Creating and Managing Rooms in Jabber Chat

Learn how to create rooms and manage members from Jabber.

Important:

Cisco Jabber will be retired as a UB service at the end of 2025. Use Cisco Call, integrated into Microsoft Teams, as a softphone option instead.

Operating System: Windows, Macintosh

Applies to: UB faculty and staff

Last Updated: January 7, 2020

Create a Room

Zoom image: Rooms > All Rooms > New Room. Complete a Name, Description of room, Type (Public or Restricted), Location. Optionally Add to "My rooms". Click Create. Rooms > All Rooms > New Room. Complete a Name, Description of room, Type (Public or Restricted), Location. Optionally Add to "My rooms". Click Create.
  1. Select the New Room button from the Rooms > All Rooms tab.
  2. Complete the following:
    • Enter a unique name for the room which identifies its purpose and ownership.
    • Enter a description, or topic, for the room. Moderators and Administrators may change this description later.
    • Choose a type for the room - either Public, where anyone can join this room, or Restricted where access is granted by administrator or moderators.
    • Choose Automatically Select from the Location box.
    • Search for and select up to 30 moderators to help manage this room. You can add more after the room has been created.
    • Add a password to the room if needed, to allow users to self-join when supplied with the password (Public Rooms) or further screen participants (Restricted).
  3. Click Create.

Managing room members

A room administrator/owner or moderator can manage room settings from within Cisco Jabber. 

Right-click on room members to remove them from the room, block them from the room, or mute their chat.

You cannot block or mute other moderators or administrators.

See also

Chat About a Topic with Rooms
Room Storage and Erasure in jabber Chat
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