Reviewing various ways to integrate Skype for Business and Google Calendars. USBPros has come up with a few work arounds and a full blow integration solution from UnifiedCT. UnifiedCT's Unyfy solution integrates Skype for Business with Microsoft Exchange and Google Calendars. Plus we review various ways to use your Skype for Business meeting entry info to create and schedule your events using Google Calendars.
2. Options for integrating Skype for
Business and Google Calendars
ï” You can start a ad-hoc Skype for Business meeting and copy and paste
the meeting invitation details into your Google Calendar invitation
ï” You can set a static meeting ID (talk to your system administrator) and use
that meeting ID to schedule your Google Calendar invitation
ï” You can use UnifiedCTâs Unyfy solution to manage both Google Calendars
and Microsoft Exchange with the solutions above
3. Launching your Ad-Hoc Skype for
Business Meeting
ï” You can do this from your Skype for Business Client
4. Getting your Meeting URL &
Credentials
ï” You can do this at the bottom right corner of your Skype for Business
meeting once it has been launched
ï” You can click Meeting Entry Info to copy your clipboard
5. Getting your Meeting Entry Info
ï” Once you have clicked the Meeting Entry Info you will have the option to
copy the link directly to your clipboard
6. Now you can paste your Skype for
Business URL into Google Calendars
invite
7. Static ID vs Regular Meetings IDs
ï” By default most Skype for Business accounts are set to have rotating
Meeting IDâs
ï” Therefore your meeting ID will change every time you launch ad-hoc meeting
ï” If you set Skype for Business to have a Static Meeting ID you can simply paste
this ID into your Google Calendar invitations and it will never change
8. Integrating Microsoft Exchange and
Google Calendars
ï” You can set Google Calendars to import your Microsoft Exchange
calendar information
ï” This is ideal if you have a Office 365 account and you use Google
Calendars
ï” You CANNOT import google calendar meeting items into Exchange (As of
July 2015)
9. Using UnifiedCT Unyfy to integration
Exchange and Google Calendars
ï” UnifiedCTâs Unyfy actually integrates Skype for Business with Microsoft
Exchange and Google Calendars. This is what it looks like.
10. Toggle between Exchange and
Google Calendars
ï” This allows the room your in to display either a Google Calendar or a
Exchange calendar for use with resource booking
ï” You can also add your own personal calendar which will show up as a
additional tab next to Exchange and Google