Starting A Conference; Starting A Conference From The Conferences Pane - Polycom 1500 Deployment Manual

Polycom RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX)1500/2000/4000 Deployment Guide for Maximum Security Environments

Starting a Conference

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

To start a conference from the Conference pane:
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Clicking the New Conference button in the Conferences pane. For more information, see
"Starting a Conference from the Conferences Pane" on page 2-12.
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 RealPresence® Collaboration Server
(RMX®) 1500/2000/4000, "Meeting Rooms" on page 3-1.
Dialing in to an Ad Hoc Entry Queue which is used as the access point to the MCU.
For a detailed description of Ad Hoc Entry Queues, see the RealPresence® Collaboration
Server (RMX®) 1500/2000/4000 Administrator's Guide, "Entry Queues, Ad Hoc Conferences
and SIP Factories" 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 "Starting a Reservation" on page 2-19.
Start from any Conference Template saved in the Conference Templates list.
In the Conferences pane, click the New Conference ( ) button.
The New Conference – General dialog box opens.
The system displays the conference's default Name, Duration and the default Profile,
which contains the conference parameters and media settings.
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