Getting Started With Unified Communications Conferencing; Choose A Conferencing Method - Polycom CX5000 User Manual

Polycom CX5000 System User's Guide
Getting Started with Unified Communications
Conferencing
With Microsoft Lync, Microsoft Office Communicator 2007, and Microsoft Office Live
Meeting, you can add a variety of communication modes to conference sessions, including
phone, video, and even full web conferencing and data sharing with Microsoft Lync and
Office Live Meeting.
The conferencing capabilities described below require you to have conferencing capabilities
enabled in your organization. If you are not sure whether conferencing capabilities are
enabled, contact your system administrator.

Choose a conferencing method

Unified communications conferencing offers a variety of possibilities for effective
communication. The following table can help you decide which conferencing method to
use.
If you need to:
Conduct unscheduled multi-party
conferences – for example, you need to
make a quick decision among coworkers.
Make an unscheduled conference call.
Present slides, share web pages, or
perform desktop or application sharing
during an unscheduled conference call.
Schedule a conference call to get on
everyone's calendar.
Schedule a web conference where you
present slides, share web pages, or
perform desktop or application sharing.
Use Microsoft Lync Use Microsoft
Office Live
Meeting
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Use Microsoft
Communicator
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