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  1. Make it clear when you are an attendee (and are not allowed to speak)
  2. Send invitation as an Outlook Appointment or provide a download link for an Outlook Appointment (.vcs file)

  1. Make it clear when you are an attendee (and are not allowed to speak)

    Background: I was trying to present a session, but the other end where unable to hear me speak and I was confused why.

    The reason ended up being, that the person who configure the conference, configure me up as a attendee, not a presenter. A attendee is not able to talk.

    Give a messagebox informing the user of this, rather than disable this option.

    Figure: Never disable this option - instead give a message telling the user that he is an attendee without permission to speak.

  2. Send invitation as an Outlook Appointment or provide a download link for an Outlook Appointment (.vcs file)

    Every now and then you get an invitation to a live meeting session, and you want to make sure not to miss it.
    What you want do then is to create a reminder / appointment in your calendar.
    This can be quite hard if you are in a different time zone!
    It would be helpful if a similar link found in the newsletter was displayed on the live meeting site.

    Provide a download link for an Outlook Appointment (.vcs file)
    Figure: A Live Meeting site without the link to Internet Calendar file.
    PS: The functionality of downloading an Internet Calendar file (.ics) is there in the newsletter, it’s just not per default shown on a Live Meeting site.

Acknowledgments

Adam Cogan
Lei Xu