Skype for Businesss / Office 2016 Issues and recommended fix

Skype for Business is removed when you upgrade to Office 2016

PROBLEM

Consider the following scenario:
• You have the stand-alone version of Skype for Business installed on your computer.
• You have Microsoft Office 365 Business or Office 365 Business Premium, and you upgrade Microsoft Office 2013 to Office 2016.

In this scenario, you may experience the following issues:
• The Skype for Business client is removed.
• When you try to reinstall the stand-alone Skype for Business client, you receive the following error message:

We have detected these newer versions of Office installed on your device.

To resolve this issue you can install a stand-alone copy of Skype for Business from the following links:

Skype for Business stand-alone (32-bit)
Skype for Business stand-alone (64-bit)