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1. Mividas Meeting Portal

Mividas Meeting Portal is our product to enable easy scheduling of video meetings directly via the end user’s web browser.

 In this section, we assume that you are already working on a working installation of Mividas Meeting Portal, if not, please see the installation documentation before proceeding.

  • For a quick overview and more information on what Mividas Meeting Portal is all about, please visit our homepage.
  • Release notes for Mividas Meeting Portal can be found here.
  • Release notes for Mividas Outlook add-in can be found here.

1.1. Installation and upgrades

The Mividas Meeting Portal installation and deployment process involves three main steps:

  1. Mividas Virtual Machine (VM): You first need to deploy the Mividas Installer virtual machine to your network. Ensure the VM is deployed and running. If not, refer to the VM deployment documentation.
  2. Mividas Installer Setup: Mividas Installer must be set up correctly and your license key activated. Refer to the Mividas Installer documentation if needed. After entering your license key, the Mividas Installer displays all product modules accessible with your license. The installation of Mividas Meeting Portal can proceed as a stand-alone installation or alongside other Mividas products.
  3. Install the Mividas Meeting Portal module: Continue below to install and deploy the Mividas Meeting Portal product module from the Mividas Installer.

Configuration

On the Mividas Installer start screen, click  Configure  under Mividas Meeting Portal to start configuration before deployment. Choose Mividas Meeting Portal, which will open up the configuration fields below.

Main domain name for management web interface

OptionDescription
Hostname/FQDNEnter the hostname/FQDN for your Mividas Meeting Portal installation, which must be a valid DNS record.
Select existing certificateChoose one of your previously uploaded certificates to be used for Mividas Meeting Portal.
Upload new certificateChoose a Full chain PEM-formatted certificate bundle to upload.
Upload private keyChoose the private key of the above chosen certificate to upload.

Dial info and presentation

OptionDescription
Site title for this installationSet a titel on this installation, often same as organisation name.
H323 Gateway IPIf an external H323 gateway exists, this will be displayed next to SIP address as 123.123.123.123##99999 for room number 9999.

User and login settings

OptionDescription
Example login usernameDefault domain to be appended to usernames to match video rooms in MCU. Usually, the user JID domain for Cisco Meeting Server and the email domain for Pexip Infinity.
Video default user-domainThe default domain must be appended to usernames to match video rooms in MCU. Usually, the user JID domain for Cisco Meeting Server and the email domain for Pexip Infinity.

Note: User/Login related settings. See separate tabs for LDAP- and SAML-related settings

Locale settings

OptionDescription
Default languageSet the preferred language for the system. Mividas Meeting Portal uses the browser’s language setting if available; otherwise, it defaults to the language set here.
TimezoneSet the preferred time zone for the system.

Outgoing Email (SMTP) Settings

Configure SMTP details for email notifications and invitations. If you configured this during the initial Installer setup, fields will be pre-filled but can be modified as needed.

OptionDescription
Display-name of senderEnter the name to appear as the email sender.
Sender email-addressEnter the email address for outgoing messages (typically a no-reply address).
SMTP relay server hostnameSpecify the SMTP server’s hostname.
TLS modeChoose your preferred TLS mode.
PortSpecify the SMTP server port.
UsernameEnter the SMTP username.
PasswordEnter the SMTP password. If no password is needed, enter a hyphen.

Optional settings

Book API settings

OptionDescription
External Mividas Core server domain nameIf this Mividas Meeting Portal should be connected to a specific Mividas Core installation, please enter the Mividas Core server domain name here. In case of single server installation, leave this blank.
API keyAPI key to use from Mividas Meeting Portal to Mividas Core
Default customer shared keyUse this key to connect a scheduled meeting to a specific customer in Mividas Core
Disable dynamic customer shared keyDynamic value from e.g. LDAP-attribute/ou will never be used

LDAP authentication settings

OptionDescription
ServerEnter the hostname of the current LDAP or AD server to use by default. Use “fqdn:389” to use a specific port.
Service account DN/usernameHere you enter the path to the account to be used as a service account. The path is often unique to your particular organization.
PasswordEnter the password for your LDAP or AD server. The field will get empty after pressing save.
Use LDAPS-connectionConnect to the server using SSL-based LDAPS-connection (port 636 by default). Make sure you have added any custom CA-certificates to make verification work.
Ignore TLS/SSL verification errorsIgnore TLS CA verification. TLS over regular LDAP port 389 may be used even if LDAPS is not enabled so unless you have added custom CA certificates for verification login may fail.
Disable referral chasingReferrals occur when the queried server doesn’t have the requested information but points the client to another server that might. The client can then “chase” these referrals to retrieve the needed data.
Base dnSpecify where in the tree the initial search for results should begin.
User filterHere you choose how users are filtered out and displayed.
End user group DNSpecify which group in the tree that will have access to the system and be able to use the product.
Admin group DNSpecify which group in the tree will have elevated admin rights in the system, which opens up additional settings and functions for the logged-in user.
Superuser group DNSpecify which group in the tree that will give members superuser status (highest). Use this with caution as these users will have full control over the system and should only be assigned to users with high technical knowledge.
Customer attributeFor dynamic multi-tenant Mividas Meeting Portal use. User LDAP-object attribute that contains customer shared keys, e.g. "customerAttribute".
Organisation membership attributeComma-separated list of user LDAP-object attributes that contains the users place in the organization (for fine organization level statistics). E.g. "topLevelOrganization,secondsLevelOrganization"
Username attributeAttribute to use as ID/owner for scheduled meetings. Default SIP-domain will be added if none is included. Structure: [dap_fieldname[/search/replace]. Example: email/example.com/video.example.com
Enable local accountsAllow logging in to users added to the local user database.

External database server (beta)

You can choose to run your own database server, instead of the bundled one.

OptionDescription
HostnameEnter the Hostname/FQDN or IP of the database server.
UsernameEnter the database username.
PasswordEnter the database password. If no password is needed, enter a hyphen.
Authentication typeChoose authentication type.
TLS modeChoose what level of TLS is needed.
Create new user/database autmatically for each componentAllows for the creation of a new database for each installation. Mostly useful for service providers to keep customer data in separate databases.

External Redis server (beta)

You can choose to run your own Redis server, instead of the bundled one.

OptionDescription
ProtocolChoose the protocol for the communication.
HostnameEnter the Hostname/FQDN or IP of the Redis server.
UsernameEnter the Redis username.
PasswordEnter the Redis password. If no password is needed, enter a hyphen.
Use as background task brokerAll background task messages will be handled by Redis instead of RabbitMQ.

You can choose to run your own database server, instead of the bundled one.

OptionDescription
HostnameEnter the Hostname/FQDN or IP of the database server.
UsernameEnter the database username.
PasswordEnter the database password. If no password is needed, enter a hyphen.
Authentication typeChoose authentication type.
TLS modeChoose what level of TLS is needed.
Create new user/database autmatically for each componentAllows for the creation of a new database for each installation. Mostly useful for service providers to keep customer data in separate databases.

SAML SSO settings

OptionDescription
Entity URI to pass to SAML serverThis will normally be the address to the product you are setting this up for, e.g. https://core.example.com Ensure this name is exactly the same as configured in idp configuration as “Identifier” for the Relaying Party Trust!
URL to autoconfig metadata XML-fileThe URL that is used for the product to automatically get the metadata XML-file. Example for ADFS: https://<ADFS server FQDN>/FederationMetadata/2007-06/FederationMetadata.xml Example for Keycloak: https://<Keycloak server FQDN>/auth/realms/<REALM>/protocol/saml/descriptor
Offline idP metadata XMLThis is only needed if auto configuration is not used. Paste the iDP metadata XML in the text field.
Offline SP metadata XMLThis is only needed if auto configuration is not used. Paste the SP metadata XML in the text field.
Select existing certificateChoose one of you previously uploaded certificates to be used for encryption and signing of requests.
Sign SSL-certificateIf you have not yet uploaded a certificate that can be selected in the previous step, choose a Full chain PEM-formatted certificate bundle to upload.
Sign private keyChoose the private key of the above chosen certificate to upload.
Username claimSAML Claim to use for creating the username. For Cisco Meeting Server installations, this should correspond to the username in CMS (jid). Structure: <saml_claim_name>[/<search>/<replace>]. Example: email/example.org/video.example.org
Group/role/memberOf SAML claimSAML Claim where you get the Group/role/memberOf  to determine if the login is for a regular user, administrator or Superuser. E.g. OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=com
Group/role claim value required for regular usersEnter the path for the group/role that is required for regular users. E.g. CN=regular-users,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=com
Group/role claim value required for admin-usersEnter the path for the group/role that is required for admin-users. E.g. CN=admin-users,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=com
Group/role claim value required for superuser-usersEnter the path for the group/role that is required for superusers-users. E.g. CN=superusers-users,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=com
Customer SAML claimSAML Claim used in multi-tenant installations, to determin if the login is for a specific Customer
Enable single log out (SLO)Single Logout (SLO) results in all user sessions being terminated simultaneously for the browser that initiated the logout. Closing all user sessions prevents unauthorized users from accessing resources at the Mividas products (SPs).
Enable local accountsAllow logging in using username/password (using backend admin or API) with local accounts.
Enable debug-modePrint more information including SAML Claims in logs, good for troubleshooting.

SMS settings

OptionDescription
ProviderChoose your SMS provider. Currently available: Brevo, Twilio, GatewayAPI, MoSMS and Email.
UsernameEnter the username of the account at your provider.
PasswordEnter the password for the username above. If no password is needed, enter a hyphen.
SenderThe name of the sender.
Default country codeThe default country code for your outgoing SMS.

Save configuration

When you have filled in everything needed for your installation, or just want to save your progress, you need to save theese settings. Do so by clicking Configure in the bottom left corner.

Deployment

Select Version and Deploy
After everything is configured it is time to deploy Mividas Meeting Portal. Choose the Mividas Meeting Portal version from the drop-down list , then click Deploy changes . A terminal window will display the installation progress. Once completed, reload the page to verify the correct version.

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Update settings post-deployment

Modify Settings Post-Deployment
To update settings after deployment, select Mividas Meeting Portal from the start screen and click Configure . Adjust settings as needed, save changes, and redeploy by clicking Deploy changes .

Following these steps, you can complete the Mividas Meeting Portal configuration and deployment while retaining the flexibility to update settings as requirements evolve.

Upgrade

Before upgrading

Before upgrading, we always recommend that you:

  • Check your platform health and fix any current alerts affecting your installation.
  • Check that you have disk space available.
  • Take a snapshot of your installation in your hypervisor.

Upgrading

To upgrade, click Details next to Mividas Meeting Portal from the start screen. Select the version you wish to upgrade to in the drop-down list , and then click Deploy changes .

1.2. Onboarding

When you log in to your Mividas Meeting Portal installation for the first time, the onboarding wizard will automatically launch to guide you through the essential configuration steps. This manual is intended for installations where the Mividas Meeting Portal is set up on a separate instance.

Prerequisites

Before beginning your Mividas Meeting Portal onboarding, confirm that:

  1. Mividas Installer installation: Ensure that your Mividas Installer is up and running. Refer to VM Deployment if needed.
  2. Mividas Meeting Portal installation: Ensure that your installation is up and running. If needed, refer to Mividas Meeting Portal Installation and Upgrade.

Onboarding wizard

When you visit the Mividas Meeting Portal for the first time, you are welcomed by the onboarding wizard.

1. Start

Click Proceed to proceed.

2. Choose password

Enter and confirm a new password for user “mividas_fallback”. Please document this password. After you have entered it twice, click Proceed to proceed.

3. Settings

Option Description
Custom logo Upload a custom logo that will be shown in Mividas Meeting Portal. PNG or SVG. Will be resized to fit in 35px height.
Favicon Upload a custom favicon that will be shown for Mividas Meeting Portal. Square, PNG or SVG. Recommended size 64×64 or 128×128.
Bright theme Check this if you want to use a brighter theme within Mividas Meeting Portal.
Hide recording for Outlook addin Hides the recording button within the Outlook addin.
URL user portal URL to portal/support info about changing users’ passwords.
Support e-mail Enter a support email address that will be visible for users.
Support phone Enter a support phone number that will be visible for users.
Support ticket URL Enter a URL that users can click on to open a support ticket.
Documentation URL Enter a URL that users can click on to read documentation.
SIP address for test calls Enter a SIP URI that users can use for test calls, e.g. [email protected]

When you are done, click Finish , or click Skip to enter this information later.

Connect Mividas Meeting Portal to Mividas Core

When the Mividas Core and Mividas Meeting Portal are not installed on the same instance, even if they are on the same virtual machine, you have to connect them to each other. Until this is fixed, Mividas Meeting Portal will display an error message.

1. Connect Mividas Meeting Portal to Mividas Core

In the Mividas Installer, where Mividas Meeting Portal is installed, click on Installation in the top menu. There, next to the Mividas Meeting Portal installation, click on Details followed by Configure .

Under Optional Settings, click on Book API settings.

Option Description
External Mividas Core server domain name Enter the FQDN of the Mividas Core installation you wish to connect to, e.g. core.example.com
API key Copy and paste this API Key temporarily in a separate text document, or leave this tab open during configuration. You will need it in the next steps while configuring in the Mividas Core.
Default customer shared key Copy and paste this Default customer shared key temporarily in a separate text document, or leave this tab open during configuration. You will need it in the next steps while configuring in the Mividas Core.
Disable dynamic customer shared key Dynamic value from e.g. LDAP-attribute/ou will never be used

Click Save . You will now have to deploy these changes, so click on Deploy changes on the screen you got taken to after yo saved.

If you copied the information temporarily to another document, you can close this tab/window. If not, after the deploy have finished, you can navigate back by clicking Configure and then Book API settings.

2. Configure Mividas Core

Log in to Mividas Core, click Admin and then Backend admin. There, in the menu to the left, locate Scheduling portal API keys and click Add next to it.

Option Description
Name Give your API key a name
Key Paste the API key from Mividas Meeting Portal, that you either copied or left open in another tab/window.
Limit to customer Select customer/customers that will be using this Mividas Meeting Portal.

Click Save .

Then, locate Customers in the menu to the left and click on it.

On the page you just opened, click on the customer name in the list.

Locate the Customer Keys on the page. Paste the Default customer shared key from the Mividas Meeting Portal, that you either copied or left open in another tab/window.

After you have pasted the key, click Save in the bottom right corner.

3. Confirm the connection

You can now confirm that the connection works. Do so by logging in to Mividas Meeting Portal. The previous error message that was visible there should now be gone, and you should be able to book your first meeting.

FAQ

Here are some frequently asked questions (FAQs) to help you find the answers you’re looking for.

Please see SAML/SSO for Microsoft ADFS User guide for details.

1.3. Dashboard

After logging in, you will be presented with Mividas Meeting Portal’s dashboard. This is where you can easily book different types of video meetings and get an overview of both your ongoing and past meetings.

Page actions
Schedule Takes you back to the main dashboard.
Manage Allows you to manage other people’s meetings.
Meeting rooms Displays the number of static meeting rooms that you either own or are a member of. Clicking this will take you to meeting rooms.
Displays a selection of settings available.
Support Displays support information for users.

The first part of this dashboard contains a welcome message followed by a list of all available meeting types to book. All of these are customizable and what is shown in this guide is the default settings.

Option Description
This welcome message is visible to everyone who logs in to the Mividas Meeting Portal.
Video meeting Schedule a new video meeting.
Webinar Schedule a meeting where participants can only watch/listen.
CIP Schedule a Coordinated Individual Planning (CIP).
Care meeting Schedule a care meeting.
Secure meeting Schedule meeting with extended verification.
Meeting with e-ID Schedule a meeting with e-ID login.
SMS meeting Schedule an SMS login meeting.
External video meeting Schedule dial out to an external video meeting.

The menu to the right on this page contains information about ongoing and upcoming meetings, as well as links to download the CMA client. A test link is also available for you to test your computer before a meeting.

Option Description
Displays your ongoing meetings, if any. Clicking on the name of the meeting takes you to the meeting information page. Click Join to connect to the meeting.
Displays your active invitations to Secure meetings.
Displays your meetings in a calendar view as well as a list of the meetings of the selected day below it. Clicking on the name of a meeting takes you to the meeting information page.
Displays links to download the video client (CMA) for Windows, macOS and iOS.
Displays a link for you to connect to a test meeting, making sure your computer is working as planned.

Below the scheduling block, you can find a list of all your upcoming and previous meetings.

Option Description
Search for a meeting.
Filter your results by start date and time.
Filter your results by end date and time.
All upcoming and previous meetings will be listed like this. Clicking on the name of the meeting will take you to the meeting information page.
Copy Allows you to make a copy of this meeting.

Allows you to cancel a meeting or a recurring series of meetings.

1.4. Schedule meetings

On the Mividas Meeting Portal’s dashboard, you will see an overview of all the available meeting types for booking. These may vary depending on your organization’s needs and configurations.

Schedule meetings

Video meeting

Option Description
Enter a title for your meeting.
Select a date, start time and end time of the meeting.
Recurring Make this a recurring meeting.
If you choose to make a recurring meeting, here you set the recurrence.
Add occasion Adds another occasion for the meeting.
Select between pre-configured layouts for your meeting.
Choose to protect your meeting with a PIN code.
Choose to enable a moderator PIN. The moderator is needed for the meeting to start.

Click Proceed to continue or click Cancel to cancel.

Option Description
Enter the email address of a person you wish to invite as a guest.
Remove Remove this row.
Add Person Add a new row to add more guests.
The subject of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.
The content of the invite. Will be filled in with your template settings but can be modified here.

Click Invite to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

Option Discription
Enter the address to one or more systems you wish to invite. E.g. 123.234.12.4##111 or [email protected].

Add Adds the system(s) to the meeting and proceeds or click Skip to skip this step.

Webinar

Option Description
Enter a title for your meeting.
Select a date, start time and end time of the meeting.
Select between pre-configured layouts for your meeting.
Displays the guest PIN code.
Displays the moderator PIN. The moderator is needed for the webinar to start.
Enable participant registration Enable this if you would like your participants to register for the webinar before participating. Everyone you invite will receive a link to a registration page. You can also share this link outside of Mividas, e.g., put the registration link on your website. After someone fills in the registration form, they will receive an e-mail with information on how to take part of the webinar.
Notify me when participants sign up Get a notification e-mail when someone registers for the webinar.

Click Proceed to continue or click Cancel to cancel.

Option Description
Enter the email address of a person you wish to invite as a moderator.
Remove Remove this row.
Add Person Add a new row to be able to add more moderators.
The subject of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.
Add a new row to add more moderators.

Click Invite to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

Option Description
Enter the email address of a person you wish to invite to register. If you did not choose to enable registration, this will be replaced with a regular invitation instead.
Remove Remove this row.
Add Person Add a new row to be able to add more guests.
The subject of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.
The content of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.

Click Invite to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

If you did not choose to enable registration, this step will be skipped.

Option Description
The subject of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.
The content of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.

Click Save and continue to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

Option Discription
Enter the address to one or more systems you wish to invite. E.g. 123.234.12.4##111 or [email protected].

Add Adds the system(s) to the meeting and proceeds or click Skip to skip this step.

CIP meeting

Option Description
Enter a title for your meeting.
Select a date, start time and end time of the meeting.
Recurring Make this a recurring meeting.
If you choose to make a recurring meeting, here you set the recurrence.

Click Proceed to continue or click Cancel to cancel.

Care meeting

Option Description
Enter a title for your meeting.
Select a date, start time and end time of the meeting.
Recurring Make this a recurring meeting.
If you choose to make a recurring meeting, here you set the recurrence.

Click Proceed to continue or click Cancel to cancel.

Secure meeting

This guide for Secure meeting will not include SMS verification. To learn about that, see SMS meeting.

Option Description
Enter a public title for your meeting. This appears in the invite before the users authenticate.
Enter a private title for your meeting. This appears after the the users authenticate.
Select a date, start time and end time of the meeting.
Select between pre-configured layouts for your meeting.
Recurring Make this a recurring meeting.
If you choose to make a recurring meeting, here you set the recurrence.
Type of verification to use for moderators Choose between your configured verification methods. 1. SSO login in Mividas Identify or Mividas Meeting Portal. 2. Log in with eID via Mividas Identify. 3. Verify person at eID login. 4. SMS invitation with verification code.
Type of verification to use for participants Choose between your configured verification methods. 1. SSO login in Mividas Identify or Mividas Meeting Portal. 2. Log in with eID via Mividas Identify. 3. Verify person at eID login. 4. SMS invitation with verification code.

Click Proceed to continue or click Cancel to cancel.

Option Description
Write an agenda or instructions for moderators of the meeting.

Click Invite to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

Moderators, by email

Option Description
Enter the name and email address of a person(s) you wish to invite as moderator(s).
Remove Remove this row.
Add Person Add a new row to be able to add more guests.
Prevent multiple people from using the same invitation code Check this to prevent multiple people from using the same invitation code.
The subject of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.
The content of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.

Click Invite to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

Moderators, via another program

Option Description
Prevent multiple people from using the same invitation code Check this to prevent multiple people from using the same invitation code.
The content of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.
Click Create to create the invite or click Skip to skip this step.
Click Copy to copy the invite, which you can then paste in your chosen program.

Click Proceed to move forward or click Invite more to skip this step.

Option Description
Write a public agenda or instructions for the meeting.

Click Save to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

Participants, by email

Option Description
– By email
Enter the name(s), identification, and email addresses of people you wish to invite as guest(s).
Remove Remove this row.
Add Person Add a new row to be able to add more guests.
Prevent multiple people from using the same invitation code Check this to prevent multiple people from using the same invitation code.
The subject of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.
The content of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.

Click Invite to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

Participants, via another program

Option Description
Enter a personal identification number that will be verified, such as a Social Security number, user ID, or another unique identifier.
Enter the name of the person you wish to invite as a guest to the meeting.
Prevent multiple people from using the same invitation code Check this to prevent multiple people from using the same invitation code.
The content of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.
Click Create to create the invite or click Skip to skip this step.
Click Copy to copy the invite, ready to paste in your chosen program.

Click Proceed to move forward or click Invite more to skip this step.

Meeting with e-ID

This guide for meeting with e-ID will not include SMS verification. To learn about that, see SMS meeting.

Option Description
Enter a public title for your meeting. This appears in the invite before the users authenticate.
Enter a private title for your meeting. This appears after the the users authenticate.
Select a date, start time and end time of the meeting.
Select between pre-configured layouts for your meeting.
Recurring Make this a recurring meeting.
If you choose to make a recurring meeting, here you set the recurrence.
Type of verification to use for moderators Choose between your configured verification methods. 1. SSO login in Mividas Identify or Mividas Meeting Portal. 2. Log in with eID via Mividas Identify. 3. Verify person at eID login. 4. SMS invitation with verification code.
Type of verification to use for participants Choose between your configured verification methods. 1. SSO login in Mividas Identify or Mividas Meeting Portal. 2. Log in with eID via Mividaas Identify. 3. Verify person at eID login. 4. SMS invitation with verification code.

Click Proceed to continue or click Cancel to cancel.

Option Description
Write an agenda or instructions for moderators of the meeting.

Click Invite to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

Moderators, by email

Option Description
– By email
Enter the name(s), identification, and email addresses of people you wish to invite as moderator(s).
Remove Remove this row.
Add Person Add a new row to be able to add more moderators.
Prevent multiple people from using the same invitation code Check this to prevent multiple people from using the same invitation code.
The subject of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.
The content of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.

Click Invite to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

Moderators, via another program

Option Description
Prevent multiple people from using the same invitation code Check this to prevent multiple people from using the same invitation code.
The content of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.
Click Create to create the invite or click Skip to skip this step.
Click Copy to copy the invite, which you can then paste in your chosen program.

Click Proceed to move forward or click Invite more to skip this step.

Option Description
Write a public agenda or instructions for the meeting.

Click Save to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

Participants, by email

Option Description
– By email
Enter the name and email address of a person(s) you wish to invite as guest(s).
Remove Remove this row.
Add Person Add a new row to be able to add more guests.
Prevent multiple people from using the same invitation code Check this to prevent multiple people from using the same invitation code.
The subject of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.
The content of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.

Click Invite to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

Participants, via another program

Option Description
Enter a personal identification number that will be verified, such as a Social Security number, user ID, or another unique identifier.
Enter the name of the person you wish to invite as a guest to the meeting.
Prevent multiple people from using the same invitation code Check this to prevent multiple people from using the same invitation code.
The content of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.
Click Create to create the invite or click Skip to skip this step.
Click Copy to copy the invite, ready to paste in your chosen program.

Click Proceed to move forward or click Invite more to skip this step.

SMS meeting

This guide for SMS meeting will cover only verification via SMS.

Option Description
Enter a public title for your meeting. This appears before the users sign in.
Enter a private title for your meeting. This appears after the the users authenticate.
Select a date, start time and end time of the meeting.
Select between pre-configured layouts for your meeting.
Recurring Make this a recurring meeting.
If you choose to make a recurring meeting, here you set the recurrence.
Type of verification to use for moderators Choose between your configured verification methods.

1. SSO login in Identify or the booking portal.
2. Log in with eID via Identify.
3. Verify person at eID login.

4. SMS invitation with verification code.

Type of verification to use for participants Choose between your configured verification methods.

1. SSO login in Identify or the booking portal.
2. Log in with eID via Identify.
3. Verify person at eID login.

4. SMS invitation with verification code.

Click Proceed to continue or click Cancel to cancel.

Option Description
Write an agenda or instructions for moderators of the meeting.

Click Invite to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

Option Description
Enter the name(s), mobile phone number, and email addresses of people you wish to invite as moderator(s).
Remove Remove this row.
Add Person Add a new row to be able to add more moderators.
The SMS that will be sent. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.
The content of the invite, sent via email? Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.

Click Invite to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

Option Description
Write a public agenda or instructions for the meeting.

Click Save to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

Option Description
Enter the name(s), mobile phone number, and email addresses of people you wish to invite as guest(s).
Remove Remove this row.
Add Person Add a new row to be able to add more guests.
The SMS that will be sent. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.
The content of the invite, sent via email. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.

Click Invite to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

Existing meeting room

Option Description
Enter a title for your meeting.
Select a date, start time and end time of the meeting.
Recurring Make this a recurring meeting.
If you choose to make a recurring meeting, here you set the recurrence.
Add occasion Adds another occasion for the meeting.
Select an existing meeting room for the meeting.

Click Proceed to continue or click Cancel to cancel.

Option Description
Search fo a user to add as a moderator.
Enter the email addresses of people you wish to invite as a moderator.
Remove Remove this row.
Add Add a new row to add more moderators.
The subject of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.
The content of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.

Click Invite to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

Option Description
Search fo a user to add as a participant.
Enter the email addresses of people you wish to invite as a participant.
Remove Remove this row.
Add Add a new row to add more participants.
The subject of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.
The content of the invite. Will be filled in by your template settings but can be modified here.

Click Invite to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

External video meeting

Option Description
Enter a public title for your meeting. This appears before the users sign in.
Select a date, start time and end time of the meeting.
Recurring Make this a recurring meeting.
If you choose to make a recurring meeting, here you set the recurrence.
Enter the SIP address and/or the WebRTC URL for the meeting.

Click Proceed to continue or click Cancel to cancel.

Option Description
Enter the address to one or more systems you wish to invite. E.g. 123.234.12.4##111 or [email protected].

Click Add to continue or click Skip to skip this step.

1.5. Manage

Manage another user’s calendar to schedule meetings on their behalf. For example, this feature can be used by a booking service or an assistant.

Search user

Search for a user.
Search Applies your search parameters.
User Displays the name of the user.
E-mail Displays the email of the user.
Control Start to control Mividas Meeting Portal as the selected user.

Search via meeting

Option Description
Search for a meeting by name.
Select the start and end, date and time for the filter.
Enter the address of a system to search by.
Search Applies your search parameters.
Upcoming/ongoing/previous meetings Displays the name of the meeting together with its date and time.
Dial out Displays if there are/were automatic dial-outs in the meeting.
User Displays the name and email of the owner of the meeting.
Control Start to control Mividas Meeting Portal as the owner of the selected meeting.

Control the other user

When you are in control of another user, a red frame will be visible around the portal interface. At the top, it will display the user’s name. When you are done controlling, click Stop controlling at the top.

1.6. Meeting rooms

From this view, you can manage your static meeting rooms and create new static meeting rooms, provided you are permitted to do so according to company policy. This functionality varies depending on the meeting bridge being used.

Option Description
ADD Add a static meeting room
Search for a meeting room in the list.

Add a static meeting room

Option Description
Enter the name for your meeting room.
Enter a PIN code for regular participants.
Enter a PIN code for moderators.
Select between pre-configured layouts for your meeting room.
Access to meeting room members only Check this to see if the meeting room should only be available for members.
Mute microphone for new participants Check this to automatically mute new participants’ microphones upon connecting.
Require manual admission of participants from lobby Check this to enable manual admission to the meeting by a moderator. Regular participants will be placed in a lobby until they are manually admitted.
Click Create to create the meeting room or click Cancel to cancel.

Option Description
Enter the name for your meeting room.
Enter a PIN code for regular participants.
Enter a PIN code for moderators.
Select between pre-configured layouts for your meeting room.
Click Create to create the meeting room or click Cancel to cancel.

Meeting room list

  • Meeting rooms – Displays the name of the meeting room. Clicking on this takes you to the meeting room dashboard.
  • Room number – Displays the number to your meeting room.
  • Edit – Opens the “add meeting room” widget for you to edit the meeting.
  • Remove Allows you to delete the meeting room.

1.6.1. Meeting / Meeting room information

This page displays various settings for your meeting/meeting room. The options will vary depending on your settings, meeting platform, and the type of meeting/meeting room you have created.

Static meeting room information

Options and key details Description
Schedule meeting Click to schedule a meeting in this meeting room.
Edit Opens the “add meeting room” widget for you to edit the meeting.
Remove Removes the meeting room.
Owner Displays if you are the owner of the meeting room.
Lobby function Displays if the lobby function is enabled. 1
Members only Displays if the meeting room is for members only. 1
Mute new participants Displays if participants should be automatically muted when joining. 1
Locked lobby Displays if regular participants will be placed in a lobby until they are manually admitted by an administrator. 1

  1. Only available for CMS.

Details

  • Room No. – Displays the meeting room number. Click to copy its content.
  • Weblink moderator – Displays the weblink for moderators. Click to copy its content or to open it.
  • Weblink – Displays the weblink for participants. Click to copy its content or to open it.
  • SIP – Displays the SIP URI for moderators. Click to copy its content or to open it.
  • PIN code participant – Displays the PIN for participants. Click to copy its content.
  • Moderator PIN – Displays the PIN for moderators. Click to copy its content.
  • Screen layout – Shows the set screen layout for the meeting room.

Members

This page is only available when using CMS for the meeting room.

Options Description
Add member Click to add a member.
Remove Click to remove as member.

  • Name – Displays the name of the user.
  • E-mail – Displays the e-mail address of the user.

Moderator instructions

Options Description
Click to copy the instructions.

Instructions

Options Description
Click to copy the instructions.

Options Description
Enter the email of someone you wish to invite.
Send invitation Click to send an email to the address entered above.
via email client Opens your email client with the invite message populated.
Search for a meeting room from the list below.

This list displays all meeting rooms you either own or are a member of. It shows the meeting room’s name followed by its number. Clicking on the name of the meeting room takes you to that meeting room’s information page.

Booked meeting information

Options and key details Description
Connect Click to open a page showing your connection options.
Back Click to go back to the previous page.
Reschedule Click to reschedule the booked meeting.
Cancel meeting Click to cancel the meeting.

Connection

  • Room No. – Displays the number to the meeting. If it’s a secure meeting, a note, as above, will be displayed instead.
  • iCal – Click to download the meeting as a .ics file for your calendar application.

Log

This page provides a log of connections to the meeting.

  • Time – Displays the date and time of the connection to the meeting.
  • User – Displays the name of the user for the connection.
  • Event – Displays how the user connected to the meeting.
  • Info – Displays authentication information about the user.

Moderators

This page displays all invited moderators for the meeting. It also allows you to add or remove moderators.

Option Description
Invite more Allows you to invite more administrators to the meeting.
Remove Allows you to remove invited moderators from the meeting.

  • ID – ID of this invite for troubleshooting purposes (not available in all versions)
  • Sent – Displays the date and time of when the invite was first sent to the user, and any errors (not available in all versions).
  • Mobile phone number – Displays the mobile number of the moderator, if used.
  • E-mail – Displays the email address of the moderator, if used.
  • Enabled – Displays the date and time of when the user first logged in (in case of secure meeting)

Participants

This page displays all invited participants for the meeting. It also allows you to add or remove participants.

Option Description
Invite more Allows you to invite more participants to the meeting.
Remove Allows you to remove invited participants from the meeting.

  • ID – ID of this invite for troubleshooting purposes (not available in all versions)
  • Sent – Displays the date and time of when the invite was first sent to the user, and any errors (not available in all versions).
  • Mobile phone number – Displays the mobile number of the participant, if used.
  • E-mail – Displays the email address of the participant, if used.
  • Enabled – Displays the date and time of when the user first logged in (in case of secure meeting)

Agenda moderator

This page displays the moderator’s agenda for the meeting. This agenda is only visible to moderators unless manually shared by a moderator.

Option Description
Edit Allows you to edit the moderator’s agenda. If there are no moderator’s agenda, the button will instead show Add allowing you to add one.
This button allows you to copy the moderator’s agenda.
This button lets you download the moderator’s agenda as a .ics file to add to a calendar application.
This button lets you print the moderator’s agenda.

Agenda participants

This page displays the participant’s agenda for the meeting. This agenda is visible to all participants of the meeting and differs from the moderator’s agenda.

Option Description
Edit This button allows you to edit the participant’s agenda. If there is no agenda, the button will instead show Add , allowing you to add one.
This button allows you to copy the participant’s agenda.
This button lets you download the participant’s agenda as a .ics file to add to a calendar application.
This button lets you print the participant’s agenda.

1.7. Settings

Under you can modify the Mividas Meeting Portal’s functions and customize its branding, including the Outlook add-in.

Change password

Allows you to change the password of your currently logged in account, or takes you to a page/site that tells you more on how to do it.

Global settings

Option Description
Enable advanced invitation Enables advanced invitations in booking forms that allow adding multiple people at the same time.
Force automatic dial out validation Forces validation on systems added for automatic dialout to not be marked as already scheduled.
Enable automatic dialout search Enable regular users to view and search for automatic dialouts in the meeting list.
Enable Demo/QA mode Demo/QA mode that adds a clear banner around the Mividas Meeting Portal for easier version identification.
Demo banner text Enter the text that you want to appear in the banner.
Demo banner color Choose the color of the banner, in hex format . By default, the color is #FF0000.
Demo banner text color Choose the color of the text within the banner, in hex format . By default, the color is #FFFFFF.

To save any changes made, click Save settings at the bottom.

Theme settings

Custom logo

Option Description
Custom logo, choose file Choose a file to upload as your custom favicon. PNG/SVG. Will be resized to fit 35px height
Custom favicon, choose file Chose a file to upload as your custom favicon. PNG/SVG. Square icon, recommended size 64x64px or 128x128px
Bright interface Changes the background of the right menu on the scheduling interface to a brighter background color. It also makes the top navigator background color white and its text black, unless you set a custom color for it below.

Color top navigation

Option Description
Header background color Choose the background color of the header, in hex format . By default, the color is #282828.
Header text color Choose the color of the banner, in hex format . By default, the color is #FFFFFF.

Button and icon color

Option Description
Button background color Choose the background color of the buttons, in hex format . This also includes the Support field at the top right corner. By default, the color is #F18825.
Button text color Choose the text color of the buttons, in hex format . This also includes the Support field at the top right corner By default, the color is #FFFFFF.
Link color Choose the text color of the links, in hex format . By default, the color is #F18825.
Icon color Choose the color of the icons, in hex format . By default, the color is #F128825.

To save any changes made, click Save settings at the bottom.

Support settings

Support information

Option Description
Support e-mail Enter a support phone number that will be visible to users.
Support phone Enter a support phone number that will be visible for users.
Support ticket URL Enter a URL that users can click on to open a support ticket.
Documentation URL Enter a URL that users can click on to read documentation.

URL user portal

Option Description
URL user portal Enter a URL to a page/site with information about changing users’ passwords.

Download links

Option Description
Download link to MSI packages Enter a URL to a MSI package for Windows users to download the video client (CMA).
Mac download link Enter a URL to a file for Mac users to download the video client (CMA).
IOS download link Enter a URL to a file for iOS users to download the video client (CMA).
Show download links Check this box to show the download links on the right menu on the Schedule page.

Test calls

Option Description
SIP address for test calls Enter a SIP URI that users can use for test calls, e.g. [email protected]
WebRTC address for test calls Enter a URL that users can use for test calls over WebRTC, e.g. https://video.example.com/testcall

To save any changes made, click Save settings at the bottom.

Meeting room settings

Settings

Choose whether PIN codes should be a requirement or not. Note that this setting applies to when users edit or create personal meeting rooms

Option Description
Require user meeting room PIN Check this box to require a PIN code when a meeting is scheduled. Note that this also applies when users create or edit a personal meeting room.
Require moderator PIN for user meeting room Check this box to require a moderator PIN code when a meeting is scheduled. Note that this also applies when users create or edit a personal meeting room.

To save any changes made, click Save settings at the bottom.

Outlook addin

Installation instructions

For Office 365, use the direct link for central deployment: Integrated Apps

Read Microsoft’s instructions for installation options. Both testing locally on a single computer and central deployment is possible.

If your administrator enabled Mividas Outlook addin, you’ll be able to access your manifest file below.

Menu-based selection in Outlook

Option Description
manifest.xml Click to download your manifest.xml-file based on the settings below:
Enable single booking Enables booking of an ordinary video meeting.
Enable booking in existing meeting rooms Enables booking in an existing meeting room(VMR).
Activate extended booking Enables extended booking which opens up a pop-up of the Mividas Meeting Portal’s dashboard.

Predetermined choice

Use the respective link below to activate only one type of booking.

Option Description
manifest_simple.xml Allows only booking of an ordinary video meeting.
manifest_static.xml Allows only booking in an existing meeting room(VMR).
manifest_advanced.xml Allows only extended booking which opens up a pop-up of the Mividas Meeting Portal’s dashboard.

Settings

Option Description
Allow removing Outlook meetings for users through the portal Allows users to remove meetings created in Outlook from Mividas Meeting Portal.
Type of login Choose how the users should sign in
– Via username and password in addin
– Via dialogue from Mividas Meeting Portal
Exchange/Core service account This will automatically add a person/service account to the invite list to be able to filter meetings in the future
Default meeting type Select the meeting types to use for secure meetings.
Static meeting type Select the meeting types to use for static meetings.
Activate smart events Enable smart events to let the Outlook add-in try to update the meeting when changes occur in Outlook.
Enable option to force encryption in Outlook If this setting is enabled, a checkbox will appear in the Add-In, allowing users to enforce encryption for the meeting.
For Cisco Meeting Server:
If selected when scheduling a meeting in Outlook Add-In, the needsActivation parameter in the callLegProfile will be set to "require".
If not selected, needsActivation will be set to "optional".
For Pexip:
If selected when scheduling a meeting in Outlook Add-In, the "Media encryption" will be set to "Required".
If not selected, the "Media encryption" will be set to "Use global setting:" (Platform > Global Settings).
Hide recording Hides the recording option (Not in use today).

Branding

Option Description
Outlook icon title The text to be shown next to the icon within Outlook.
Heading easy booking The header for the option of easy booking.
Heading for booking in static meeting rooms The header for the option of booking in a static meeting room.
Heading extended booking The header for the option of advanced booking.
Header to display connection information The heading of the add-in when editing a previously scheduled meeting in Outlook.
Upload icons Upload an icon to be used in Outlook. The format should be .png and it should be uploaded in 5 different sizes (16x16px, 32x32px, 64x64px, 80x80px, 128x128px)

To save any changes made, click Save settings at the bottom.

Backend admin

Takes you to the backend admin page.



1.8. Support

To reach the support information available for users, click on Support in the top right corner.

To see what information you can put here and edit those settings, check Support settings.

1.9. Backend admin

This page is accessible only to super users.

This section allows you to adjust various settings, including defining unique configurations for each meeting type and enforcing certain features based on the company’s policy. It provides an overview of all your current settings. Below is a short description of each part. For more information regarding settings under backend admin, please contact us at [email protected].

  • Audit logs – A chronological record of events or changes made within a system, typically used for tracking and reviewing activities such as user actions, system modifications, and security-related events.
  • Authentication and Authorization – User and Groups.

    • Users: Lists all users added to Mividas Meeting Portal.
    • Groups: Not in use at the moment.

  • Axes – A framework for tracking and limiting login attempts to enhance security by protecting against brute-force attacks. Often used to enforce restrictions like rate limits or account lockouts.
  • Flatblocks – Lightweight content management blocks often used for inserting static or semi-static content into websites or applications. These blocks are customizable and reusable across different parts of a system.
  • Meeting -Lists all meetings in the Mividas Meeting Portal.
  • Meeting types – Categorized meeting templates or configurations, defining their purpose, structure, and required settings.
  • Secure meeting – These are the meeting types where Mividas Identify is used.
  • Webhook – A mechanism for triggering real-time, automated notifications or actions in response to events within a system, typically by sending an HTTP POST request to a specified endpoint.

For more information regarding settings under Backend admin, please get in touch with [email protected]

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