Still need help? Go to Microsoft Community.It has been a while since my last “Simple Understanding” article, so as the year getting to an end, I decided to address a topic that is already address before in many great blog articles, but hay… you know me, it is important to me that my followers and readers can have everything they look for in my blog as well as I’m addressing this topic, and as I always do with my simple understanding series, I will be using non-technical words as much as I can, easy to understand phrases and explanation and of course videos shows the flow under the hood, so let’s get cracking 🙂

Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, about the performance or reliability of these products. The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. 3126487 You can't join a meeting from outside Lync 2013, Lync 2010, or Skype for Business on iOS 9.2 through later 9.x versions.3097592 You can't join a meeting from outside Lync 2013, Lync 2010, or Skype for Business on iOS 9 or 9.1.Go to, and then paste the URL that you copied in step 1 into the text box on that webpage.Copy the meeting URL from the meeting invitation.If you don't have any of these apps installed, if you're on a Lync Server 2010 environment, or if you're a federated or anonymous attendee who is external to the organization, follow these steps to join the meeting: This workaround applies only to organizers and attendees who have Lync 2013 for iPhone, Lync 2013 for iPad, or Skype for Business for iOS installed. Tap the title of the meeting that you want to join.To work around this issue if you have Lync 2013 for iPhone, Lync 2013 for iPad, or Skype for Business for iOS installed, follow these steps: 974 for Lync Server 2013, web components server. Install the November 2016 cumulative update.272 for Skype for Business Server 2015, Web Components Server. To fix this issue, install one of the following updates based on the version of your Microsoft Skype for Business Server or Microsoft Lync Server: The desktop version will not try to start the app.

The mobile version would try to start the Lync or Skype for Business app and join the meeting, or redirect you to the app store if it cannot join the meeting. In this scenario, the link tries to start the desktop version of the website instead of the mobile version. For example, you tap the 'Join Meeting' link in an email message or calendar appointment in an app other than Lync or Skype for Business.

You try to join a meeting from outside the Lync or Skype for Business app.

You have Microsoft Lync 2013, Lync 2010, or Skype for Business installed on the device.

You're using an Apple iPhone or Apple iPad that's running Apple iOS 10.0.

Try the skype for business mobile app