Start a Group Conference

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You can use the Conferencing feature to initiate a group conversation and share a message to all the group members including the full list of participants of the chat.

You can select recipients from a specific user group, a location, a Collaboration Group, or visible resources. A group conference can include up to 1,000 participants. All users can see each other and their responses in the conference.

1. From the Collaboration window, click the new conversation icon
2. Click Group Message.
3. Click User Group and select the appropriate group from the list.
4. Click Next.
   Note: If the user group has only one user, then you can select the Start Chat link to initiate a one-to-one chat conversation.
5. Click the conference option .
6. In the Add Conference Name field, add a name for the conference.
7. Click Start Conference.
8. Type the conference message and click the send icon.
9. Click Show to view the list of recipients.
   The recipients can leave the conference, invite a user, and share their location with the sender.
10. If you want to start a one-to-one conversation, tap a user from the list and click New Conversation.