Why does Skype On-Prem take so long to join meetings? #M365AMA

In this episode, the #M365AMA panel discusses the following community question:

“I wonder if someone could help me. We‘re using Skype for business OnPrem and some of our customers complaining about joining meetings. Sometimes it takes several minutes to let you join a meeting. Have you ever experienced something like this? We can’t really see anything on the Skype for business server. Could it be related to the hardware itself for example drivers? Thanks in advance.”

Check out the discussion here:

 

Participating in this discussion were:

• Christian Buckley, RD+MVP @buckleyplanet 
• Jonathan Weaver, MVP  @j_weaver74
• Kirsty McGrath, MVP @KirstyMcGrath13
• Hal Hostetler, MVP  @TVWizard

Some relevant notes/links shared by the team:

• There are a few online resources that basically just walk you through the troubleshooting steps to rule out issues such as bandwidth, connectivity, security or operating system updates, networking problems, or corrupted files. Any or these, or a combination of them, could impact Skype performance.
• Skype Meetings App slow startup in Skype for Business Server 2019 or Skype for Business Server 2015 [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/skype-meetings-app-slow-startup-in-skype-for-business-server-2019-or-skype-for-business-server-2015-469ccb9c-1514-4d74-9877-2b3b038f965d]
• Skype for Business Server 2019 follows the Fixed Lifecycle Policy [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/skype-for-business-server-2019]