The 8x8 L'application de bureau Virtual Office provides Instant Messaging (IM) with your company contacts. You can chat with one contact or with multiple contacts, whether in the same conversation or separate conversations. You can type a message at any time, but for interactive messaging, both contacts must be online.
You can also view message history and export these conversations as text files.
Notes:
-In version 4.6 of the app: By default, the new chat view is enabled. To access the old chat view, clear the Enable Beta Conversation View check box under Settings > Messages.
-In version 4.5 of the app: You have access only to the old chat view.
Note: Instant messaging is available to you if your phone system administrator has enabled IM.
You can leave chat messages for Virtual Office users who are currently not logged in. Users can also leave you chat messages when you are not logged in.
To send messages from the Messages tab:
To send messages from the Contacts tab:
Phone calling is possible with other Virtual Office users on the same phone system who are also logged in at the same time as you.
Video chat is possible with other Virtual Office users on the same phone system who are also logged in at the same time as you. On starting video chat, your system opens a window that allows you to use the proper plug-in and select which video camera you wish to use.
Video chat does not allow audio.
Starting a Conférence Virtual Office is possible with other Virtual Office users on the same phone system who are also logged in at the same time as you.
Note: Conférences Virtual Office is only available for Virtual Office Pro users.
Group chat is possible with other Virtual Office users on the same phone system who are also logged in at the same time as you. You cannot add contacts who are currently logged off or only logged in to the L'application mobile Virtual Office, or those who are imported from Google. If one or more of the desired users are offline, you cannot start a group chat.
Note: Emojis may be limited based on your OS character set.
Note: Emojis are available only starting with version 4.6 of the L'application de bureau Virtual Office.
This feature must be enabled by your phone system administrator.
Notes:
-Logging in to your Gmail or GTalk account to activate your L'application de bureau Virtual Office contacts brings those contacts into your 8x8 Online account.
-When you chat from your L'application de bureau Virtual Office account, your name from your Google account is presented to your Google contacts. The name on your 8x8 account does not show during the chat with Google contacts.