has a Skype account

Before you can add contacts who have Skype accounts, your administrator has to enable Skype Directory search for your organization. If you don't encounter a Skype Directory tab like the one shown in the post-obit steps, it hasn't been enabled.

In the search box, type the person'south name, electronic mail address, IM address, or Skype phone number.
As you type, the view changes to My Contacts. Choose Skype Directory. If you don't encounter this option, so your admin hasn't enabled Skype Directory search for your organization.
Right-click the person's picture > Add to Contacts Listing > cull the contact group.

IMPORTANT: After yous add the person to your contacts list, their status is Awaiting. They are supposed to sign in to Skype and accept your asking.
If yous sent your Skype contact a request and they never receive information technology, inquire them to ship yous a asking to chat. In these instances, that often establishes the connectedness.

Add an external contact (someone not in your organization or using Skype)

In Skype for Business organisation, choose the contacts icons as shown beneath. And then cull Add a contact not in my system > Other.
Type the person'south email address. (If y'all don't know information technology, or they don't have one, you can enter a placeholder email accost, such equally My@dad.com, that y'all'll change to their existent name later.)
Correct-click the contact you just added, and cull See Contact Card.
Cull Add together.
Now yous tin can enter boosted information for the person. If you lot entered a placeholder email accost, type the person'due south real name in the Name box. Choose Relieve.

IMPORTANT: If you go the Check Total Name box, cull OK. Otherwise your changes to the Proper name box won't exist saved.

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Find a contact in your organization

Go to the Contacts list.
In the Search for Contacts box, type a name, electronic mail accost, or desk phone number if they are in your organization.

If your organization uses Microsoft 365 Groups, you can as well search for the group name. Equally you type, search results will offset appearing beneath the search box.
When you see the listing for the person IM or call, double-click their flick or picture display surface area.
Choose how you lot want to contact the person: IM, video telephone call, phone call, email, or schedule a meeting.

Communicate with a contact who has a Skype business relationship

You can use Skype for Business on Mac to communicate with people who are using the free Skype app.

Inquire the Skype user to add together your Skype for Business organisation accost (for example, user@contoso.com) to their Skype contact listing.

Notation:The Skype user'south account must be associated with their Microsoft account and non just the Skype ID (for instance, user@hotmail.com).
Using Skype for Business on Mac, outset a conversation with the Skype user by using the Skype user'south Microsoft account (for example, user@hotmail.com). You can also add the Skype user'due south Microsoft account to your Skype for Business contact list.

Note:Currently in Skype for Business organisation on Mac, you cannot search in the Skype directory, transport a contact request to a Skype user, or communicate with Skype users who only have a Skype ID.