User guide

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Chapter 1: Introduction to the Avaya Web
Portal
This chapter describes the Avaya Web Portal. It also describes its features and benefits.
The Avaya Web Portal allows easy access to the Avaya conferencing bridge. It enables users to
book conferences, manage various conference properties; such as conference recording and
control live conferences from their workstations.
The Avaya Web Portal interface is divided into three parts defined by unique urls.
● User’s Section
The Web Portal User’s section enables users to book and manage conferences, manage
their contacts and account information and view reports. For more information, see the
remainder of this document.
The User (Moderator) URL is: http://<ipaddress>/webportal/login.
● Administrator’s Section
The Web Portal’s Administrator’s section enables administrators to configure available
functionality, define the Web Portal’s appearance, and generate Administrator Reports.
For more information, see the Avaya Meeting Exchange 5.1 Web Portal Administrator
Guide.
● Wholesaler’s Section
The Wholesaler for Web Portal section enables wholesalers to create companies, clients
and resellers. They can also reserve conferences on behalf of a third party. For more
information, see the Avaya Meeting Exchange 5.1 Wholesaler for Web Portal Guide.
Tip:
Tip: All of these guides are available on support.avaya.com.
Features
The Avaya Web Portal empowers regular users by giving them access to functionality
traditionally reserved for trained operators. Regular users are now conference organizers and
conference managers. Third party operators are no longer required. Conferences can be
reserved, customized, and controlled in real time from individual workstations.