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Seeing The action couldn’t be completed Skype error? Fix it

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Skype forBusinessoffers excellent collaboration tools for teams to communicate within the organization. However, when sending a message outside the organization using Skype forBusiness, you may encounter the error Action couldn’t be completed, please try again later.

This is an olderror, and there seems to be no definitive fix for the issue. Several users have reported thiserrorin theMicrosoft community.

I recently installed Skype forbusinessand I cannot talk to people outside my organization.When I type a message, I receive: “the action couldn’t be completed. please try again later.” – I’ve tried from OWA and from the application.

In this article, we show you how to troubleshoot the action couldn’t be completederrorfor Skype forBusiness.

Steps to fix the action couldn’t be completed, please try again later error

Steps to fix the action couldn’t be completed, please try again later error

1. Setup admin center for external messages

Turn off External access.

2. Check for certificate issues

3. Delete Skype sign-in info

4. Install pending updates

5. Reinstall Skype for Business

The action couldn’t be completed, please try again latererrorcan occur due to permission issues or corrupt installation.

Follow the steps in the article to fix the action couldn’t be completed, please try again later Skype for Business error.

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Tashreef Shareef

Tashreef Shareef is a software developer turned tech writer. He discovered his interest in technology after reading a tech magazine accidentally. Now he writes about everything tech from Windows to iOS and streaming services to IoT at WindowsReport.

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