Personal Meeting Rooms

[StephanieBlock81703]

I like the idea of Personal Meeting Rooms having a lobby or waiting area so guests can be added in. A nice level of security. However, no where is it clear if this is for WebEx Meeting clients and if so where the heck we go to start one? Or, are Personal Meeting Rooms only associated with WebEx TEAMS. 

There is a great video here: https://help.webex.com/video?videoId=6034404581001. But, our WebEx Meetings platform on the back end does not look like this. 

We NEED security for our upcoming event. We are using Meetings and NOT Events because Events is more like a webinar or lecture. We want our guests to see one another and umute to yell Bingo. 

Stephanie 

[Mike_Brezicky]

Hi,

A personal Meeting Room is your webex meeting - very much like a scheduled meeting. However, the PMR has a single static meeting URL, and is always available for ad-hoc or immediate calls. For example: https://example.webex.com/meet/John.Doe - I would suggest you login to your site and you should see your PMR under My Webex.
Please see the cisco doc here as well - https://help.webex.com/en-us/nul0wut/Cisco-Webex-Personal-Rooms-in-Cisco-Webex-Meetings

For your specific question - you can lock and/or have participants waiting in the lobby for PRM meetings as well as scheduled meetings.

I always like to use the following office analogy.
PMR Meetings are like your office or workstation. Its the same place / space and you can always go in and invite anyone you like, at any time.
Scheduled Meetings are like the various conference rooms around the office. You pick and choose a designated space for that time period, and the meeting location is always changing.

[StephanieBlock81703]

Thanks Mike! 

We have a fundraising event this Thursday and trying to determine how to secure our event. It is taking place on WebEx Meetings because we wanted everyone to have the opportunity to see one another as well as unmute themselves when they have bingo. 

If we create a "meeting" the link will be sent out to guests but it could be forwarded. We don't understand why passwords are associated with meetings when they are not really required. Still don't really understand that - but that what they keep telling us. 

The personal meeting room has a lobby which I really like. I'm surprised general WebEx meetings don't use that feature. ZOOM has the feature. 

Trying to sort through all of our options. It would be AWESOME to speak with another nonprofit or two that used WebEx meetings for their fundraising event. 

Stephanie 

[Mike_Brezicky]

Having a password is purely a security recommendation and should always be included as a basic form of protection. Cisco now requires passwords for all meetings. Yes the link can be forward, but its likely to known associates. Without a password, I could just as easily search and join / sniff out your meeting and capture all the data.

The lobby / waiting room option is most likely on the roadmap for scheduled meetings, as well as things like breakout rooms / practice sessions for meetings.

[StephanieBlock81703]

Thanks Mike! But the passwords aren't unique are they? The links and passwords and such can all be forwarded right? 

We are considering using the PMR this Thursday night for our 300+ event because we really like the idea of a lobby. But, we know the link to the PMR could also simply be forwarded. Closer to the event we are going to unlock the PMR since we won't have time to admit folks 1 by 1. I suppose this is a security concern as well. 

[Jaime Valencia]

I'll move your thread over to the Webex User community, you're posting in the Webex Admin community.

Please make sure to post any non-admin related questions in the Webex User community

https://community.cisco.com/t5/webex-user-community/ct-p/webex-user