Enable And Disable Conference Announcements; Remove Conference Participants; Lock And Unlock A Conference Call; Admit Or Deny Participants To A Locked Conference Call - Polycom VVX 300 Series User Manual

• Select Host to promote a participant to presenter.
• Select Attendee to demote a host to attendee.
The participant is now an attendee or presenter and can manage conference participants.

Enable and Disable Conference Announcements

When enabled, announcements play whenever a host mutes or unmutes the audience, locks or unlocks
the conference, removes a conference participant, or when a new person joins the conference.
Presenters can choose to enable or disable announcements during a Skype for Business conference call.
Procedure
1. During a conference call, do one of the following:
• Select Ena.Anc to enable announcements
• Select Dis.Anc to disable announcements.

Remove Conference Participants

A presenter can remove any participant, excluding the conference initiator, from the conference call.
Procedure
1. Select a participant and select Remove.
A notification is displayed on the participant's phone informing him or her that the host has
removed them from the conference.

Lock and Unlock a Conference Call

Presenters can lock a conference call to prevent people from joining the conference call without approval.
When a conference is unlocked, anyone on the network can join a conference call automatically with the
conference dial-in number and ID. When the conference is locked, a contact must wait for the main
presenter, the person who initiated the conference call, to admit the contact to the meeting.
Procedure
1. During an active conference,select Lock.
The conference is locked, and anyone that tries to join the call must be admitted by the main
presenter.
2. When you're ready to enable people to join the conference, select Unlock.
The conference is unlocked, and anyone can join the conference call.

Admit or Deny Participants to a Locked Conference Call

When you lock a conference, you can decide whether to admit or deny any new participants to the call.
Any contacts that are trying to enter a locked conference call are displayed in the Roster with an alert icon
on the main host's phone, as shown next.
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