Polycom 7.5 Conferencing Capabilities and Options

Chapter 2 - MGC Manager Overview

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Conferencing Capabilities and Options

MGC Manager provides the following options:

•Conferences can be reserved and scheduled ahead of time (Reservations)

or set up to start immediately (On Going Conferences)

•Conference resources are defined and reserved during conference setup

•Recurrent conferences can be scheduled in advance (a reservation can

include recurrent conferences)

•The central reservations database is easily accessed

•MGC Manager displays all the defined reservations for multiple MCUs

•Reservation-less features: Ad Hoc conferencing and Meeting Rooms

The following options are available when setting up conferences:

•Dial-in for undefined participants

•Dial-in with automatic line rate detection for defined participants

•Meet Me per Conference

•Meeting Rooms

•Dial-out (manual or automatic)

•Automatic line rate detection for undefined dial-out participants

•On-demand conferencing

•Entry Queue access (using one dial-in number for all conferences)

•Interactive Voice Response (IVR) software module for moderated

conference access

•Greet and Guide with manual or automatic guidance to conferences