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Dial-In Conferencing

In addition to web or A/V conferencing, Lync Server can act as a conferencing bridge service for users. This enables individuals to schedule or launch an audio conference using a mix of Lync Server users and endpoints with users dialing in to a conference using traditional phone lines. Local numbers can be provided by region or organizations can provide a toll-free number associated to one or many regions to external participants.

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Instead of purchasing a third party on the premise or hosted, subscription-based audio conferencing service, Lync Server can be used to give each user in the organization a unique conference bridge through the existing infrastructure.

The dial-in conferencing service can be used as a standalone system or in conjunction with the web conferencing components of Lync Server to enable users to bridge PSTN audio with any web conference being conducted.

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There isn’t a dependency to deploy web conferencing or dial-in conferencing one before the other, but they offer the most beneficial feature set when deployed together.

Dial-in conferencing also has no dependency on Enterprise Voice services for users, meaning users do not need to be enabled for Enterprise Voice to use the audio conferencing service. A user can be enabled simply for IM and presence, but also to schedule and join dial-in conferences through the Lync client or PSTN. Enterprise Voice users can also use the conferencing service, but being enabled for Enterprise Voice does not provide additional audio conferencing features from a user perspective.

The Lync Server conference bridge has a number of added benefits over a traditional conferencing service:

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