{"id":6405,"date":"2018-06-25T12:06:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T12:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/sustainability\/?p=6405"},"modified":"2019-06-21T08:33:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T08:33:07","slug":"setting-up-a-telephone-conference-using-skype-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/sustainability\/2018\/06\/25\/setting-up-a-telephone-conference-using-skype-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up a telephone conference using Skype for Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All staff can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/internal\/its\/services\/skype.aspx\">download and install <\/a>Skype for Business, but did you know, you can also use Skype to set up a telephone conference, even if your contacts aren&#8217;t on Skype?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"6408\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/sustainability\/2018\/06\/25\/setting-up-a-telephone-conference-using-skype-for-business\/newskypemeeting-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/06\/NewSkypeMeeting-1.png?fit=92%2C102&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"92,102\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Skype Meeting Button\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Skype Meeting button on the Outlook Calendar &#8216;Home&#8217; 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