Starting A Conference; Starting An Avc Cp Conference From The Conferences Pane - Polycom RealPresence Getting Started Manual

Polycom® RealPresence Collaboration Server 800s Getting Started Guide

Starting a Conference

There are several ways to start a conference:
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Starting an AVC CP Conference from the Conferences Pane

In the RealPresence CloudAxis Solution, the conferencing parameters are defined in the
RealPresence CloudAxis suite using its RealPresence Virtualization Manager (DMA) component.
To start CP conference from the Conference pane:
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Clicking the New Conference button in the Conferences pane. For more information, see
"Starting an AVC CP Conference from the Conferences Pane" on page 3-12and "Starting a
Mixed CP and SVC or SVC Only Conference from the Conferences Pane" on page 3-21.
Dialing in to a Meeting Room.
A Meeting Room is a conference that is saved on the MCU. It remains in passive mode
until it is activated by the first participant, or the meeting organizer, dialing in.
For more information about Meeting Rooms, see the Polycom® RealPresence Collaboration
Server 800s Administrator's Guide, "Meeting Rooms" on page 6-1.
Dialing in to an Ad Hoc Entry Queue which is used as the access point to the MCU. This
option is valid to AVC participants dialing into an AVC-based or a Mixed CP and SVC
Entry Queue.
For a detailed description of Ad Hoc Entry Queues, see the Polycom® RealPresence
Collaboration Server 800s Administrator's Guide, "Entry Queues" on page 7-1.
Start a Reservation:
— If the Start Time of the Reservation is past due the conference becomes ongoing
immediately.
— If the Start Time of the Reservation is in the future the conference becomes ongoing,
at the specified time on the specified date.
For more information, see "Changes made to this information once the conference is running
are not saved to the CDR." on page 3-19.
Start any Conference Template saved in the Conference Templates list.
For more information, see "Starting an Ongoing Conference From a Template" on
page 3-25.
Clicking on the link included in a Microsoft Outlook Polycom Meeting Invitation or by
manually dialing the numbers displayed in the invitation using the endpoint's numeric
input device.
This option is valid to AVC participants only.
Attendees that have received an invitation to a Polycom Meeting via the Polycom
Conferencing Add-in for Microsoft Outlook can start a conference by being the first invited
attendee to click on a link in the Meeting Invitation displayed on his/her workstation or
calendaring enabled endpoint, or manually dial in to the meeting using the Polycom
Conference information included in the Meeting Invitation.
For more information see the Polycom® RealPresence Collaboration Server 800s
Administrator's Guide, "Polycom Conferencing for Microsoft Outlook®" on page 12-1.
In the Conferences pane, click the New Conference ( ) button.
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