Join button on video devices and Webex boards

Users can schedule meetings and include video devices and Webex Boards that display the Join button by using any of these methods:

Webex App meetings

From a space.
From the calendar, by entering a scheduling keyword in the meeting location field.

Webex meetings

From the calendar, using Webex Productivity Tools..
From the calendar, by entering a scheduling keyword in the meeting location field.
From the calendar, by entering a URL in the meeting location or body.
Using the Webex Meetings Scheduler for Google Chrome.

Other types of meetings

From the calendar, by entering a supported video address format in the meeting location or body.

To provide One Button to Push on video devices, you deploy the Hybrid Calendar. The details of the deployment depend on the type of calendar environment that you have, and on the type of device.

One button to push availability for different types of meetings

The following tables show the situations in which the Hybrid Calendar Service can provide OBTP to either premises or cloud-registered endpoints.

Hybrid Calendar run on devices that can register to the Webex cloud by using RoomOS.

Table 1. OBTP for Meeting Services
Meeting type	TMS-managed with XE	Hybrid Calendar Service
Webex	PT-scheduled only	Yes
Personal Meeting Room	PT-scheduled only	Yes
Cisco Meeting Server	Yes	Yes
MS Cisco Webex Teams	No	Yes
Google Meet	No	Yes
Third-party	No	Yes

Table 2. Calendar platform by service
Calendar platform	TMS-managed	Hybrid Calendar Service
Microsoft Exchange	Yes	Yes
O365	Yes	Yes
Google Calendar	No	Yes

Table 3. Device support
Device	TMS-managed	Hybrid Calendar Service
Room OS/CE	Yes	Yes
CTS	Yes	No
MXP	Yes	No
C Series	Yes	No