During online meetings and conversations, presenters can use polling to gather anonymous responses from participants. The polling feature enhances collaboration by enabling presenters to quickly determine participants' preferences. The whiteboard feature enhances collaboration by enabling meeting participants to discuss ideas, brainstorm, take notes, and so on. Annotations made on whiteboards can be seen by all meeting participants. A whiteboard is a blank canvas that can be used for collaboration, with text, ink, drawings and images. Web conferencing provides the following features:
Web conferencing allows meeting attendees to collaborate on documents shared during the meeting, and for the meeting presenter to share applications through the Skype for Business client. The following subsections describe the features and capabilities of each conferencing type. For more information, see Deploy conferencing in Skype for Business Server. When you deploy Skype for Business Server, IM conferencing capabilities are automatically deployed you specify whether to deploy web, A/V, and dial-in conferencing by using the Topology Builder. For example, you could enable all types, including dial-in conferencing, to allow users who are not able to join a conference with a Skype for Business client to call in and participate in the meeting audio from a telephone. You can choose to enable all conferencing types, or to use only one type, depending on your needs. There are four types of conferencing available in Skype for Business Server: web conferencing, audio and video (A/V) conferencing, dial-in conferencing, and instant message (IM) conferencing. This topic includes the following sections: Conferences also support instant messaging, desktop and application sharing, and interactive white boards.
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Meeting participants can connect to a meeting with their Skype for Business client for a full audio and video experience, or dial in to a conference using a phone. Summary: Read this topic to learn about conferencing features and capabilities in Skype for Business Server.Ĭonferencing in Skype for Business Server allows users to meet and hold conferences online using their Skype for Business client instead of everyone getting together in the same room.