Lobby

The Lync Server lobby feature can be considered a type of waiting room where meeting attendees can be held before the meeting begins. As a presenter, the meeting can be configured to automatically admit all attendees from the lobby, admit only authenticated corporate users from the lobby, admit only authenticated corporate users invited specifically by the organizer, or to admit no user from the lobby without manual acceptance. Attendees are allowed to join the meeting, but when held in the lobby, they are unable to hear the presenter or other users. The meeting organizer has the ability to allow or not allow attendees waiting in the lobby to attend the meeting.

As the organizer, participants are listed in the visual roster. Authenticated users show a display name and users joining from the PSTN can display the phone number they dialed in from. Lync Attendee or Lync Web App users have the ability to enter a display name, which is shown in the roster, too.