This issue can be fixed, and the right names for all of your contacts restored, by simply removing proxy addresses from your Skype for Business Address Book. This might not be the end of the world for a Skype4B user with half a dozen or a dozen contacts in their Address Book, but when your workplace has 750 people on its Skype4B Address Book, some or all of the contact names being laughably incorrect is, simply put, a nightmare.Īs grave a problem as it may seem, however, there is no need to resort to extreme measures such as uninstalling Skype for Business and then reinstalling it to try and sort this issue out. While Skype for Business users may experience a wide variety of different problems, for those affected by this issue, displayed names for contacts are so overtly incorrect that the chances of the user being able to recognize them are slim to none. How to fix Skype for Business displaying incorrect names for contacts

The existence of proxy addresses in the Skype for Business Address Book: If the Skype for Business Address Book for your workplace is configured to include proxy addresses, contact names in the Address Book may get messed up beyond recognition.

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