Conference participant activity report

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The Reports dashboard shows you data on the usage of the Microsoft 365 or Office 365 products within your organization. You can use the Skype for Business conference participant activity report to see how many IM, audio/video, application sharing, Web and dial-in/out conferences are being participated in by users in your organization.

Note

The information and data on the Microsoft 365 Experience insights dashboard helps you to better understand and improve your users' overall experience with Microsoft 365. Learn more.

Check out the Reports overview to learn more.

This report, along with the other Skype for Business reports, gives you details on conferencing activity across your organization. These details are very helpful when you are investigating, planning, and making other business decisions for your organization.

Note

You can see all of the Skype for Business reports when you log on as an administrator to the Microsoft 365 admin center.

How to get to the Skype for Business conference participant report

  1. Go to the admin center > Reports > Usage.

  2. On the Usage page, select Skype for Business > Conference participant activity on the Select a report list on the left. Or, click the Skype for Business activity widget and then click Skype for Business conference participant activity on the Skype for Business activity list.

Interpret the Skype for Business conference participant activity report

Skype conference participant activity report.


Number 1.
The Skype for Business Conference Participant Activity report can be viewed for trends over the last 7 days, 30 days, 90 days, or 180 days. However, if you click into a particular day in the report, the table (see number 7) will show data for 30 days, up to the date (see number 2) for when the report was generated.

Note

If you click into the details of a specific day, the table will only show data for the 30 days up to the date when the report was generated.


Number 2.
Each report has a date for when this report was generated. The reports usually reflect a 24- to 48-hour latency from time of activity.


Number 3.
Use the interactive chart data on the Activity chart to understand usage trends and to see the total number of conferences that were participated in and the type of conferences that are being held in your organization. It will show you the total number and types of IM, Audio/video, Application sharing, Web, and Dial-in/out - 3rd party conferences that were participated in across your organization.


Number 4.
Use the interactive chart data on the Users chart to understand usage trends and to see the number of unique users that have participated in conferences that are being held in your organization. It will show you the total number of users along with the types of IM, Audio/video, Application sharing, Web, and Dial-in/out - 3rd party of conferences that were organized.


Number 5.
Use the interactive chart data on the Minutes chart to understand usage trends and to see the number of minutes that are used by users when they organize a conference using audio/video, and dial-in and dial-out - Microsoft as their audio conferencing provider. It will show you the total number of minutes of Audio/video that are used during conferences that were participated in.


Number 6.
You can filter the series you see on the chart by clicking on an item in the legend. For example, on the Activity chart, click or tap IM, Audio/video, Application sharing, Web, and Dial-in/out - 3rd party to see only the info related to each one. Changing this selection doesn't change the info in the grid table.


Number 7.
Each chart has an 'X' (horizontal) and 'Y' (vertical) axis.

  • On the Activity activity chart, the Y axis is the total number of IM, audio/video, application sharing, Web, and dial-in/out 3rd party conferences your users in your organization participated in.
  • On the Users activity chart, the Y axis is the total number users that held IM, audio/video, application sharing, Web, and dial-in/out 3rd party conferences your users in your organization participated in.
  • On the Minutes activity chart, the Y axis is the total number of minutes that audio/video was used for conferences that your users in your organization participated in.

The X axis on both charts is the selected date range for this specific report.


Number 8.
The table shows you a breakdown of the participated in conference activities per user. This shows all users that have Skype for Business assigned to them and conferences that they participated in. You can add additional columns to the table.

  • User name is the name of the user.
  • Deleted indicates that the user's license was removed.

    Note: Activity for a deleted user will still display in a report as long as he or she was licensed at some time during the selected time period. The Deleted column helps you to note that the user may no longer be active, but contributed to the data in the report.

  • Deleted date is the date on which the user's license was removed.
  • Last activity date (UTC) is the last activity date (UTC) for that user.
  • IM shows the total number of IM conferences that were participated in.
  • Audio/video shows the total number of audio/video conferences that were participated in.
  • Application sharing shows the total number of application sharing conferences that were participated in.
  • Web shows the total number of Web conferences that were participated in.
  • Dial-in/out - 3rd party shows the total number of dial-in/out conferences that were organized that use a 3rd party audio conferencing provider.
  • Audio/video minutes shows the total number of minutes used when used participated in conferences that used audio/video.

If your organization's policies prevents you from viewing reports where user information is identifiable, you can change the privacy setting for all these reports. Check out the How do I hide user level details? section in the Activity Reports in the admin center.


Number 9.
You can also export the report data into an Excel .csv file, by clicking or tapping Export.
Skype for Business Reporting Export Button.
This exports data of all users and enables you to do simple sorting and filtering for further analysis. If you have less than 2000 users, you can sort and filter within the table in the report itself. If you have more than 2000 users, in order to filter and sort, you will need to export the data.


Number 10.
Click or tap Columns to add or remove columns from the report.
Skype for Business Online Reporting Manage Button.

Want to see other Skype for Business reports?

Activity Reports in the admin center