As a presenter, you can manage call participants in the following ways:
• Mute all participants or individual participants.
• Remove participants from the conference call.
• Promote an attendee to presenter or demote a presenter to an attendee.
• Enable or disable conference announcements.
• Lock or unlock a conference.
These options don’t display for attendees.
Muting Conference Participants
Only presenters can mute and unmute conference participants.
If a presenter mutes your audio, a notification displays on your device and a Mute icon   displays next
to each muted participant. When a presenter mutes your audio in the Skype for Business client, it takes 1
second for the mute icon to display on your device.
You must wait for the presenter to unmute your audio before you can speak in the conference again.
Mute and Unmute All Conference Participants
Presenters can mute and unmute all conference participants at one time.
Procedure
1. Select Mute All.
A notification displays on the participants' phones informing them that the presenter has muted the
audience.
2. Select Unmute All to enable participants to speak in the conference.
A notification displays on the participants' phones informing them that the presenter has unmuted
the audience.
Mute and Unmute Individual Conference Participants
Presenters can choose to mute and unmute individual participants during conferences.
Procedure
1. Select a participant and select Mute.
A notification displays on the participant's phone informing them that the presenter has muted their
audio.
2. Select the muted participant and select Unmute.
A notification displays on the participant's phone informing them that the presenter has unmuted
their audio.
Promote or Demote Conference Participants
Presenters can promote conference participants from an attendee to a presenter or demote conference
participants from a presenter to an attendee.
Procedure
» Select a conference participant and do one of the following:
Conference Calls
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