1. Polycom Solutions For Microsoft® Unified Communications Mike Stacy Microsoft Solutions Architect
2. Polycom & Microsoft Relationship Strategic Partner Multi-year development and joint marketing agreement with Microsoft’s UC Product Group Only company to currently offer integrated audio and visual communication solutions for Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 Co-development Interoperability & Integration Three-phase roadmap integrating Polycom visual communication solutions with OCS 2007 Leading ODM Partner CX Family of Phones for Microsoft OCS 2007 VoIP available Future plans include “Polycom Differentiated” Phones
3. HDX RMX But first…what are these Polycom products? 6000/7000/8000 Typical Use 4000 - Personal Special Use 9000 Conference Room View 2000 4000
4. Three Phase Video Integration forOffice Communications Server 2007 Full Production Release – Includes support for OCS 2007 R2, OCS Enterprise Edition, Expanded Configuration with load balancer support Microsoft TLS and Dual Stack support on HDX Presence and point-to-point calling between Polycom HDX (HDX) and Microsoft Office Communicator (OC) “Companion HDX” support – Call forking to HDX and OC endpoints registered to single user Meet-me conferencing on Polycom RMX 2000 – Multi-party A/V conferencing support covering OC, HDX, standards-based H.323 and PSTN endpoints; with continuous presence and transcoding Polycom Immersive Telepresence (RPX/TPX) interoperability – Telepresence end users connect with remote OC participants using optional VNOC services Phase 1 (2009)
8. HDX – Companion Mode and Call Forking In companion mode, HDX can register to the same account as the user’s MOC account All OCS devices registered to the same user will ring simultaneously (Call Forking)
9. OCS clients can see HDX systems in their contact list with presence information. HDX systems can also see MOC clients in it’s directory with presence Real-time presence indicators – automatically updated When registered to OCS, HDX will change its presence icons to match the OCS icons HDX will map the 14 possible OCS presence states into the 6 common and easy to understand OCS indicators HDX – MS Enhanced Presence Offline Do Not Disturb Available Away Busy Presence Unknown
10. When to use which video endpoint CX5000 (Roundtable) Collaborative meeting spaces Informal table settings Possibly no central display/projector All/most attendees have laptops All/most other participants are at their desks HDX Larger rooms Higher quality is required/preferred More interactive settings Interaction with H.323 required Users generally don’t bring/connect laptops Full Screen video + full screen content
11. Calling RMX Virtual Conference Rooms from MOC Legacy H.323 OC Clients HDX Users With RMX, all users can see and hear each other, with full transcoding OC clients right click and ‘Start Video’ to establish a video call to the virtual conference room
12. Configuration and Traffic Flow Overview user@company.com Media is established between MOC & RMX Video call to “IT War Room” Sip:1000@rmx.company.com OCS routes SIP to rmx.company.com rmx.company.com Install certificate: CN=rmx.company.com SIP Server: pool01.company.com Connection Type: TLS pool01.company.com Routing domain: rmx.company.com Target FQDN: rmx.company.com Connection Type: TLS (preferred)
13. New Microsoft Integration Features in 2010 MS Enhanced Presence Allows Office Communicator clients to see HDX systems in their contact list with presence information. HDX now uses the same presence icons as OCS Contact Groups See your OCS contact list groups in the HDX directory Multipoint Group Calling Initiate a multipoint call with a single click from the HDX Calls all participants within a group using the HDX internal MCU SRTP and SDES key exchange Provides support for encrypted calls in an OCS environment. MS Enhanced Presence Allows Office Communicator clients to see HDX systems in their contact list with presence information. HDX now uses the same presence icons as OCS Contact Groups See your OCS contact list groups in the HDX directory SRTP and SDES key exchange Provides support for encrypted calls in an OCS environment. Calendaring Exchange Web Services integration for easy scheduling Outlook integration April April June NDA Updates W14 Support Other NDA Updates Q4
15. Polycom Conferencing for Outlook (PCO) What is it? It the integration of Polycom video conferencing systems with Outlook, Communicator and Microsoft Exchange What does it do? It allows users to schedule meetings and reserve room systems using Outlook It adds on screen real-time calendar function for the HDX, making it much easier to join meetings Why would you want it? To ease the scheduling of conference and meeting rooms To provide easy joining of scheduled conferences using the HDX or Office Communicator
16. Using Outlook to Schedule a Polycom Video Meeting One click to add conferencing to a meeting Meshes with existing workflow No need to remember numbers or settings Fully customizable
17. PCO: Single Click to Join the Meeting from PC PC users can simply click the link to join from Microsoft Office Communicator
18. HDX Smart Rooms Rooms now display daily calendar from Exchange Immediately know if room is available Enhances room experience Makes video more approachable Join a meeting with one click No more fumbling for numbers Reminders for upcoming meetings Easy to join from room system or software client