Service Overview
AT&T Connect provides tools for visual presentation, remote collaboration and voice conferencing. The best-of-breed virtual meeting space lets users easily share voice and data using existing Internet and telephone resources. Users join AT&T Connect virtual web meetings by phone, by computer or with both phone and PC.
Users can schedule and access AT&T Connect web conferences directly from their myAT&T desktop application, Outlook/Notes calendars or from messaging tools like Office Communicator or IBM Sametime.
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Value & Benefits
- Improved desktop video conferencing
- Enhancements to event settings
- Feature additions to the Web Participant
Features
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- Overhauled PC-based video conferencing.
- Improved video window layouts
- Enhanced start/stop video transmissions
- Optimized bandwidth controls
- Option to test webcam transmission from the Participant application
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- Additional event-level controls and options:
- Start reservationless (meeting room) event without host being present
- Allow continuing a reservationless (meeting room) event after the host departs
- Allow the ability to continue meetings with only one participant present
- Additional entry and exit tones
- Option for host to terminate the meeting
- Option to un-mute a participant or mute & lock a participant
- Host/presenter can create an ad-hoc discussion group in an iMeeting where everyone is muted except for the members of the group
- Optional Billing Identifier when scheduling events for charging back event expeneses to project
- Option for generating a random security key/URL for scheduled events where only users in possession of this encryption key (URL) may join the event via the PC.
- Recording indicator when anyone in the conference is recording the session (or set to record on the server).
- Ability for a host or presenter to switch all particpants to the phone and disable use of audio over the computer (thus eliminating call quality issues)
- Support of Internet Explorer 8 and Google Chrome
- Ability to schedule a voice-only conference from the myAT&T desktop application
- New look and feel for the "My Information" page
- Improved User Interface for User Manager
FAQs
Q: When is version 8.8 available?
A: Version 8.8 is publicly available as of July 31st, 2009.
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Q: Can existing AT&T Connect customers (on version 8.2 or below upgrade to Version 8.8?
A: The Participant application and mail addins are available from this site for public download and will operate with a Communications Center (ACC) ver. 8.2. However, some of the features introduced in this version are on the ACC and will require an ACC version 8.8. AT&T will begin upgrading the ACC servers later this year. A communication to hosted customers will follow.
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Q: Where can I download the software and documentation?
A: Software components, user guides, administrator resources are all available on this site.
