| The MetaFrame Conferencing Manager User Interface is the component that supplies the end user with all the tools necessary to create and participate in a conference. It is the component the user launches in to. During installation the User Interface is installed and automatically published in the Management Console for MetaFrame XP called Citrix MetaFrame Conferencing Manager . Citrixs best practices recommend installing the User Interface on the MetaFrame XP servers running your other productivity applications. If you will be deploying a high number of concurrent connections, you can gain performance improvements by installing and load balancing the User Interface on multiple MetaFrame XP servers. The Conferencing Manager User Interface runs as a published application on MetaFrame XP servers. You may rename this published application using the Management Console. The following defines how to install the Conferencing Manager User Interface component on a MetaFrame XP Server. 1. Insert the Citrix MetaFrame Conferencing Manager 2.0 CDROM and click the Install Citrix MetaFrame Conferencing Manger button. 
2. Click Next to continue 
3. Click to select the, I accept the license agreement radio button and click Next to continue. 
4. Select the destination folder for the Conferencing Manger application files. Click Next to continue. 
5. Click Conference Organizer and select Not Available right click Conference Room and select Not Available Verify the Citrix MetaFrame Conference Manager node is enabled and click Next to continue. 
6. Specify an account with MetaFrame XP administrator privileges. Click Next to continue. 
7. Click Next to continue. 
8. Click Finish 
9. Enter the NetBIOS name, FQDN or IP address of the server acting as the Conferencing Organizer. 
10. Open the Management Console for MetaFrame XP click to expand the Application node. 11. Right click the Citrix Conference Room published application and then click Properties. 
12. Click the Server node and verify all the servers that are running the Conference Room Service are listed in the Configured Servers box. Click OK when finished. 
13. By default, setup will add the Conference Room and Citrix MetaFrame Conference Manager published applications published on server(s) belonging to a domain the Domain Users group and server(s) that do not belong to a domain to the Users group. If you will be changing this configuration click the Users node and select the users / groups you want to give access to the Conferencing Manager application. 
Important! Only users whose user accounts are assigned both to the MetaFrame Conferencing Manager Conferencing Manager and to the Conference Room published application can participate in a conference. Therefore, if you modify the user assignments, make sure that both published components have identical user assignments.
14. To adjust the choice given to the conference participants you will need to adjust the default color setting on the Citrix MetaFrame Conferencing Manager published application. Click the Application Appearance node and adjust the Colors drop-down box as desired. Click OK when finished. 
You have now successfully installed and configured the MetaFrame Conferencing Manager component. Please repeat the above steps for any additional server(s) you want to load balance for high availability. How to Install MetaFrame Conferencing Manager 2.0 License Citrix MetaFrame Conferencing Manager requires a concurrent user licenses (CCU). The total CCUs required will equal the total simultaneous active conferences at one given time. Just launching the User Interface and reviewing the conference list will not decrement a CCU license. Licensing MetaFrame Conferencing Manager consists of the following tasks: Installing the License through the Management Console for MetaFrame XP Activating the License through the Management Console for MetaFrame XP Specifying the Conference Room License Type through the Citrix MetaFrame Conferencing Manager Configuration Tool
Now that you have successfully installed MetaFrame Conferencing Manager 2.0, you will need to install the appropriate user licenses. Conferencing Managers licensing consists of user licensing codes, which are strings of characters that you use during the licensing process. All you need to do is install the license serial number for the number of concurrent users you want to connect. You will find those licenses on the inside label of the Citrix software package. The following details how to install the necessary MetaFrame Conferencing Manager 2.0 user licenses. 1. Right click Licensing and click Add License. 
2. Enter the Conferencing Manager serial number. Click OK to contiune. 
3. Click No because you will activate the license later. 
You have now successfully added the appropriate licenses. Remember you have 35 days to activate the license or you the server will stop accepting connections.
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