Creation of real-time communication session recordings by joining as an endpoint

An apparatus for recording a real-time communication session between a plurality of participants, the apparatus comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media;
• a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when read and executed by the processing system, direct the apparatus to:
• access a calendar of a user to identify a meeting entry therein, wherein the meeting entry indicates a meeting in which the user is scheduled to be a participant over a real-time communication session;
• upon reaching a meeting time indicated in the meeting entry, use one or more communication protocols supported by a communication session system to join the real-time communication session as an endpoint;
• after joining the real-time communication session, receive user communications via the real-time communication session by endpoints thereto;
• and
• create a recording the user communications.

One or more computer readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon for recording a real-time communication session between a plurality of participants, the program instructions, when read and executed by a processing system, direct the processing system to:

• join an endpoint to a communication session established to exchange user communications between endpoints operated by users participating in a meeting;
• receive the user communications over the communication session;
• and
• transmit the user communications to a storage system.