What is new in 3.3 for administrators

This is an overview of new features and changes that are relevant for administrators.

Integration of Cisco Meeting Server Installation Assistant with Meeting Management

From the 3.3 release onwards, the Cisco Meeting Server Installation Assistant is no longer a standalone tool, it is integrated with Meeting Management and assists in installing a simple Cisco Meeting Server instance. The prior versions of Meeting Management allowed you to add existing Meeting Servers using the Add Call Bridge option. Now, with the integration of Installation Assistant into Meeting Management, you can also configure and add a new Meeting Server. The Meeting Server that you are adding must be a Meeting Server 1000 or Virtual Machine instance with software version 3.3. Installation Assistant is not compatible for use with Meeting Server 2000.

For more information on any of the above, see Cisco Meeting Management Installation and Configuration Guide.

Align web app and SIP layouts

From release 3.3 onwards, assigning layouts or pane placement from Meeting Management is supported for web app participants.

Note: Changing layouts for a single participant is not supported for web app participants.

Select default role in coSpace template creation

In Meeting Management 3.3, this feature allows administrators to select a default role for dial out participants during the meeting, while creating or editing a space template. When a participant is dialed out from the space, they join the meeting with the default role that is selected for the template. Administrator can make a role as default for dial out from a list of roles that are available for the space template using the new option Default for dial out available in the Meeting Management.

Admit specific participants from the Lobby

In version 3.3, video operators can admit individual participants from the lobby into an ongoing meeting. The Lobby pop-up screen now has a check button against each participant waiting in the lobby. Clicking on the associated button for a participant admits that participant into the meeting.

Visibility Scope

In version 3.3, the administrator can configure the Visibility Scope for an access method during template creation. When a new template is created or an existing template is edited, while adding a role, the administrator will also have the option to select a visibility scope for the template.

Changes to requirements

Meeting Management 3.3 is only supported with Meeting Server 3.3. We have updated the Hypervisor requirements for the Meeting Management VM.

For all requirements and prerequisites for Meeting Management3.3, see the "Before you start" section of the Installation and Configuration Guide.