With the Meet-me Conference feature, a station user can host a dial-in conference of up to six parties. However, if the 12–party Conferences field is enabled in the Feature-Related System Parameters screen, 12 parties can participate in a Meet-me Conference call. You can set up the Meet-me Conference extension to require an access code. If you administer an access code, all parties must correctly enter the access code to join the conference. If the extension is one of your Direct Inward Dialing (DID) numbers, any internal or remote access users, or external parties, can dial the Meet-me Conference extension.

When a caller dials into a Meet-me Conference, the system plays an announcement. The announcement tells the caller to enter an access code, if an access code is required. If the caller enters the correct access code, the caller is added to the conference. If no other parties are on the conference, an announcement tells the caller that he is the first caller to join the conference. If other parties are already on the call, an announcement tells the caller that he is joining a conference that is already in progress. All parties who are already on the conference and the newly added party hear an entry tone. When a party drops out of the conference, the remaining parties hear an exit tone.