Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Mohammad Nasir Vakil

Anton W Krantz

Dhigha D Sekaran

Steven M Shaw

Srikanth Shoroff

William George Verthein

Amey Parandekar

Ankit Tandon

Nghiep Duong

Vijay Kishen Hampapur Parthasarathy

Pairing and configuring a computing device for use in a meeting space is provided. An appliance may communicate a broadcast to a computing device which announces the availability of a meeting space for a meeting. The computing device may establish a connection with the appliance. The computing device may then join the meeting in the meeting space.

Smart device pairing and configuration for meeting spaces

Concepts and technologies are described herein for a mechanism by which participants who have been invited to attend a conference event can provide authentication credentials to join the conference event via a console application. When an individual attempts to join a conference event via a console application, the individual is prompted to provide his or her authentication credentials to join the conference event. The console application may inherit the individual's permissions during the conference event.

Participant authentication and authorization for joining a private conference event

Concepts and technologies are described herein for a mechanism by which participants who have been invited to attend a conference event and who are physically present within a conference event environment, such as a meeting room, can provide authentication credentials to join the conference event via a conference event environment system. When an individual attempts to join a conference event via a conference event environment system, the individual is prompted to provide his or her authentication credentials to join the conference event via the conference event environment system to participate in the conference event. The conference event environment system may inherit the individual's permissions, such as in regards to whether or not the individual has been permitted to present content during the conference event. A conference event roster may be used to indicate that the individual has joined the conference via the conference event environment system.

Participant authentication and authorization for joining a private conference event via a conference event environment system

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