Hello All, 

 An upcoming release ( targeted for end of Feb ) will bring native ACD conferencing capabilities to Genesys Cloud. Up until now consult transfers served as the most frequently used flow to enable 3 parties to talk together in a conference-like way. But this was limited to only 3 parties at any point in time. With this new feature, agents can now add multiple parties to an ACD voice call and create a conference. An ACD conference can support up-to 20 parties simultaneously connected/talking to each other. 

     The following are the key UI updates that an agent handling ACD voice interactions will see: 

• A new call control to start a conference by adding in another agent, queue, external contact or a number. 
  • 
  • This control will let an agent search for another agent, queue or an external contact. An agent can also plug in a phone number in the text box to add them to the conference. 
  • 
  • Once a contact is chosen, they will be added to the conference as soon as they accept the invite. 
  • Additional parties can be added via the 'Invite Participant' button. 
  • 
• Agents will also have an option to take a consult to a conference. There will be a new conference control as part of the consult flow that will enable an agent to take all 3 participants ( customer, agent and consulted party ) into a conference. Once in a conference, more parties can be added via the previously described flow.  
  • 

Enabling these pathways will provide better flexibility for an Agent if they feel like they will require more participants to be added to an ACD call. All agents handling voice ACD calls will see these new conference controls by default. 

The following API's are enabling the above flows: 

• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#post-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants
  • Payload : "participants": [{address: "+13172222222"}] when adding new participants to a voice call. One can also use queueId and userId here. 
• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#patch-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants--participantId--consult
  • Use SpeakTo as "CONFERENCE" to take all 3 parties in a consult and land them in a conference.

Embedded framework will continue using the same drag and drop flow as we have today to create conferences but this will be extended to even ACD calls as part of the same flow. Agents will create new interactions with additional parties and drag those onto the original call to create create the conference and add additional parties. 

Excited to bring the above capabilities to all our users. This marks the initial phases of core conferencing capabilities with more improvements to come later down the year. 

Thanks .. 

#Omni-ChannelDesktop/UserInterface
#Roadmap/NewFeatures
#Routing(ACD/IVR)

------------------------------
Sachi Pradhan
Product@Genesys
[https://twitter.com/pradhan_sabya]
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachipradhan/]
------------------------------

Hi Sachi

Thanks for the comms.  I assume there'll be a single permission that we'll need to add for this when it's released?

Curious what if any impact was seen on on-premise Edges when using this during Beta testing, specifically when going over that 3 participant count?  Any concerns with performance/resource?

Hello All, 

 An upcoming release ( targeted for end of Feb ) will bring native ACD conferencing capabilities to Genesys Cloud. Up until now consult transfers served as the most frequently used flow to enable 3 parties to talk together in a conference-like way. But this was limited to only 3 parties at any point in time. With this new feature, agents can now add multiple parties to an ACD voice call and create a conference. An ACD conference can support up-to 20 parties simultaneously connected/talking to each other. 

     The following are the key UI updates that an agent handling ACD voice interactions will see: 

• A new call control to start a conference by adding in another agent, queue, external contact or a number. 
  • 
  • This control will let an agent search for another agent, queue or an external contact. An agent can also plug in a phone number in the text box to add them to the conference. 
  • 
  • Once a contact is chosen, they will be added to the conference as soon as they accept the invite. 
  • Additional parties can be added via the 'Invite Participant' button. 
  • 
• Agents will also have an option to take a consult to a conference. There will be a new conference control as part of the consult flow that will enable an agent to take all 3 participants ( customer, agent and consulted party ) into a conference. Once in a conference, more parties can be added via the previously described flow.  
  • 

Enabling these pathways will provide better flexibility for an Agent if they feel like they will require more participants to be added to an ACD call. All agents handling voice ACD calls will see these new conference controls by default. 

The following API's are enabling the above flows: 

• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#post-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants
  • Payload : "participants": [{address: "+13172222222"}] when adding new participants to a voice call. One can also use queueId and userId here. 
• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#patch-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants--participantId--consult
  • Use SpeakTo as "CONFERENCE" to take all 3 parties in a consult and land them in a conference.

Embedded framework will continue using the same drag and drop flow as we have today to create conferences but this will be extended to even ACD calls as part of the same flow. Agents will create new interactions with additional parties and drag those onto the original call to create create the conference and add additional parties. 

Excited to bring the above capabilities to all our users. This marks the initial phases of core conferencing capabilities with more improvements to come later down the year. 

Thanks .. 

#Omni-ChannelDesktop/UserInterface
#Roadmap/NewFeatures
#Routing(ACD/IVR)

------------------------------
Sachi Pradhan
Product@Genesys
[https://twitter.com/pradhan_sabya]
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachipradhan/]
------------------------------

No concerns on performance. A lot of the conf infrastructure is being re-used ( these get utilized today in UCC situations ) and these have tried and tested for sometime now. 

On the permission question. These capabilities will be looped into the existing base set of permissions that give ACD agents access to todays call controls. We see this as an extension of what voice agents need in terms of the base set of call controls. Also there are multiple flows that an agent can use to land in a conference thats reflected in the various API's ( all controlled by the same base set of Call permissions ) . There is no new single permission being introduced. 

Hi Sachi

Thanks for the comms.  I assume there'll be a single permission that we'll need to add for this when it's released?

Curious what if any impact was seen on on-premise Edges when using this during Beta testing, specifically when going over that 3 participant count?  Any concerns with performance/resource?

Hello All, 

 An upcoming release ( targeted for end of Feb ) will bring native ACD conferencing capabilities to Genesys Cloud. Up until now consult transfers served as the most frequently used flow to enable 3 parties to talk together in a conference-like way. But this was limited to only 3 parties at any point in time. With this new feature, agents can now add multiple parties to an ACD voice call and create a conference. An ACD conference can support up-to 20 parties simultaneously connected/talking to each other. 

     The following are the key UI updates that an agent handling ACD voice interactions will see: 

• A new call control to start a conference by adding in another agent, queue, external contact or a number. 
  • 
  • This control will let an agent search for another agent, queue or an external contact. An agent can also plug in a phone number in the text box to add them to the conference. 
  • 
  • Once a contact is chosen, they will be added to the conference as soon as they accept the invite. 
  • Additional parties can be added via the 'Invite Participant' button. 
  • 
• Agents will also have an option to take a consult to a conference. There will be a new conference control as part of the consult flow that will enable an agent to take all 3 participants ( customer, agent and consulted party ) into a conference. Once in a conference, more parties can be added via the previously described flow.  
  • 

Enabling these pathways will provide better flexibility for an Agent if they feel like they will require more participants to be added to an ACD call. All agents handling voice ACD calls will see these new conference controls by default. 

The following API's are enabling the above flows: 

• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#post-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants
  • Payload : "participants": [{address: "+13172222222"}] when adding new participants to a voice call. One can also use queueId and userId here. 
• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#patch-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants--participantId--consult
  • Use SpeakTo as "CONFERENCE" to take all 3 parties in a consult and land them in a conference.

Embedded framework will continue using the same drag and drop flow as we have today to create conferences but this will be extended to even ACD calls as part of the same flow. Agents will create new interactions with additional parties and drag those onto the original call to create create the conference and add additional parties. 

Excited to bring the above capabilities to all our users. This marks the initial phases of core conferencing capabilities with more improvements to come later down the year. 

Thanks .. 

#Omni-ChannelDesktop/UserInterface
#Roadmap/NewFeatures
#Routing(ACD/IVR)

------------------------------
Sachi Pradhan
Product@Genesys
[https://twitter.com/pradhan_sabya]
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachipradhan/]
------------------------------

Hi Sachi

There are separate permissions currently for blind/consult transfer.  Although that is for communicate specifically.  

No concerns on performance. A lot of the conf infrastructure is being re-used ( these get utilized today in UCC situations ) and these have tried and tested for sometime now. 

On the permission question. These capabilities will be looped into the existing base set of permissions that give ACD agents access to todays call controls. We see this as an extension of what voice agents need in terms of the base set of call controls. Also there are multiple flows that an agent can use to land in a conference thats reflected in the various API's ( all controlled by the same base set of Call permissions ) . There is no new single permission being introduced. 

Hi Sachi

Thanks for the comms.  I assume there'll be a single permission that we'll need to add for this when it's released?

Curious what if any impact was seen on on-premise Edges when using this during Beta testing, specifically when going over that 3 participant count?  Any concerns with performance/resource?

Hello All, 

 An upcoming release ( targeted for end of Feb ) will bring native ACD conferencing capabilities to Genesys Cloud. Up until now consult transfers served as the most frequently used flow to enable 3 parties to talk together in a conference-like way. But this was limited to only 3 parties at any point in time. With this new feature, agents can now add multiple parties to an ACD voice call and create a conference. An ACD conference can support up-to 20 parties simultaneously connected/talking to each other. 

     The following are the key UI updates that an agent handling ACD voice interactions will see: 

• A new call control to start a conference by adding in another agent, queue, external contact or a number. 
  • 
  • This control will let an agent search for another agent, queue or an external contact. An agent can also plug in a phone number in the text box to add them to the conference. 
  • 
  • Once a contact is chosen, they will be added to the conference as soon as they accept the invite. 
  • Additional parties can be added via the 'Invite Participant' button. 
  • 
• Agents will also have an option to take a consult to a conference. There will be a new conference control as part of the consult flow that will enable an agent to take all 3 participants ( customer, agent and consulted party ) into a conference. Once in a conference, more parties can be added via the previously described flow.  
  • 

Enabling these pathways will provide better flexibility for an Agent if they feel like they will require more participants to be added to an ACD call. All agents handling voice ACD calls will see these new conference controls by default. 

The following API's are enabling the above flows: 

• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#post-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants
  • Payload : "participants": [{address: "+13172222222"}] when adding new participants to a voice call. One can also use queueId and userId here. 
• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#patch-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants--participantId--consult
  • Use SpeakTo as "CONFERENCE" to take all 3 parties in a consult and land them in a conference.

Embedded framework will continue using the same drag and drop flow as we have today to create conferences but this will be extended to even ACD calls as part of the same flow. Agents will create new interactions with additional parties and drag those onto the original call to create create the conference and add additional parties. 

Excited to bring the above capabilities to all our users. This marks the initial phases of core conferencing capabilities with more improvements to come later down the year. 

Thanks .. 

#Omni-ChannelDesktop/UserInterface
#Roadmap/NewFeatures
#Routing(ACD/IVR)

------------------------------
Sachi Pradhan
Product@Genesys
[https://twitter.com/pradhan_sabya]
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachipradhan/]
------------------------------

Hello All, 

 An upcoming release ( targeted for end of Feb ) will bring native ACD conferencing capabilities to Genesys Cloud. Up until now consult transfers served as the most frequently used flow to enable 3 parties to talk together in a conference-like way. But this was limited to only 3 parties at any point in time. With this new feature, agents can now add multiple parties to an ACD voice call and create a conference. An ACD conference can support up-to 20 parties simultaneously connected/talking to each other. 

     The following are the key UI updates that an agent handling ACD voice interactions will see: 

• A new call control to start a conference by adding in another agent, queue, external contact or a number. 
  • 
  • This control will let an agent search for another agent, queue or an external contact. An agent can also plug in a phone number in the text box to add them to the conference. 
  • 
  • Once a contact is chosen, they will be added to the conference as soon as they accept the invite. 
  • Additional parties can be added via the 'Invite Participant' button. 
  • 
• Agents will also have an option to take a consult to a conference. There will be a new conference control as part of the consult flow that will enable an agent to take all 3 participants ( customer, agent and consulted party ) into a conference. Once in a conference, more parties can be added via the previously described flow.  
  • 

Enabling these pathways will provide better flexibility for an Agent if they feel like they will require more participants to be added to an ACD call. All agents handling voice ACD calls will see these new conference controls by default. 

The following API's are enabling the above flows: 

• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#post-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants
  • Payload : "participants": [{address: "+13172222222"}] when adding new participants to a voice call. One can also use queueId and userId here. 
• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#patch-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants--participantId--consult
  • Use SpeakTo as "CONFERENCE" to take all 3 parties in a consult and land them in a conference.

Embedded framework will continue using the same drag and drop flow as we have today to create conferences but this will be extended to even ACD calls as part of the same flow. Agents will create new interactions with additional parties and drag those onto the original call to create create the conference and add additional parties. 

Excited to bring the above capabilities to all our users. This marks the initial phases of core conferencing capabilities with more improvements to come later down the year. 

Thanks .. 

#Omni-ChannelDesktop/UserInterface
#Roadmap/NewFeatures
#Routing(ACD/IVR)

------------------------------
Sachi Pradhan
Product@Genesys
[https://twitter.com/pradhan_sabya]
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachipradhan/]
------------------------------

Do you happen to have screenshots of what this looks like in Salesforce embedded client?

Hello All, 

 An upcoming release ( targeted for end of Feb ) will bring native ACD conferencing capabilities to Genesys Cloud. Up until now consult transfers served as the most frequently used flow to enable 3 parties to talk together in a conference-like way. But this was limited to only 3 parties at any point in time. With this new feature, agents can now add multiple parties to an ACD voice call and create a conference. An ACD conference can support up-to 20 parties simultaneously connected/talking to each other. 

     The following are the key UI updates that an agent handling ACD voice interactions will see: 

• A new call control to start a conference by adding in another agent, queue, external contact or a number. 
  • 
  • This control will let an agent search for another agent, queue or an external contact. An agent can also plug in a phone number in the text box to add them to the conference. 
  • 
  • Once a contact is chosen, they will be added to the conference as soon as they accept the invite. 
  • Additional parties can be added via the 'Invite Participant' button. 
  • 
• Agents will also have an option to take a consult to a conference. There will be a new conference control as part of the consult flow that will enable an agent to take all 3 participants ( customer, agent and consulted party ) into a conference. Once in a conference, more parties can be added via the previously described flow.  
  • 

Enabling these pathways will provide better flexibility for an Agent if they feel like they will require more participants to be added to an ACD call. All agents handling voice ACD calls will see these new conference controls by default. 

The following API's are enabling the above flows: 

• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#post-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants
  • Payload : "participants": [{address: "+13172222222"}] when adding new participants to a voice call. One can also use queueId and userId here. 
• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#patch-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants--participantId--consult
  • Use SpeakTo as "CONFERENCE" to take all 3 parties in a consult and land them in a conference.

Embedded framework will continue using the same drag and drop flow as we have today to create conferences but this will be extended to even ACD calls as part of the same flow. Agents will create new interactions with additional parties and drag those onto the original call to create create the conference and add additional parties. 

Excited to bring the above capabilities to all our users. This marks the initial phases of core conferencing capabilities with more improvements to come later down the year. 

Thanks .. 

#Omni-ChannelDesktop/UserInterface
#Roadmap/NewFeatures
#Routing(ACD/IVR)

------------------------------
Sachi Pradhan
Product@Genesys
[https://twitter.com/pradhan_sabya]
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachipradhan/]
------------------------------

Hello All, 

 An upcoming release ( targeted for end of Feb ) will bring native ACD conferencing capabilities to Genesys Cloud. Up until now consult transfers served as the most frequently used flow to enable 3 parties to talk together in a conference-like way. But this was limited to only 3 parties at any point in time. With this new feature, agents can now add multiple parties to an ACD voice call and create a conference. An ACD conference can support up-to 20 parties simultaneously connected/talking to each other. 

     The following are the key UI updates that an agent handling ACD voice interactions will see: 

• A new call control to start a conference by adding in another agent, queue, external contact or a number. 
  • 
  • This control will let an agent search for another agent, queue or an external contact. An agent can also plug in a phone number in the text box to add them to the conference. 
  • 
  • Once a contact is chosen, they will be added to the conference as soon as they accept the invite. 
  • Additional parties can be added via the 'Invite Participant' button. 
  • 
• Agents will also have an option to take a consult to a conference. There will be a new conference control as part of the consult flow that will enable an agent to take all 3 participants ( customer, agent and consulted party ) into a conference. Once in a conference, more parties can be added via the previously described flow.  
  • 

Enabling these pathways will provide better flexibility for an Agent if they feel like they will require more participants to be added to an ACD call. All agents handling voice ACD calls will see these new conference controls by default. 

The following API's are enabling the above flows: 

• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#post-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants
  • Payload : "participants": [{address: "+13172222222"}] when adding new participants to a voice call. One can also use queueId and userId here. 
• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#patch-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants--participantId--consult
  • Use SpeakTo as "CONFERENCE" to take all 3 parties in a consult and land them in a conference.

Embedded framework will continue using the same drag and drop flow as we have today to create conferences but this will be extended to even ACD calls as part of the same flow. Agents will create new interactions with additional parties and drag those onto the original call to create create the conference and add additional parties. 

Excited to bring the above capabilities to all our users. This marks the initial phases of core conferencing capabilities with more improvements to come later down the year. 

Thanks .. 

#Omni-ChannelDesktop/UserInterface
#Roadmap/NewFeatures
#Routing(ACD/IVR)

------------------------------
Sachi Pradhan
Product@Genesys
[https://twitter.com/pradhan_sabya]
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachipradhan/]
------------------------------

Hey Sachi,

Could we have an update on the anticipated release date for this? This week will be the last release of February, which you indicated was the target. Will it be released this week?

Hello All, 

 An upcoming release ( targeted for end of Feb ) will bring native ACD conferencing capabilities to Genesys Cloud. Up until now consult transfers served as the most frequently used flow to enable 3 parties to talk together in a conference-like way. But this was limited to only 3 parties at any point in time. With this new feature, agents can now add multiple parties to an ACD voice call and create a conference. An ACD conference can support up-to 20 parties simultaneously connected/talking to each other. 

     The following are the key UI updates that an agent handling ACD voice interactions will see: 

• A new call control to start a conference by adding in another agent, queue, external contact or a number. 
  • 
  • This control will let an agent search for another agent, queue or an external contact. An agent can also plug in a phone number in the text box to add them to the conference. 
  • 
  • Once a contact is chosen, they will be added to the conference as soon as they accept the invite. 
  • Additional parties can be added via the 'Invite Participant' button. 
  • 
• Agents will also have an option to take a consult to a conference. There will be a new conference control as part of the consult flow that will enable an agent to take all 3 participants ( customer, agent and consulted party ) into a conference. Once in a conference, more parties can be added via the previously described flow.  
  • 

Enabling these pathways will provide better flexibility for an Agent if they feel like they will require more participants to be added to an ACD call. All agents handling voice ACD calls will see these new conference controls by default. 

The following API's are enabling the above flows: 

• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#post-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants
  • Payload : "participants": [{address: "+13172222222"}] when adding new participants to a voice call. One can also use queueId and userId here. 
• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#patch-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants--participantId--consult
  • Use SpeakTo as "CONFERENCE" to take all 3 parties in a consult and land them in a conference.

Embedded framework will continue using the same drag and drop flow as we have today to create conferences but this will be extended to even ACD calls as part of the same flow. Agents will create new interactions with additional parties and drag those onto the original call to create create the conference and add additional parties. 

Excited to bring the above capabilities to all our users. This marks the initial phases of core conferencing capabilities with more improvements to come later down the year. 

Thanks .. 

#Omni-ChannelDesktop/UserInterface
#Roadmap/NewFeatures
#Routing(ACD/IVR)

------------------------------
Sachi Pradhan
Product@Genesys
[https://twitter.com/pradhan_sabya]
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachipradhan/]
------------------------------

Yes. Here is the rough schedule we will follow this week to get it enabled across all regions: 

Wednesday Feb 28th, 12-5pm EST

• 'prod-apne2':  #Seoul  

• 'prod-sae1':    #Sao Paulo  

• 'prod-apne3':  #Osaka  

• 'prod-euc2':    #Zurich  

• 'prod-mec1':   #UAE   

 Thursday, Feb 29th, 9am-2pm EST

• 'prod-afs1':      #Cape Town  

• 'prod-ape1':     #Hong Kong  

• 'prod-aps1':    #Mumbai  

• 'prod-apse1':  #Singapore  

• 'prod-apse2':  #Sydney  

• 'prod-apse3':  #Jakarta  

• 'prod-cac1':     #Canada  

• 'prod-euw1':   #Ireland  

• 'prod-euw2':   #London  

• 'prod-euw3':   #Paris  

 Friday, Mar 1^st 12pm-5pm EST

• 'prod-euc1':  #Frankfurt

• 'prod-apne1':  #Tokyo

• 'prod-use1':  #N. Virginia ( After 5 PM EST ) 

• 'prod-usw2':  #Oregon ( After 9 PM EST ) 

• FedRAMP region

Hey Sachi,

Could we have an update on the anticipated release date for this? This week will be the last release of February, which you indicated was the target. Will it be released this week?

Hello All, 

 An upcoming release ( targeted for end of Feb ) will bring native ACD conferencing capabilities to Genesys Cloud. Up until now consult transfers served as the most frequently used flow to enable 3 parties to talk together in a conference-like way. But this was limited to only 3 parties at any point in time. With this new feature, agents can now add multiple parties to an ACD voice call and create a conference. An ACD conference can support up-to 20 parties simultaneously connected/talking to each other. 

     The following are the key UI updates that an agent handling ACD voice interactions will see: 

• A new call control to start a conference by adding in another agent, queue, external contact or a number. 
  • 
  • This control will let an agent search for another agent, queue or an external contact. An agent can also plug in a phone number in the text box to add them to the conference. 
  • 
  • Once a contact is chosen, they will be added to the conference as soon as they accept the invite. 
  • Additional parties can be added via the 'Invite Participant' button. 
  • 
• Agents will also have an option to take a consult to a conference. There will be a new conference control as part of the consult flow that will enable an agent to take all 3 participants ( customer, agent and consulted party ) into a conference. Once in a conference, more parties can be added via the previously described flow.  
  • 

Enabling these pathways will provide better flexibility for an Agent if they feel like they will require more participants to be added to an ACD call. All agents handling voice ACD calls will see these new conference controls by default. 

The following API's are enabling the above flows: 

• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#post-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants
  • Payload : "participants": [{address: "+13172222222"}] when adding new participants to a voice call. One can also use queueId and userId here. 
• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#patch-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants--participantId--consult
  • Use SpeakTo as "CONFERENCE" to take all 3 parties in a consult and land them in a conference.

Embedded framework will continue using the same drag and drop flow as we have today to create conferences but this will be extended to even ACD calls as part of the same flow. Agents will create new interactions with additional parties and drag those onto the original call to create create the conference and add additional parties. 

Excited to bring the above capabilities to all our users. This marks the initial phases of core conferencing capabilities with more improvements to come later down the year. 

Thanks .. 

#Omni-ChannelDesktop/UserInterface
#Roadmap/NewFeatures
#Routing(ACD/IVR)

------------------------------
Sachi Pradhan
Product@Genesys
[https://twitter.com/pradhan_sabya]
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachipradhan/]
------------------------------

Where do I find the new schedule for weekly updates effective this week (3-4-24) and moving forward. (See notice below)

Last week's deployment schedule for ACD Conferencing changed the day of week our staff received weekly updates from Wednesday to Friday.  We'd like to know whether this is a permanent or one time change and when during Genesys's new weekly update deployment cycle our region will receive updates.  

 Important: New feature deployment schedule in effect
On March 4, 2024, Genesys will adjust the regional deployment schedule for the release of new features. Features will begin to deploy on Monday, with full deployment across all regions expected to conclude by the end of day Wednesday.
Release notes and Resource Center documentation updates will publish on Mondays at 9:00 AM EST. In the event of deployment issues, the release notes will include updates about regional deployment status at 9:00 AM EST on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Yes. Here is the rough schedule we will follow this week to get it enabled across all regions: 

Wednesday Feb 28th, 12-5pm EST

• 'prod-apne2':  #Seoul  

• 'prod-sae1':    #Sao Paulo  

• 'prod-apne3':  #Osaka  

• 'prod-euc2':    #Zurich  

• 'prod-mec1':   #UAE   

 Thursday, Feb 29th, 9am-2pm EST

• 'prod-afs1':      #Cape Town  

• 'prod-ape1':     #Hong Kong  

• 'prod-aps1':    #Mumbai  

• 'prod-apse1':  #Singapore  

• 'prod-apse2':  #Sydney  

• 'prod-apse3':  #Jakarta  

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Hey Sachi,

Could we have an update on the anticipated release date for this? This week will be the last release of February, which you indicated was the target. Will it be released this week?

Hello All, 

 An upcoming release ( targeted for end of Feb ) will bring native ACD conferencing capabilities to Genesys Cloud. Up until now consult transfers served as the most frequently used flow to enable 3 parties to talk together in a conference-like way. But this was limited to only 3 parties at any point in time. With this new feature, agents can now add multiple parties to an ACD voice call and create a conference. An ACD conference can support up-to 20 parties simultaneously connected/talking to each other. 

     The following are the key UI updates that an agent handling ACD voice interactions will see: 

• A new call control to start a conference by adding in another agent, queue, external contact or a number. 
  • 
  • This control will let an agent search for another agent, queue or an external contact. An agent can also plug in a phone number in the text box to add them to the conference. 
  • 
  • Once a contact is chosen, they will be added to the conference as soon as they accept the invite. 
  • Additional parties can be added via the 'Invite Participant' button. 
  • 
• Agents will also have an option to take a consult to a conference. There will be a new conference control as part of the consult flow that will enable an agent to take all 3 participants ( customer, agent and consulted party ) into a conference. Once in a conference, more parties can be added via the previously described flow.  
  • 

Enabling these pathways will provide better flexibility for an Agent if they feel like they will require more participants to be added to an ACD call. All agents handling voice ACD calls will see these new conference controls by default. 

The following API's are enabling the above flows: 

• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#post-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants
  • Payload : "participants": [{address: "+13172222222"}] when adding new participants to a voice call. One can also use queueId and userId here. 
• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#patch-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants--participantId--consult
  • Use SpeakTo as "CONFERENCE" to take all 3 parties in a consult and land them in a conference.

Embedded framework will continue using the same drag and drop flow as we have today to create conferences but this will be extended to even ACD calls as part of the same flow. Agents will create new interactions with additional parties and drag those onto the original call to create create the conference and add additional parties. 

Excited to bring the above capabilities to all our users. This marks the initial phases of core conferencing capabilities with more improvements to come later down the year. 

Thanks .. 

#Omni-ChannelDesktop/UserInterface
#Roadmap/NewFeatures
#Routing(ACD/IVR)

------------------------------
Sachi Pradhan
Product@Genesys
[https://twitter.com/pradhan_sabya]
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachipradhan/]
------------------------------

Hello All, 

 An upcoming release ( targeted for end of Feb ) will bring native ACD conferencing capabilities to Genesys Cloud. Up until now consult transfers served as the most frequently used flow to enable 3 parties to talk together in a conference-like way. But this was limited to only 3 parties at any point in time. With this new feature, agents can now add multiple parties to an ACD voice call and create a conference. An ACD conference can support up-to 20 parties simultaneously connected/talking to each other. 

     The following are the key UI updates that an agent handling ACD voice interactions will see: 

• A new call control to start a conference by adding in another agent, queue, external contact or a number. 
  • 
  • This control will let an agent search for another agent, queue or an external contact. An agent can also plug in a phone number in the text box to add them to the conference. 
  • 
  • Once a contact is chosen, they will be added to the conference as soon as they accept the invite. 
  • Additional parties can be added via the 'Invite Participant' button. 
  • 
• Agents will also have an option to take a consult to a conference. There will be a new conference control as part of the consult flow that will enable an agent to take all 3 participants ( customer, agent and consulted party ) into a conference. Once in a conference, more parties can be added via the previously described flow.  
  • 

Enabling these pathways will provide better flexibility for an Agent if they feel like they will require more participants to be added to an ACD call. All agents handling voice ACD calls will see these new conference controls by default. 

The following API's are enabling the above flows: 

• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#post-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants
  • Payload : "participants": [{address: "+13172222222"}] when adding new participants to a voice call. One can also use queueId and userId here. 
• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#patch-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants--participantId--consult
  • Use SpeakTo as "CONFERENCE" to take all 3 parties in a consult and land them in a conference.

Embedded framework will continue using the same drag and drop flow as we have today to create conferences but this will be extended to even ACD calls as part of the same flow. Agents will create new interactions with additional parties and drag those onto the original call to create create the conference and add additional parties. 

Excited to bring the above capabilities to all our users. This marks the initial phases of core conferencing capabilities with more improvements to come later down the year. 

Thanks .. 

#Omni-ChannelDesktop/UserInterface
#Roadmap/NewFeatures
#Routing(ACD/IVR)

------------------------------
Sachi Pradhan
Product@Genesys
[https://twitter.com/pradhan_sabya]
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachipradhan/]
------------------------------

Hi All,

Is the new ACD conference feature linked to a permission/s. I have one of my large contact centres complaining that this feature is confusing agents, particularity for consult calls and going back and forward between the customer and internal staff members. They are accidentally starting unintentional 3 way conversations.

I don't see any obvious permissions related to ACD conference button?  

------------------------------
Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: 02-06-2024 12:24
From: Sabyasachi Pradhan
Subject: Upcoming ACD Conferencing Capabilities

Hello All, 

 An upcoming release ( targeted for end of Feb ) will bring native ACD conferencing capabilities to Genesys Cloud. Up until now consult transfers served as the most frequently used flow to enable 3 parties to talk together in a conference-like way. But this was limited to only 3 parties at any point in time. With this new feature, agents can now add multiple parties to an ACD voice call and create a conference. An ACD conference can support up-to 20 parties simultaneously connected/talking to each other. 

     The following are the key UI updates that an agent handling ACD voice interactions will see: 

• A new call control to start a conference by adding in another agent, queue, external contact or a number. 
  • 
  • This control will let an agent search for another agent, queue or an external contact. An agent can also plug in a phone number in the text box to add them to the conference. 
  • 
  • Once a contact is chosen, they will be added to the conference as soon as they accept the invite. 
  • Additional parties can be added via the 'Invite Participant' button. 
  • 
• Agents will also have an option to take a consult to a conference. There will be a new conference control as part of the consult flow that will enable an agent to take all 3 participants ( customer, agent and consulted party ) into a conference. Once in a conference, more parties can be added via the previously described flow.  
  • 

Enabling these pathways will provide better flexibility for an Agent if they feel like they will require more participants to be added to an ACD call. All agents handling voice ACD calls will see these new conference controls by default. 

The following API's are enabling the above flows: 

• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#post-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants
  • Payload : "participants": [{address: "+13172222222"}] when adding new participants to a voice call. One can also use queueId and userId here. 
• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#patch-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants--participantId--consult
  • Use SpeakTo as "CONFERENCE" to take all 3 parties in a consult and land them in a conference.

Embedded framework will continue using the same drag and drop flow as we have today to create conferences but this will be extended to even ACD calls as part of the same flow. Agents will create new interactions with additional parties and drag those onto the original call to create create the conference and add additional parties. 

Excited to bring the above capabilities to all our users. This marks the initial phases of core conferencing capabilities with more improvements to come later down the year. 

Thanks .. 

#Omni-ChannelDesktop/UserInterface
#Roadmap/NewFeatures
#Routing(ACD/IVR)

------------------------------
Sachi Pradhan
Product@Genesys
[https://twitter.com/pradhan_sabya]
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachipradhan/]
------------------------------

Hi Wayne, 

        The particular feature has no new additional permissions attached. Agents who have permissions to accept voice ACD calls will also have this ability to transform the Call to a conference via the 2 pathways we have enabled. At the platform level, existing API's were updated to add these features and these API's already had a base set of permissions that we inherited. I am hoping any confusion is just one time and once agents know whats what they can use consults or conf based on the need. We will keep an eye on more feedback as it comes in and make tweaks as needed to better the usability overall. 

Hi All,

Is the new ACD conference feature linked to a permission/s. I have one of my large contact centres complaining that this feature is confusing agents, particularity for consult calls and going back and forward between the customer and internal staff members. They are accidentally starting unintentional 3 way conversations.

I don't see any obvious permissions related to ACD conference button?  

------------------------------
Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: 02-06-2024 12:24
From: Sabyasachi Pradhan
Subject: Upcoming ACD Conferencing Capabilities

Hello All, 

 An upcoming release ( targeted for end of Feb ) will bring native ACD conferencing capabilities to Genesys Cloud. Up until now consult transfers served as the most frequently used flow to enable 3 parties to talk together in a conference-like way. But this was limited to only 3 parties at any point in time. With this new feature, agents can now add multiple parties to an ACD voice call and create a conference. An ACD conference can support up-to 20 parties simultaneously connected/talking to each other. 

     The following are the key UI updates that an agent handling ACD voice interactions will see: 

• A new call control to start a conference by adding in another agent, queue, external contact or a number. 
  • 
  • This control will let an agent search for another agent, queue or an external contact. An agent can also plug in a phone number in the text box to add them to the conference. 
  • 
  • Once a contact is chosen, they will be added to the conference as soon as they accept the invite. 
  • Additional parties can be added via the 'Invite Participant' button. 
  • 
• Agents will also have an option to take a consult to a conference. There will be a new conference control as part of the consult flow that will enable an agent to take all 3 participants ( customer, agent and consulted party ) into a conference. Once in a conference, more parties can be added via the previously described flow.  
  • 

Enabling these pathways will provide better flexibility for an Agent if they feel like they will require more participants to be added to an ACD call. All agents handling voice ACD calls will see these new conference controls by default. 

The following API's are enabling the above flows: 

• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#post-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants
  • Payload : "participants": [{address: "+13172222222"}] when adding new participants to a voice call. One can also use queueId and userId here. 
• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#patch-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants--participantId--consult
  • Use SpeakTo as "CONFERENCE" to take all 3 parties in a consult and land them in a conference.

Embedded framework will continue using the same drag and drop flow as we have today to create conferences but this will be extended to even ACD calls as part of the same flow. Agents will create new interactions with additional parties and drag those onto the original call to create create the conference and add additional parties. 

Excited to bring the above capabilities to all our users. This marks the initial phases of core conferencing capabilities with more improvements to come later down the year. 

Thanks .. 

#Omni-ChannelDesktop/UserInterface
#Roadmap/NewFeatures
#Routing(ACD/IVR)

------------------------------
Sachi Pradhan
Product@Genesys
[https://twitter.com/pradhan_sabya]
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachipradhan/]
------------------------------

We noticed that Interactions using the ACD Conferencing feature at any point during an ACD call do not have any associated audio recording in our environment.  We see the timeline, call participants and other expected details.  We've escalated the issue through our VAR with additional details, but am curious if this is expected behavior of the ACD conferencing feature?

Hi Wayne, 

        The particular feature has no new additional permissions attached. Agents who have permissions to accept voice ACD calls will also have this ability to transform the Call to a conference via the 2 pathways we have enabled. At the platform level, existing API's were updated to add these features and these API's already had a base set of permissions that we inherited. I am hoping any confusion is just one time and once agents know whats what they can use consults or conf based on the need. We will keep an eye on more feedback as it comes in and make tweaks as needed to better the usability overall. 

Hi All,

Is the new ACD conference feature linked to a permission/s. I have one of my large contact centres complaining that this feature is confusing agents, particularity for consult calls and going back and forward between the customer and internal staff members. They are accidentally starting unintentional 3 way conversations.

I don't see any obvious permissions related to ACD conference button?  

------------------------------
Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: 02-06-2024 12:24
From: Sabyasachi Pradhan
Subject: Upcoming ACD Conferencing Capabilities

Hello All, 

 An upcoming release ( targeted for end of Feb ) will bring native ACD conferencing capabilities to Genesys Cloud. Up until now consult transfers served as the most frequently used flow to enable 3 parties to talk together in a conference-like way. But this was limited to only 3 parties at any point in time. With this new feature, agents can now add multiple parties to an ACD voice call and create a conference. An ACD conference can support up-to 20 parties simultaneously connected/talking to each other. 

     The following are the key UI updates that an agent handling ACD voice interactions will see: 

• A new call control to start a conference by adding in another agent, queue, external contact or a number. 
  • 
  • This control will let an agent search for another agent, queue or an external contact. An agent can also plug in a phone number in the text box to add them to the conference. 
  • 
  • Once a contact is chosen, they will be added to the conference as soon as they accept the invite. 
  • Additional parties can be added via the 'Invite Participant' button. 
  • 
• Agents will also have an option to take a consult to a conference. There will be a new conference control as part of the consult flow that will enable an agent to take all 3 participants ( customer, agent and consulted party ) into a conference. Once in a conference, more parties can be added via the previously described flow.  
  • 

Enabling these pathways will provide better flexibility for an Agent if they feel like they will require more participants to be added to an ACD call. All agents handling voice ACD calls will see these new conference controls by default. 

The following API's are enabling the above flows: 

• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#post-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants
  • Payload : "participants": [{address: "+13172222222"}] when adding new participants to a voice call. One can also use queueId and userId here. 
• https://developer.genesys.cloud/devapps/api-explorer#patch-api-v2-conversations-calls--conversationId--participants--participantId--consult
  • Use SpeakTo as "CONFERENCE" to take all 3 parties in a consult and land them in a conference.

Embedded framework will continue using the same drag and drop flow as we have today to create conferences but this will be extended to even ACD calls as part of the same flow. Agents will create new interactions with additional parties and drag those onto the original call to create create the conference and add additional parties. 

Excited to bring the above capabilities to all our users. This marks the initial phases of core conferencing capabilities with more improvements to come later down the year. 

Thanks .. 

#Omni-ChannelDesktop/UserInterface
#Roadmap/NewFeatures
#Routing(ACD/IVR)

------------------------------
Sachi Pradhan
Product@Genesys
[https://twitter.com/pradhan_sabya]
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachipradhan/]
------------------------------