In the Alerts window, under General Alerts, you’ll see a question: “Where should alerts appear?”īelow it are two dropdown menus. Catch Yourself – Change WHERE Notifications Appear However, if we want to strengthen those notifications instead, we head back to Skype for Business’ Options window. Two of the available ringtones mimic the old rotary phone dial-tone-great for those of us who remember running across the house to answer it! You can always change the default sounds Skype4B makes from the Ringtones & Sounds window. That was on how to turn OFF notifications, like the jaw-clenching-level annoyance of Lync 2013’s “DING!” sound. I did give some advice in our March 2015 post titled, Make Lync Stop Bugging You – How to Shrink its Powers of Distraction.
One time I missed a Persistent Chat room announcement for 2 days! Co-worker was less than pleased. More control over notifications, at the user-level, I could definitely agree with. “Number one complaint is notification of incoming IMs should stay up until people see them. For instance, one reader had this to say: In the meantime, let’s see if we can help some more Skype4B Insider readers.Ī few of you voted on our December poll, citing notifications for improvement. So far we’ve received a few responses to last week’s question – would you like fewer/more detailed posts each month, or is the current once-a-week schedule good for you?