Add Webex Instant Connect to your spaces so you can create and start Webex Instant Connect meetings, all from within Webex App. When you start a meeting, the consultation lobby opens in your browser. You no longer need your own front-end interface to organize your consultations.
Cards in Webex App
Cards make it easy for users to interact with Webex Instant Connect using commands. Select from drop-down menus, use buttons, and even use text fields to organize and start consultations.
See buttons and cards for your Webex apps.
If you have any issues with Webex Instant Connect, contact support: https://help.webex.com/contact
An administrator must activate Webex Instant Connect before you use it in Webex App. See https://instant.webex.com/ for more information. |
First add Webex Instant Connect to a new or existing space in Webex App, before inviting others to use Webex Instant Connect too. Add Webex Instant Connect to a group space, or create a direct space for it.
1 | To add Webex Instant Connect to a group space, go to Messaging and choose the space to which you want to add Webex Instant Connect.
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2 | Choose People, click Add People, and then enter: |
After you add Webex Instant Connect to a space, invite others to use it too. Webex Instant Connect can send invitations to other users in your organization.
The email addresses you use to invite others must be in the same domain as yours. |
1 | Invite others to use Webex Instant Connect by typing their email address in the space and sending the message.
Webex Instant Connect sends an invite message in Webex App with a link to create a virtual visit. |
Create a Webex Instant Connect meeting, without leaving Webex App. You can start the meeting from Webex App too. The meeting participants simply click on the invite link to open the consultation lobby in their browser; they don't need Webex App.
1 | Create a meeting from a group space or from a direct space with Webex Instant Connect:
Webex Instant Connect sends a message with a Create virtual visit link. | ||
2 | Select the length of time before the link expires from the drop-down list, and then click Create virtual visit. | ||
3 | To invite people to the meeting, enter their email addresses or phone numbers separated with a comma, and then click Send Invite. Everyone on the invite list receives an email or an SMS with a link to join the meeting as a participant. | ||
4 | As the host, to start the meeting right from the space, click Start meeting. The consultation lobby opens in your browser.
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