Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 8.0

Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing—You can still use web conferencing with 
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace by integrating with Cisco WebEx or IBM Lotus Sametime Web 
Conferencing. Also, if you upgrade from Release 7.0 to Release 8.0, users can still play back the 
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing meetings that were recorded on the Release 7.0 
system.

If you switch from Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing to Cisco WebEx or IBM Lotus 
Sametime Web Conferencing, make sure that you train your users how to use the new web 
conferencing option. For Cisco WebEx, make sure you provide the relevant information in the 

. Also, choose the relevant option from the following list to help 

your users get started:

For Cisco WebEx integration where users schedule meetings from Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, 
have your users watch the Cisco WebEx video quick start guide, which is available from the 
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace web user portal.

For Cisco WebEx integration where users schedule meetings from Cisco WebEx, have your 
users complete the user training provided by Cisco WebEx. 

For IBM Lotus Sametime Web Conferencing integration, have your users read the Quick Start 
Guide: Using IBM Lotus Sametime Web Conferencing with Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 
Release 8.0, which is available at 

Cisco Unified MeetingPlace for Microsoft Office Communicator—The ability to escalate 
text-based instant-messaging sessions into voice meetings is still available for Cisco Unified 
MeetingPlace integrations with IBM Lotus Sametime Instant Messaging and Jabber Messenger. 

Lecture-style meetings—Q&A and webinar features are still available by integrating 
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace with Cisco WebEx. Specifically, you would use a 
Cisco WebEx–scheduling deployment with WebEx Event Center. However, the ability to “raise your 
hand” from the telephone user interface to ask a question is no longer supported. All users must be 
in the web conference to ask questions during a WebEx Event Center meeting by using the Q&A 
Panel or “Raise Hand” option on the Participant Panel.

Video port reservations—Video resources will now be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis 
as users join meetings. This change enables Cisco Unified MeetingPlace to support high-rate video 
and high-quality audio without unnecessarily preventing users from scheduling meetings due to the 
lack of available ports.

Recording resource reservations—A recording resource is no longer used while 
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace records a meeting. Therefore, we removed the scheduling parameters 
that reserve recording resources. 

Recording features available to end-users from the telephone—Release 8.0 no longer supports 
the following end-user features from the telephone: 

The ability to access meeting recordings 

The ability to start or stop recordings

IBM Lotus Notes Release 6.0.4—To see which releases are supported, see the System Requirements 
for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace at