Conferencing Center Installation & Upgrade
Installation Overview
This document covers the installation and administration of IP Office Conferencing Center level 3.0
software. It is intended for the System Administrator and the Conferencing Center administrator. These
two people may or may not be the same person.
Conferencing Center for IP Office is comprised of a Windows Service that handles the communication
with IP Office, Voicemail Pro 3.0 and SoftConsole via the IP switch. More specifically, Conferencing
Center is a licensed version of conferencing for IP Office that interacts with IP Office in the following
ways:
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Shares ports and audio channels with the IP Office.
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Uses bridge number/s from which participants can join a conference.
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The SoftConsole operator can transfer participants to a conference and create an
"immediate"/last minute conference.
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Phone Manager can be configured to connect directly to the Conferencing Center Scheduler and
Web Client GUI.
Conferencing Center 3.0 gives you the option to install both the booking and web client host applications
on the same server or onto separate servers for security and access purposes. This information needs to
be decided prior to the installation and appropriate hardware made available. The distinction between
the two applications are as follows:
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Web Booking - Requires the installation of a MSDE database (available on the Conferencing
Center CD) and allows access to the scheduling of conferences and general maintenance.
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Web Client Host - Allows conference participants to access a web conference interface that
supplements the audio conference.
TIP:
Before proceeding with the installation, the
Pre-Installation Requirements
must be reviewed.
Note:
This document is written with the assumption that the System Administrator is an experienced
Manager, Phone Manager, Voicemail Pro and SoftConsole administrator.
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