The Start NetMeeting or the Join Conferencing button appears when you publish your meeting agenda and notes in Outlook 2003 (824099)

SYMPTOMS

When you publish your meeting agenda, your invitees, and the materials that are required for the meeting in a meeting request in Outlook 2003, the following might occur:

The Start NetMeeting button or the Join Conferencing button appears on the Standard toolbar.
The This is an online meeting using check box is selected in your meeting request.
Microsoft NetMeeting is selected as the type of meeting that is scheduled in your meeting request.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when you click Meeting Workspace on the Appointment tab of your meeting request and then click Create in the Meeting Workspace task pane.

STATUS

This behavior is by design. Although the meeting type that you scheduled is not a NetMeeting meeting, Outlook keeps track of your Meeting Workspace meeting request in the same way that is keeps track of a NetMeeting meeting request.

When you click Start NetMeeting or Join Conferencing, your Meeting Workspace meeting is started.

MORE INFORMATION

A Meeting Workspace is a Web site that centralizes all the information and the materials for one or more meetings. Before the meeting, use a Meeting Workspace to publish the agenda, the attendee list, and the documents that you plan to discuss. During or after the meeting, use the Meeting Workspace to publish the meeting results and to track tasks. Send a meeting request to invite people to the meeting. In the meeting request, include a hyperlink to the Meeting Workspace where invitees can learn about the meeting details and see the materials.

For more information about Meeting Workspace, click Microsoft Outlook Help on the Help menu, type meeting workspace in the Search for box in the Assistance pane, and then click Start searching to view the topic.