Configuring Video Conferencing Options

Many of the configuration policies used for peer-to-peer video sessions are also used for video conferences in Lync Server 2013. This is where the use of the conferencing policy actually makes sense, in conferencing scenarios. Administrators can manage video conferencing settings and bandwidth through conferencing policies in addition to Call Admission Control. These settings can be managed using the following:

Get-CSConferencingPolicy

Set-CSConferencingPolicy

New-CSConferencingPolicy

As a reminder, the new attributes introduced with Lync 2013 are as shown here:

VideoBitRateKbThis setting specifies the maximum video bit rate in Kbps for video that is sent by a user.

TotalReceiveVideoBitRateKb ...

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