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by John W. Simek, Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc.

Remote Access and Video Conferencing

April 21, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the usage of video conferencing to soar through the roof. Most of us are using some sort of video conferencing application such as Zoom or GoToMeeting. Every once in a while there is a problem with a participant being able to properly participate in a meeting. We have discovered a very fundamental common occurrence for these problems. The "problem" participants are remotely accessing their office computers in order to join a meeting. Sorry folks…that just won't work. You need to have physical possession of the device that is used to participate in the video conference. The device has to be able to "see" you and "hear" you. Your office machine can't do that if you are working from home. That's why many of us are looking at an empty desk chair or why we can't hear your speak. Use your smartphone, iPad or home computer instead of remotely connecting to your office machine.

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