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Make a conference call
This Help article is for Cisco Video Phone 8875 registered to Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM).
You can invite additional participants to join your ongoing call. By default, the conference call can accommodate up to four people, including yourself as the host. If you need to increase the capacity, consult your administrator.
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While you are on a call, tap More and choose Conference . The Conference screen displays, the current conference is placed on hold.
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In the Recents, Directories, or Calls tab, tap the contact that you want to add. Vary with configurations on your phone, the Calls tab displays the calls for your line or all the calls on the phone. If you can't find this tab or you want to change the scope of the calls list, contact your administrator.
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(Optional) If you want to search for a contact, follow these steps: You can also add a contact to the conference call by entering a complete URI address of the contact. However, the phone doesn't support searching for a contact by URI address. |
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Tap Conference to add the person to the call. |
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Repeat Step 1 through Step 4 to add more people. |
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(Optional) If you want to remove participants from the call conference, see View and manage participants. |
View and manage participants
You can view the participants who join the current conference call. If you are the host of the conference call, you can remove participants from the conference call. According to the administrator's configuration, all participants might have the permission to remove participants.
If you don't see the Participants button in a conference call, consult your administrator.
Before you begin
Your administrator allows you to view and manage the conference participants.
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When in a conference call, tap More and choose Participants (n) , where n represents the total number of the participants in the current conference call. The participant list displays.
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Tap Remove on the participant that you want to remove. |
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Tap Remove on the prompt to confirm the removal. The conference call ends automatically when all participants hang up. |
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(Optional) Tap Update to refresh the participant list. |