MGC Web Server Manager User’s Guide

8.If the new On Going conference is assigned an IVR service with conference entry password and chairperson password functionality but without External database authentication and prompts, the participant is requested to enter these passwords in order to connect to the conference. The passwords the participant enters are checked only against the passwords defined for the conference and the participant connects to the conference as an undefined chairperson or a standard participant.

Figure 5-1: Ad Hoc Conferencing with Conference Numeric ID Authentication

To enable this workflow, the following components must be defined in the system:

An Entry Queue Service configured to access the WebCommander server for conference initiation authentication with the appropriate Numeric ID request messages.

An Ad Hoc-enabled Entry Queue with an assigned Profile and the appropriate Entry Queue Service.

In the WebCommander Web Server Manager application–Users table, definition of users who have the right to start a new conference using the Ad Hoc conferencing mechanism and for each user the appropriate conference Entry Password, Chairperson Password and Billing code that will be assigned for each conference. For more details on User definition, see “Conference Creation and Authentication Parameters” on page 5-26.

The MCU is configured to access the external database by setting the appropriate flags in the “system.cfg”. For more information, see the MGC Manager User’s Guide, Volume II, Chapter 3.

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