New Training: Cisco Collaboration: Configure Media Resources

In this 9-video skill, CBT Nuggets trainer Lalo Nunez reviews and configures media resources within voice gateways and CUCM including Media Termination Points (MTP), Transcoders, Conference Bridge, and Music On-Hold. Watch this new Cisco training.

Learn Cisco with one of these courses:

• Cisco CCNP Collaboration Core

• Cisco IOS XE Gateway and Media Resources

This training includes:

• 9 videos

• 1.4 hours of training

You’ll learn these topics in this skill:

• Intro: Configure Media Resources

• Media Resources Overview

• CUCM Media Resource Management

• Annunciator

• Media Termination Points – CUCM

• Media Termination Points – IOS

• Transcoding

• Conference Bridge

• Music on Hold (MoH)

What is a Conference Bridge?

A conference bridge is a type of remote meeting that happens over an organization's phone system. It lets employees and external parties dial into a virtual meeting using their phone and are vital for organizations that have large geographical footprints. Conference bridges can allow a nearly unlimited number of meeting participants. Though the exact number is dependent on the phone system.

You can secure meetings made through a conference bridge using a PIN, which can be the same for all participants or individualized for each one.

While it is possible to create a conference bridge using a traditional phone network, this can be very expensive. A more cost-effective way of doing this is through either VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) or through a cloud-based system. Cisco can even natively offer call recording and transcription.