Using Meetings in 8x8 Work for Desktop in 8x8 Express

Objective

Using and modifying your 8x8 Meetings.

Applies To

• 8x8 Meet
• Work for Desktop

Launching a Meeting

Meetings can be launched one of two ways, either instantly or scheduled for future dates via calendar integration. 

1. In Work for Desktop, select the Meetings tab.
2. You will be able to select one of the following options: Meet Now, Join, or copy your room information to schedule a meeting in your calendar.

Updating Meeting Preferences

1. Before launching a meeting, toggle the settings for starting meetings with video on or off, and whether you'd like to start with your microphone muted.
2. Launch your personal room by clicking Meet Now.
3. Click More Actions (three dots).
   
4. Select Settings.
5. From here you can choose your camera, microphone, and audio output devices, and decide if participants will all start muted, hidden, or follow after you.
   
   

Inviting Participants

You can invite meeting participants using your calendar invitation, or directly from your meeting room.

1. To add participants from to meeting room, click Invite People.
   
2. In the search bar, search for contacts by name, or enter a phone number.
   
3. Select the appropriate contact from the search results.
4. Click Invite.
   

Note: Inviting by Name is for Internal users on your Work for Desktop network. To invite external users, outside of your network, use either the dialing method or copy the Meeting details Information (click i icon (next to Invite People) > click Copy) and share outside of Work for Desktop.  Dial-out invitations are currently limited at 3 dial-out numbers per user, per meeting

Chatting, Screen Sharing, and Recording Meetings

Within 8x8 Meet, you are able to do much more than just have an audio conference. Meetings allows users to share their screen with participants, allows participants to chat in the instant messaging service and also allows the meeting to be recorded for future use.