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Polycom Web Office Release Notes Version 7.0.1
Web Office and MGC Configuration
This section explains the MGC settings for WebOffice to work with MGC version 6.01.
Web Office MGC Settings
There are two WebOffice working modes with the MGC unit:
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The working mode is defined by the WebOffice Administrator in the Administrator's Tool.
If your MGC Unit is version 5.0 or lower, you cannot work in MCU Direct Management mode,
only in WebCommander mode.
When working in the Direct Management mode, when you launch an audio or video
conference running on the MGC unit, you have to configure WebOffice to work with the
MGC unit.
The MGC unit works with the WebOffice server as an external database application that is
used for personal recognition of all conference participants and their attached endpoints.
For certain Web Office features to be enabled, such as Personal Layout, Active Speaker and
Mute/Unmute, the Web Office server must work in MCU Direct Management mode, and the
Web Office server must serve as an external database application with the MGC unit. If you
work in MCU Direct Management mode without IVR Message Services, the Personal Layout,
Active Speaker and Mute/Unmute features will be disabled.
When an Audio or Video conference is started from WebOffice, the WebOffice server
generates a list of passwords for each conference participant. These passwords are sent
from the MGC unit to the WebOffice server for validation. (The password displayed in
MGC Manager conference properties is different than the password WebOffice displays in
the meeting.) The WebOffice server returns to the MGC unit permission to add the
participants to the conference, and also send their names to the MCU. These names are also
used in the MGC Manager/WebCommander applications to list the participants by their
names. The participants are then added to the conference along with their names.
A guest password is also generated when the conference is started. This password is
displayed to the conference organizer (WebOffice owner) and to all connected participants.
This password can be used by participants who are disconnected, and be given to guests to
manually dial-in to the conference. Participants using the manual password to connect to
the conference are identified as 'guest' (without a user name).
The process is as follows:
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Via WebCommander server
Direct Management Mode
The WebOffice conference is started by the WebOffice client.
The WebOffice server automatically generates a list of passwords for all invited
buddies connecting to the conference.
The WebOffice server sends a request to the MGC unit to start a conference.
The MGC unit starts a conference and tells the WebOffice server the conference
number.
The WebOffice server sends the conference number and personal passwords to the
WebOffice clients connected to the conference.
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