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Skype is a proprietary VOIP (Voice over IP) service and software application.

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Skype is a proprietary (Voice over IP) service and software application. The service allows users to communicate with peers by voice using a microphone, video by using a webcam, and instant messaging over the Internet. Phone calls may be placed to recipients on the traditional telephone networks.

Website: http://www.skype.com

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype

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Forwarding/Simulring settings reset when logging in with Lync client

Problem: Using a Lync phone edition device, or using SEFAUtil, we can set forwarding/simulring settings for a particular user. Once that user logs in on a Lync client (running on Win7), the forwarding/simulring settings are removed after a few…
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How to prevent Skype DDOS

Is there a way to monitor number of attempted Skype connections on a specified port and dynamically firewall off the offending IPs if they break a certain threshhold within a specific time limit - in Windows 7? On a Linux box, though it's a bit…
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Why skype can not connect through squid proxy

No matter how hard i tried skype still can not connect to its server. Able to access other HTTPS servers like gmail,but skype is not working through proxy. squid proxy server eth0:192.168.2.22 with internet connection eth1:192.168.1.1 connected to…
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Small business video confrence. Any reason why I should not use Skype?

I'm going to need to set up video conferencing between Hawaii and Seattle for a small business. They would like to use a mounted TV to do the video conferencing. It will be one TV to one TV communication. One option would be to go with Polycom's…
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Can I have notifications/alerts sent by IM to a Skype account from a headless machine?

I want to make my network monitoring system send IM alerts, and the IM client of choice at my workplace is Skype. Is there a command-line driven API, that doesn't require the GUI Skype client, so I can run it on the Linux machines that run my…
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How can I check if Skype is running and there's an active call taking place?

How can I check if Skype is running and there's an active call taking place? I need this to shut down Skype before making automatic backup (otherwise files are locked on exFAT so I can't make backup) but only if I don't break an active…
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Skype companywide global contacts list

We are a medium sized company based across several sites and with a number of home workers. We have more or less settled on Skype as our defacto method of communication. At the moment the only pain is ensuring that everybody has all the other…
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How to use skype as customer service tool

I would like to allow multiple support engineers to use the same skype account to communicate with customers. This also means multiple simultaneous voice calls with of the support skype account with different customers. Is this possible, and how can…
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Outlook showing the wrong Meeting type (Lync instead of Skype)

I'm currently experiencing an issue after setting up and integrating a Skype for Business 2015 test environment with Exchange 2019. I have a windows client with Office 2013 located in the LAN, and on creating a new appointment I can only see "Lync…
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Is it possible to connect two Skype for Business instances (distinct companies)?

My company has a very restrictive policy regarding IT security; most cloud solutions are forbidden. We have an on-premises Skype for Business instance. In one of our projects, involving only a small subset of the company employees, we work with…
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Skype for Business calls behind pfSense dropping after five seconds

I'm having a problem with Skype for Business (Lync) disconnecting behind a pfSense firewall after exactly 5 seconds. It's an odd problem, and I've opened a ticket with Microsoft, but thus far, that has proven fruitless. Here is the…
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Skype for Business 2015 Edge server import certificate installation issue

We are installing Skype for Business server 2015 for testing purposes. I used StartSSL to get free certificate for Skype for Business Edge server. I followed the installation instructions from Jeff Schertz blog. After I imported the certificate…
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Skype Cannot Connect Through Squid3 Proxy Server

Been trying to figure this out for a while to no avail... I have a squid3 proxy server setup on a separate machine on a different network. I'm using the digest user protocol to store access usernames and such for the squid3 server. The config file…
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How to Install Skype domain-wide

You know Live Messenger is over and we have to migrate to Skype. I got two choices to do that on 40+ computers under the domain. Give standard users permission to install software. Automatically/centrally install the software. Can I do the 2nd…
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wireshark skype messages

I would like to analyse packets sent by skype from my computer. Particularly I am interested in packets that transmit messages. With what filter I can see this packets on wireshark. I know that dropbox is using it's own protocol for synchronizing…
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