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Chapter 5 - Monitoring an On Going Conference

Disconnecting Participants

On occasion, a participant will not need to continue with a conference. In such a case, you can disconnect the participant.

When you disconnect a participant, the resources assigned to the participant remain allocated and the participant’s parameters remain in the system memory. You can therefore easily reconnect the participant if necessary.

If the participant no longer needs to be part of the conference, you should delete the participant to free MCU resources for other participants. See “Deleting a Participant from an On Going Conference” on page 5-60.

To disconnect the participant:

•In the Status column, click the Connection button.

Alternatively, point to the participant’s arrow, and then click Disconnect Party.

When the participant is disconnected from the conference, the participant status button changes accordingly:

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