While it is necessary to start a conference from within Skype or Skype on the Web, participants who join it don't need an account or Skype installed to join. Microsoft introduced Meet Now in Skype earlier this year as a way to set up a video conference with just a few clicks. To answer the first question: Meet Now is a feature of the communication software Skype. Microsoft plans to introduce the icon to all Windows 10 users in the future, and many may wonder what the button does, why it is there, and how to remove it.

If you are running a recent version of Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system, you may have noticed the new Meet Now taskbar icon that the company added in October 2020.