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Sametime Meetings Users Guide
The Sametime Meetings client allows you to join a Sametime meeting or lecture in a web browser without the need to download a plug-in or software. This guide contains information on how to access Sametime through your web browser.
Getting started
For a quick overview of the Sametime meeting client features and components, see our Quick Start Guide. If you require step-by-step instructions for the meeting client interface, you can continue to the topic of interest.
Creating a Sametime meeting
Authenticated users can create, manage, and start meetings. This section describes the types of meetings and meeting modes and the steps on how start or create one.
Starting an instant meeting
By default, anyone with the meeting link can access an instant meeting. All instant meetings are added to the Recent tab in your Meetings homepage. Since instant meetings are not owned or moderated, any authenticated user can start an existing instant meeting.

Sametime Meetings Users Guide
The Sametime Meetings client allows you to join a Sametime meeting or lecture in a web browser without the need to download a plug-in or software. This guide contains information on how to access Sametime through your web browser.
- Getting started
  For a quick overview of the Sametime meeting client features and components, see our Quick Start Guide. If you require step-by-step instructions for the meeting client interface, you can continue to the topic of interest.
  - System and browser requirements
    Before you begin, check if your computer has these:
  - New features in Sametime 12
    HCL Sametime and HCL Sametime Premium 12.0 provides many new features, enhancements and fixes to servers and clients. For information on these new features and enhancement, see the HCL Sametime and HCL Sametime Premium 12.0 Release Information article.
  - Signing in to Sametime
    You can join a Sametime meeting as an authenticated user or guest user. This topic describes the steps on how to sign in to your Sametime account in a web browser.
  - Joining a Sametime meeting
    This section discusses the steps on how to join the two types of meetings.
  - Inside a Sametime meeting
  - Creating a Sametime meeting
    Authenticated users can create, manage, and start meetings. This section describes the types of meetings and meeting modes and the steps on how start or create one.
    - Accessing your personal room
      The first time you log in as an authenticated user, a personal room is created for you. A personal room is a unique and secure room that is permanently reserved for you.
    - Starting an instant meeting
      By default, anyone with the meeting link can access an instant meeting. All instant meetings are added to the Recent tab in your Meetings homepage. Since instant meetings are not owned or moderated, any authenticated user can start an existing instant meeting.
    - Creating a new meeting
      Because meetings are configurable, user access and capability vary depending on how the meeting is created. Some moderated meetings are configured to restrict guest access. This topic covers the basic steps on how to create a new meeting. To learn how to manage your meetings, refer to the participant_list.html section.
  - Managing your Meetings homepage
    Authenticated users can manage their meetings from the Meetings homepage.
- Using Sametime Meetings
  This section focuses on the in-meeting features that are accessible by default to all meeting participants.
- Managing meetings
  This section focuses on the additional controls that are available to meeting owners and moderators.

Starting an instant meeting

By default, anyone with the meeting link can access an instant meeting. All instant meetings are added to the Recent tab in your Meetings homepage. Since instant meetings are not owned or moderated, any authenticated user can start an existing instant meeting.

About this task

There is a tutorial on how to create a new meeting when accessing the Meetings homepage for the first time.

Note: By default, instant meeting names are automatically generated.

To start an instant meeting, follow these steps:

Procedure

From the Meetings homepage, select Get Started.
Select Start an instant meeting. When you start the meeting, you are automatically redirected to the meeting room. The system generates a meeting link that you can copy and share to all intended participants.
You can access the meeting details on the Recent tab in your Meetings homepage. By default, all meetings on that list are available for 90 days. Meeting reports are not accessible for meetings removed from the list.