Lenovo notebook Windows Meeting Space (WMS) is a newly added network conferencing system in Windows Vista. It can support up to 10 users for network conferencing. Users participating in the meeting can share desktops, applications, files, slides and other content. . The following are the ten main functions and features of WMS:

1. Only for Vista

Windows Meeting Space is a replacement for Microsoft NetMeeting. Since WMS is based on Vista's unique point-to-point network technology and uses some features of Vista, such as WS-Discovery, WMS only supports the Windows Vista operating system.

2. Installation and use are quite simple

When you use WMS for the first time, it will automatically perform the corresponding configuration, such as configuring the firewall to allow WMS to access the network. Communication, enable People Near Me function and file copy function. If WMS does not find an available wired network, it will also automatically establish a temporary wireless network for WMS communication.

3. Built-in security mechanism

Users can only choose to receive meeting invitations from trusted users (who have submitted digital certificates that can verify their identity), or they can Invited users are required to enter a password to join the meeting. All WMS communication content is encrypted, so only users participating in the meeting can see the shared desktop, applications, files, etc.

4. The meeting can be hidden

WMS allows users to set the visibility of the meeting. If set to hidden, surrounding Vista users will not find this meeting when viewing the list of available WMS meetings and can only join the meeting by accepting the invitation.

5. Provides multiple ways to join a meeting

There are three ways to join a WMS meeting, namely: through the available meeting list in WMS; Invite via email, get viaJoin the meeting by fetching the meeting invitation file that was shared or transferred to the user.

6. Slides can be submitted during the meeting

To play the slides during the meeting, users can choose to connect to a network slide projector, or Display the slideshow content on your own computer screen and share the screen or slideshow file and player program.

7. Distribute meeting materials to participants

To distribute meeting materials, users only need to copy the data files to the computers of the participants. That’s it. Anyone participating in the meeting can edit the material immediately, and the new edited version is automatically delivered to everyone participating in the meeting, overwriting the original file.

8. IPv6 network required

Windows Vista will automatically install an IPv6 network during the installation process. However, in a LAN environment, users do not need to turn on IPv6 to implement WMS network conferencing.

9. Shared desktop and applications

When a user shares his desktop, other users participating in the meeting can see the shared desktop. All in all, it's a lot like remote assistance from before. But unlike Remote Assistance, if the user sharing the desktop does not have publishing permissions, no user participating in the meeting will have any control over the desktop content. WMS will remind the user that the desktop is being shared and will display the status of the shared desktop on other users' screens. If users don't want others to see their entire desktop, they can choose to share a file or an application.

10. Administrators have many ways to control its use

Administrators can restrict or control users’ use of WMS through group policies. Optional restrictions include disabling WMS, disabling meeting material distribution, forcing meeting password length and password complexity, etc. In addition, administrators can also specify the file types to be shared through Attachment Manager, or record WMS activities and write these records to log files.