Conferencing Capabilities And Options; On Demand Conferencing; Permanent Conference; Scheduled Conferencing / Reservations - Polycom RealPresence Getting Started Manual

This service can also be used (if required) to verify the participant's right to start an Ad Hoc
conference or to join an ongoing conference.
For more details, see Polycom® RealPresence Collaboration Server 800s Administrator's Guide,
"Entry Queues" on page 7-1.

Conferencing Capabilities and Options

On Demand Conferencing

The following options are available to set up conferences:
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Permanent Conference

A Permanent Conference is an ongoing conference with no predetermined End Time,
continuing until it is terminated by an administrator, operator or chairperson. For more
details, see Polycom® RealPresence Collaboration Server 800s Administrator's Guide, "Permanent
Conference" on page 3-50.

Scheduled Conferencing / Reservations

Reservations provide calendar-based scheduling of single or recurring conferences. These
conferences can be launched immediately or become ongoing, at a specified time on a
specified date. For more details, see Polycom® RealPresence Collaboration Server 800s
Administrator's Guide, "Reservations" on page 9-1.
Polycom Conferencing for Microsoft Outlook® (AVC-based
Conferencing)
Polycom Conferencing for Microsoft Outlook is implemented by installing the Polycom
Conferencing Add-in for Microsoft Outlook on Microsoft Outlook -mail clients. It enables
meetings to be scheduled with video endpoints from within Outlook. The add-in also adds a
Polycom Conference button in the Meeting tab of the Microsoft Outlook e-mail client ribbon.
For more details, see Polycom® RealPresence Collaboration Server 800s Administrator's Guide,
"Polycom Conferencing for Microsoft Outlook®" on page 12-1.
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New Conference – set up once, use once.
The conference is deleted from the MCU after it ends.
Meeting Rooms – set up once, use many times.
Meeting Rooms are saved in memory (using no resources) and can be activated as
many times as needed.
Ad Hoc Entry Queue (CP and Mixed CP and SVC Conferencing) – no setup, a new
conference can be created when an AVC participant dials in and enters a conference ID
that is not being used by an existing conference or Meeting Room.
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