Skype for Business Web App
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Skype for Business Web App is a browser-based client that lets users join and participate in Skype for Business meetings without installing the full desktop application.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Skype for Business for the web | 2 |
| Lync Web App (earlier branding) | 1 |
| Skype for Business | 1 |
| Skype for Business Web App canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1611909 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Skype for Business Web App Context triple: [Skype for Business Online, supportsClient, Skype for Business Web App]
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A.
Skype for Business Online
Skype for Business Online was Microsoft's cloud-based enterprise communication and collaboration service that provided messaging, meetings, and voice capabilities before being succeeded by Microsoft Teams.
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B.
Webex
Webex is Cisco’s cloud-based suite of video conferencing, online meeting, and team collaboration tools used by businesses and organizations worldwide.
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C.
Skype
Skype is a widely used internet-based communication service that enables voice calls, video chats, and instant messaging across computers and mobile devices.
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D.
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration and communication platform by Microsoft that provides chat, video conferencing, file sharing, and integration with other Microsoft 365 services for teams and organizations.
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E.
Surface Hub
Surface Hub is Microsoft's large interactive whiteboard and collaboration device designed for meetings, presentations, and team productivity in business and educational environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Skype for Business Web App Target entity description: Skype for Business Web App is a browser-based client that lets users join and participate in Skype for Business meetings without installing the full desktop application.
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A.
Skype for Business Online
Skype for Business Online was Microsoft's cloud-based enterprise communication and collaboration service that provided messaging, meetings, and voice capabilities before being succeeded by Microsoft Teams.
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B.
Webex
Webex is Cisco’s cloud-based suite of video conferencing, online meeting, and team collaboration tools used by businesses and organizations worldwide.
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C.
Skype
Skype is a widely used internet-based communication service that enables voice calls, video chats, and instant messaging across computers and mobile devices.
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D.
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration and communication platform by Microsoft that provides chat, video conferencing, file sharing, and integration with other Microsoft 365 services for teams and organizations.
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E.
Surface Hub
Surface Hub is Microsoft's large interactive whiteboard and collaboration device designed for meetings, presentations, and team productivity in business and educational environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Skype for Business client
ⓘ
browser-based application ⓘ web conferencing client ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Skype for Business Web App
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lync Web App (earlier branding)
|
| category |
collaboration software
ⓘ
enterprise communication software ⓘ |
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| doesNotRequire | full Skype for Business desktop installation ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
Microsoft Office 365 Apps for enterprise
ⓘ
surface form:
Office 365
Skype for Business Online ⓘ Skype for Business Server ⓘ |
| partOf |
Skype for Business Web App
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Skype for Business
|
| platform | web browser ⓘ |
| predecessorOf |
Skype for Business Web App
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Skype for Business for the web
|
| releaseContext | part of Skype for Business product family ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Microsoft Teams
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Teams web client
Skype for Business Web App self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Skype for Business for the web
|
| requires |
Skype for Business meeting link
ⓘ
supported web browser ⓘ |
| status |
deprecated
ⓘ
superseded by Microsoft Teams ⓘ |
| supports |
PSTN dial-in meetings
ⓘ
PowerPoint presentation sharing ⓘ VoIP audio ⓘ Windows ⓘ application sharing ⓘ audio conferencing ⓘ desktop sharing ⓘ in-meeting chat ⓘ instant messaging ⓘ macOS ⓘ meeting content upload ⓘ meeting lobby ⓘ meeting recording control ⓘ meeting scheduling integration ⓘ participant management ⓘ polls and Q&A (in some configurations) ⓘ video conferencing ⓘ |
| supportsAuthentication |
guest access
ⓘ
organizational accounts ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
browser-based plugin for audio and video (legacy)
ⓘ
meeting join via URL ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
RTP
ⓘ
SIP ⓘ |
| supportsStandard | web conferencing standards ⓘ |
| targetUser |
external meeting participants
ⓘ
meeting attendees without Skype for Business client ⓘ |
| usedFor |
joining Skype for Business meetings
ⓘ
participating in online meetings without desktop client ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Skype for Business Web App Description of subject: Skype for Business Web App is a browser-based client that lets users join and participate in Skype for Business meetings without installing the full desktop application.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Skype for Business
this entity surface form:
Skype for Business for the web
this entity surface form:
Skype for Business for the web
this entity surface form:
Lync Web App (earlier branding)