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Is audio teleconferencing compatible with channel instant meet now meetings?
We are considering whether or not the add in feature for audio teleconferencing would work well for us.
We understand that it gives a dial-in number if a licensed user sends an invite from outlook for a specific planned ahead meeting.
What we want to also understand is can it work with channel based meetings, those initiated using the meet now button on a channel? if so how does this map to the user based licensing?
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Hi,
If the user that starts the meeting have the Audio Conferencing license the channel meeting will have dial-in information. So, yes it is based on the license of the organiser of the meeting.
LinusCansby thank you for that info. - so just to check if I understand:
- broadly speaking dial in can be made to work with channel meetings, but there may be a few tricky cases
- if we were using a channel meeting for a morning standup on a normal morning we would need to ensure that people without licenses avoided pressing 'meet now' if they were first to turn up - instead they should wait until a licensed person hits 'meet now 'and then they can hit 'join' - that way dial in would be available for anyone that needs it.
- also on a morning that a license holder doesn't turn up no dial in would be available - even if the channel was managed by a license holder (unlike a recurring outlook meeting created by a license holder that would not need them to turn up)
allanbarklie If you have a daily/weekly morning standup meeting I would suggest that you schedule that meeting and invite the channel, that way a user with a license will the organiser and then you will have the dial-in information. Also it will be easier for users to find the meeting if they have it in their calendar.
If you use the meet now, the user that starts the meeting need the license. But again schedule it instead.
