GARR Meet

Welcome to GARR Meet

GARR audio and video conferencing portal

A wide choice of simple and secure audio and video conferencing tools, in order to meet all the needs of the Italian research and education community.
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Vconf: High quality for VTC rooms

Attention: Vconf will be discontinued from 28 September

Suitable for legacy video conferencing equipment and VTC rooms, Vconf supports H.323 and WebRTC protocols, FullHD video quality, recording and live streaming on GARR.tv.
Accessible through IDEM federated authentication.
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Audioconf: Solution for conference calls

AudioConf is a service to set up conference calls and invite others to join by simply dialling a telephone number. This service is available for groups of up to 20 participants.
The conference call booking system is accessible to users through IDEM federated authentication.
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BlueMeet: Open source platform for meetings and webinars

BlueMeet is an open source solution to host events with up to 100 participants.
Useful features for online teaching include polls, shared whiteboard, breakout rooms and session recording. BlueMeet is available upon request in a platform-as-a-service mode, fully customisable and with autonomous access management.
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OpenMeet: Open solution for instant meetings

Simple and secure, OpenMeet is an open source solution that allows the quick creation of virtual rooms, no user registration required nor reservation.
This is a free access service offered to everyone in best effort mode.
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eduMeet: Instant meetings for all connections

This service offers the quick creation of rooms with high audio and video quality levels, adjustable by users.
Possibility of moderation of the participants to create webinar layouts.
This is a free access service offered to everyone in best effort mode.
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GARR offers a wide choice of audio and video conferencing solutions, tailored on the needs of its user community. Users can book virtual rooms of different sizes and organise conference calls. Log in with IDEM credentials.

GARR Services

GARR offers several open source videoconferencing solutions available to everyone, no user registration required nor reservation. These platforms guarantee high standards of security and confidentiality.

Free Access Services

Servizi per la comunità GARR

GARR Community services

VConf

Attention: Vconf will be discontinued from 28 September

Suitable for legacy video conferencing equipment and VTC rooms, Vconf is a service based on the Pexip Infinity Connect software. This system supports the WebRTC standard via browser or app, for both desktop and mobile, and maintains compatibility with legacy H.323 protocol. Vconf provides for FullHD video resolution for up to 50 simultaneous participants. Thanks to the integration with the GARR.tv service, Vconf offers live streaming and session recording features.

AudioConf

With AudioConf users can set up conference calls and invite others to join by simply dialling a telephone number. The service is for groups of up to 20 participants.

BlueMeet

Ideal solution for meetings, webinars and online teaching. Based on the BigBlueButton open source system, BlueMeet can accommodate up to 100 participants and offers useful and easy-to-use features for online teaching, including instant polls, shared whiteboard and session recording. BlueMeet can be integrated with LMS such as Moodle.
Organizations connected to GARR can access BlueMeet in as-a-service mode, using the GARR infrastructure to create customised videoconferencing and virtual classroom services. Thanks to the integration with its own Moodle LMS or other front-end, organizations can autonomously manage access and user support.

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Servizi ad accesso libero

OpenMeet

Based on Jitsi, OpenMeet, is an open source solution to organise video calls directly from the web browser, no registration required. The service can be used also from mobile (with the JitsiMeet app - for iOS and Android). Recommended for instant meetings for up to 20 participants. OpenMeet is offered in best effort mode and is open to everyone.

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eduMeet

EduMeet can be used both on mobile (iOS and Android) and on desktop directly from the web browser. The service is based on the Mediasoup open source system, developed within the European collaboration GÉANT. With EduMeet users can hold instant meetings even with devices that are not particularly powerful and with suboptimal connections, for a maximum recommended of about 20 participants. The service, offered by GARR in best effort mode, is open to everyone and supports room moderation through IDEM federated authentication.

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Choose the service that best suits your needs

Comparative table of GARR video conferencing services
	VConf	OpenMeet	eduMeet	AudioConf	BlueMeet
	VConf	OpenMeet	eduMeet	AudioConf	BlueMeet
Powered by	Pexip I.C.	Jitsi	MediaSOUP	Asterisk	BBB
For whom	IDEM Users	Everybody	Everybody	IDEM Users	IDEM Users
IDEM authentication
Recommended maximum number of participants (per meeting)	~30	~20	~20	20	~20
Recommended maximum number of participants (per webinar)	50	~50	~50	n/a	~100
Support team
Participation from	Browser, Mobile browser, Phone, H.323	Browser, App	Browser, Mobile browser	Phone	Browser, Mobile browser
Session video recording
Video streaming				n/a
Webinar mode				n/a
Max video quality	FHD	FHD	4K	n/a	HD
Room privacy settings	Pin	Password	IDEM login or lock the room	PIN	PIN