Handing over a collaboration session, started from the server

If you are the master controller of a collaboration session, you can pass full control of the session to another participant by using the handover function.

About this task

During a collaboration session, use the Handover function to pass full control of the session to one of the other participants in the session. They become the master controller and you can leave the session without having to end it. The availability of this function is determined by the value of the server policy Allow session handover.

Set to Yes
The Hand over button is displayed in the collaboration control panel.
Set to No
The Hand over button is not displayed in the collaboration control panel.

To pass control of a collaboration session to a new master controller, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Select the required controller in the participants list, in the collaboration control panel.
  2. Click Hand over.
    The outcome of the handover request is determined by the value that is set for the Enable user acceptance for collaboration requests server policy.
    If this policy is set to Yes for the session, the target user is asked to accept or refuse your request to hand over control. If they accept the request, full session control is passed to the selected controller. If they refuse, or do not respond in time, a refusal message is displayed on your screen and on the selected controllers screen. You are still the master controller of the session. Click OK
    Note: If the target user does not respond in time and the Acceptance timeout action server policy is set to PROCEED, control is passed to the new master controller.

    If Enable user acceptance for collaboration requests is set to No, user acceptance is not required by the target user and full session control is passed to the new master controller.

Results

When the session is handed over to the new master controller, the collaboration control panel opens on their system. The list of participants is displayed in the collaboration control panel. You lose input control for the session. The IP address of the new master controller is displayed in the window title of your session window.

The new master controller sees the IP address of the target in the window title of their session window.

Note: The policies for the session remain as they were when the session was started. The policies do not change even although the controller user changed. The initial policies that are set for the session are valid throughout the collaboration session regardless of who is the master controller.