Conference Now

CUCM 11 New Feature
replacing the present Meet-Me feature
well let me tell you, finally i got the approval from Management to upgrade our CUCM and since then i have to read alot to see which new feature i have and one of the newest is Conference Now
i show you earlier how to configure Meet-Me Conference so today i will show how to configure the Replacement for that feature, and You can now set a PIN to the Meet-Me feature, making it more secure Similar to Webex
So i Download CUCM 11 ISO File and i will configure this in the 60 Days Demo License
and as you can see the home page look different

Login with my Username and password
and here show the System is operation on demo license
don’t worry about it
the feature will work on it

First go to Call Routing Tab – Conference Now
Enter the Conference Now Number
Then go to Media Resource – Interactive Voice Responses
Make Sure the IVR is registered to the CUCM
i will Change the Device Pool and Location to my Site (Jamjoom)
Now go to Media Resource – Announcement
Here i can check the All the Default Announcement and as you see the First couple of Announcement is belong to Conference Now Feature and i could change it too for a custom recording
Now go to User Management – User/Phone Add – Feature Group Templatein the Default Group Template select the Box – Enable End User to host Conference Now
now go to Configure End User under User Management Tab
Configure the Self-Service User ID for the End User
Select the Primary Extension
The Last Most Important Step is to Enable the Box under Conference Now and make sure the Meeting Number is the same as the Self-Service user ID
and to make sure your Conference is Secure configure the Attendees Access Code
like that your configuration is Complete
to check the number allowed for Conference is the same like Meet-me feature
go to Service parameter – Choose the server and Call Manager service
and As you see you can Adjust everything here