You can invite participants to the group chat in one of the following ways:

  • Open a chat window with one participant of the group chat. Click , add participants, and click Start.
  • On your Contacts list, select everybody that you want to invite to the group chat. Right-click over the selected names and select Start a group chat.
  • On your Contacts list, hover over a group name and click the group chat icon to start a group chat with all of the available participants in the group.
  • Select participants from the Contacts or Chats tab, and click the group chat icon that displays when you hover over any of the selected participants.
  • For existing 1:1 chats, drag a contact from the Contacts tab into the message content area or the participant list area.

By default, you can invite 50 participants to a group chat. Your administrator can increase this cap through the IM & Presence Service administration pages.

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To create a group chat select one of the following:

  • Select two or more people from your contact list and choose the group chat icon.
  • In the Chats tab, select the New Chat icon.
  • Select the header of the contact group and choose the group chat icon.
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In the Start Chat window, enter any additional people you want to invite.

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Update the topic for the group chat.
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(Optional) Choose any additional people from the Recent Contacts area.

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Select Start.

By default, you can invite 50 participants to a group chat. Your administrator can increase this cap through the IM & Presence Service administration pages.

You can start a group chat either from the Chats screen or from the Chat window in the following way:

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In the Chats screen, tap , enter the participants in To: field, and tap Done.

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In the chat window, tap , then tap , enter the participants in To:, and tap Done.

By default, you can invite 50 participants to a group chat. Your administrator can increase this cap through the IM & Presence Service administration pages.