I have been told that I can host my own webinar through Outlook.

Does anyone know if this is possible and if so can you give me any pointers
as to how to get started?

Thanks.

It depends on what kind of webinar your are thinking about.

Desktop sharing, VoIP, video conferencing etc; no. But you can send out the
meeting invitations of course via Outlook so you can track who has said to
attend and who won't.

A poll or survey would also fall within the webinar category and that is
something that you can do with Outlook.
When composing your message, click the Options... button. In the new dialog
you can set your voting options.

If you need to send out two or more questions then you can use the following
methods;
-send 2 emails (easiest)
-set up an on-line poll at the company's website/intranet (rather simple and
reusable)
-design your own custom form (quite a bit of work and lots of room for
error)
-use Access Data Collection Replies (cool feature in MS Access 2007)
-use a 3rd party addin;
http://addins.howto-outlook.com/mapilab_easysurvey
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"John D" <John (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have been told that I can host my own webinar through Outlook.
>
> Does anyone know if this is possible and if so can you give me any
> pointers
> as to how to get started?
>
> Thanks.

John D wrote:

> I have been told that I can host my own webinar through Outlook.

Told by whom?

Outlook is not a server. It is an e-mail *client*.

> Does anyone know if this is possible and if so can you give me any pointers
> as to how to get started?
>
> Thanks.

Depends on what you think is a webinar, or what features of one that you
need.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webinar

I haven't seen anyone using Netmeeting for quite awhile (but that
doesn't mean it isn't used anymore). Go checkout Microsoft Office Live
Meeting. There are lots on online [web] conferencing programs and
services.

http://www.google.com/search?q=%2Bfr...onferencing%22

You might even be able to use remote access programs to allow others to
watch what you do on your desktop. I haven't experimented with TeamView
or LogMeIn (which have free services) to try doing this collaborative
sharing of my desktop. Might even be possible to use some variation of
VNC, like UltraVNC, to have a read-only desktop that multiple clients
could logon to view.