Enable users to record their name when they join a meeting in Skype for Business Online

Important

Skype for Business Online operated by 21Vianet in China will be retired on October 1, 2023. If you haven't upgraded your Skype for Business Online users yet, they will be automatically scheduled for an assisted upgrade. If you want to upgrade your organization to Teams yourself, we strongly recommend that you begin planning your upgrade path today. Remember that a successful upgrade aligns technical and user readiness, so be sure to leverage our upgrade guidance as you navigate your journey to Teams.

Skype for Business Online, excluding the service operated by 21Vianet in China, was retired on July 31, 2021.

Note

If you want to allow users to record their names in Teams, see Enable users to record their name when they join a meeting in Microsoft Teams.

When you are setting up Audio Conferencing in Microsoft 365 or Office 365, you will receive phone numbers and what is called an audio conferencing bridge. A conferencing bridge can contain one or more phone numbers that can be a dedicated or shared phone number.

The conferencing bridge answers a call for a user who is dialing in to a meeting using a phone. The conferencing bridge answers the caller with voice prompts from an auto attendant, and then, depending on their settings, can play notifications, ask callers to record their name, and set up the PIN security for meeting organizers. PINs are given to meeting organizers to allow them to start a meeting. However, you can set it up so a PIN isn't required to start a meeting.

Set whether callers should record their name

  1. In the Skype for Business admin center, in the left navigation, go to Audio conferencing > Microsoft bridge settings.

  2. Under Meeting join experience, see the check box labeled Enable meeting entry and exit notifications to be turned on.

    • Selected Callers will be asked to record their name before they enter the meeting. This is selected by default.

    • Cleared Callers won't be asked to record their name before they enter the meeting.

  3. After you make your changes, click Save.

Note

We are frequently updating how you can manage features found in Skype for Business Online, so the steps here might be a little different.

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