{"id":4819,"date":"2020-03-20T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T12:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wiki.davelevy.info\/?p=4819"},"modified":"2024-02-22T16:41:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T16:41:38","slug":"remote-conferencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/remote-conferencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote Conferencing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The “crisis” has made me review my remote communication tools, I started with Hangouts<\/a>, but need to check them all; here are my notes on the others. I look at Skype, IRC, ICQ, Jabber, Teams, Netflix, Zoom and Voice only!\u00a0
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I think that the worldwide lockdown will bring many more people into contact with these technologies and they won’t want to forget it when the crisis is over. The tendency to WFH will increase, those properly equipped will i.e. with good office space won’t want to return and ,my\/most will adopt chat and video conferencing technology, but here are my notes.<\/p>\n

Gartner<\/h3>\n

While looking at this I came accross the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Meeting Solutions, i was pointed at it by Zoom.<\/p>\n

Tools<\/h3>\n

Skype<\/h4>\n

I use this regularly, but need to learn to see if with the consumer binaries I can run a conference, but this<\/a> suggests it should be possible. It used to need software installed on all participating devices and the phone binary is quite large. However, I am using Skype version 8.56.0.102 on Windows 10 and one of the options under \"Chat\"<\/code> is a \"Meet Now\"<\/code> button which generates a web link and starts web call.<\/p>\n

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They claim that no program is needed i.e. that people can connect with their chosen web browser. Some of my reading suggests that the features and functions of the Skype program depend upon its platform. So how to do it …<\/p>\n

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  1. Launch Skype and login<\/li>\n
  2. Select the Chat panel<\/li>\n
  3. Select Meet Now<\/li>\n
  4. Distribute the generated link.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    See also, although it comes with various Microsoft bundles …<\/p>\n