Understanding On-Premises Conferencing Rules for Federated and Nonfederated Users

There is more to federation than just allowing partner enterprises to exchange instant messages. There are also conferencing services that enable partnering organizations to host a meeting on one or the other’s infrastructure where they can present content, such as Office PowerPoint presentations. Externally, this is the Live Meeting service that Microsoft hosts for customers that includes the ability to host audio and video, such as real-time discussions using microphones, Web cams, or the Microsoft RoundTable device.

For meetings of this type, an allowance is made for anonymous users. Each must have a conference invitation (made up of a URL or URI that has session ...

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