Chapter 14: Conferencing; Starting A Conference - Avaya 9500 Series User Manual

Chapter 14: Conferencing

The telephone system supports multiple conference calls, with additional parties addable to any
conference call until the system's conference capacity is reached. A maximum of 64 parties in any
particular conference call is supported.
• If you are the only internal user in the conference, depending on your telephone system's
configuration, dropping yourself might end the conference. Consult your system administrator
for details.
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Starting a Conference

Turning a Normal Call Into a Conference
Adding Another Party Using Hold
Adding Another Party Without Using Hold
Viewing Conference Details
Dropping/Muting Parties
Holding a Conference Call
Exiting a Conference
Context Sensitive Conferencing
Conference Short Codes
Starting a Conference
This is a simple method for creating a conference. For more complex scenarios, see
Sensitive Conferencing
Procedure
1. If not already on a call, make a call to the first party or answer a call.
2. Press the Conf key. The current call is automatically put on hold.
3. Dial the party that you want to add to the conference.
• If they answer and want to join the call, press Conf again. This call and your current
held calls are turned into a conference call.
• If they do not want to join the call or do not answer, press Drop. Then press the
appearance key of the previously held call to reconnect to that call.
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