Conferencing and Meeting Resources
Minnesota state agencies, boards and councils have a variety of online meeting and collaboration tools available to them. Different government organizations may have access to different tools. Find more information below about the best tool for your needs, tool features, and resources on how to use each tool.
Conferencing Tools
What tool is best for my meeting?
Definitions
- Conference call: audio-only call
- Group discussion/meeting: all attendees can share content, audio, and video
- Webinar/presentation: small group of presenters shares content with large audiences
- Broadcast event: scheduled, produced, and broadcast to online large audiences
Meeting Attendee Capacity Comparison
Teams | Teams Live Events | Webex Webinars | Webex Meetings | Webex Events
(retiring December 2022) |
Webex Training
(retiring June 30, 2022) |
Intercall (ResPlus) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1000 | 20,000 through
June 30, 2022 |
1000 | 1000 | 1000
(retiring December 2022) |
1000
(retiring June 30, 2022) |
150 |
Meeting Type Comparison
Type | Teams | Teams Live Events | Webex Webinars | Webex Meetings | Webex Events
(retiring December 2022) |
Webex Training
(retiring June 30, 2022) |
Intercall (ResPlus) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conference Call | Desktop, Mobile, Web | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Group Discussion/Meeting | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Webinars/Presentations | Yes | Yes, audience participate with Q&A only | Yes | Yes | Yes, audience participate with Q&A only | Yes | No |
Broadcast Event | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Meeting Feature Comparison
Feature | Teams | Teams Live Events | Webex Webinars | Webex Meetings | Webex Events
(retiring December 2022) |
Webex Training
(retiring June 30, 2022) |
Intercall (ResPlus) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Audience
(Internal, External) |
Internal collaboration
Schedule meetings for both |
Both, must create public link for external audience | Both | Both | Both | Both | Both |
Attendee Registration
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Computer Audio | Yes | Yes | Up to 1000 attendees | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Toll-free Number for Audio | No | No | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Yes |
Tolled Number for Audio | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Chat | Yes | Among presenters only | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Ad Hoc Chat/Collaboration | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Moderated Q&A | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Meeting Recording | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Breakout Rooms | Yes, up to 300 attendees | No | Yes, up to 1000 attendees | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Operator-Assisted Call | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes* |
*This feature is available as an additional service and will be an additional cost to your organization.