1. Microsoft Communications Server “14”: What’s New in Devices Required Slide SESSION CODE: UNC208 Xander Kupers Account Manager Benelux Plantronics
2. Provide customers a wide spectrum of endpoints at different price points that meet their communication needs anywhere, whether at home, in the office or on the road Enable customers to select devices from a range of vendors Ensure optimal experience Audio Video Headset Handset SpeakerPhone USBPhone IP Phone MobilePhone PC Webcam Unified Conference Station Tele-Presence Our Mission
3. What we will cover today? IP Phone Update “14” Approach “14” Experience “14” Manageability Pricing and Licensing USB Peripherals Update Key Takeaways
4. What we will cover today? IP Phone Update “14” Approach “14” Experience “14” Manageability Pricing and Licensing USB Peripherals Update Key Takeaways
5. “14” IP Phones Approach Goals Deliver new low cost phones for information workers (IW) and continue support for existing phones Enable partners to build a range of devices Support for key voice RFP features Address enterprise manageability requirements Muti-Language support Solution Create CS “14” IP phone on a chip using TI chipset + Microsoft Software Create reference design for a low-cost phone built on TI chipset + Microsoft Software with partners Support 16 language: English, German , Spanish , French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch , Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese Simplified (China), Chinese Traditional (Taiwan) , Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Russian and Swedish
6. “13” IP Phone Portfolio (Recap) High OPTIMIZED FOR Microsoft®Office Communicator $ Mid Polycom CX700 Location IW desk (Low) IW desk (High) Common Area Conference Room
7. “14” IP Phone Portfolio High OPTIMIZED FOR Microsoft®Office Communicator Polycom CX3000 $ Mid Polycom CX700 Polycom CX600 Aastra 6725 iP Polycom CX500 Aastra 6721 iP Location IW desk (Low) IW desk (High) Common Area Conference Room
8. What we will cover today? IP Phone Update “14” Approach “14” Experience “14” Manageability Pricing and Licensing USB Peripherals Update Key Takeaways
26. Unique Common Area Phone Requirements IT Pro Ability for admin/Media Access Control (MAC) tech to pre-provision phones Ability to configure call control behavior Ability to block external usage, compromised accounts Least user intervention e.g. 100% recovery from power outages IW Worker Support for hotdesking scenario Polycom CX500 Aastra 6721 iP
27. Common Area Scenario Phone location is used for E911 calls Different common area phone usages (e.g. lobby, conference) can have different usage policies Polycom CX500 Aastra 6721 iP
28. Hotdesking Scenario If using username/password via better-together with Communicator, user will be in Enhanced IW mode If using phone # and PIN directly on phone, user will be in Basic IW mode Polycom CX500 Aastra 6721 iP
37. Conference Phone Experience Advanced hardware targets: Rich audio experience Multiple-speaker environments When setup, Conference Phone will have same experience as that on Common Area Phone. For more integrated experience, meeting organizer can sign in directly on the phone in Basic or Enhanced mode (hotdesking) User can use the conference phone in IW mode If signed in as Enhanced mode, user can join conferences directly from the conference phone Polycom CX3000
38. What we will cover today? IP Phone Update “14” Approach “14” Experience “14” Manageability Pricing and Licensing USB Peripherals Update Key Takeaways
46. What we will cover today? IP Phone Update “14” Approach “14” Experience “14” Manageability Pricing and Licensing USB Peripherals Update Key Takeaways
47. IP Phone Pricing and Licensing New IP Phones hardware pricing is expected to be announced in the next 3 months Software licensing options: Device CAL - Licenses a device for use by any user to access instances of the server software on licensed server. (ex: common area phone) User CAL - Licenses one user to use any device to access instances of the server software on licensed servers. Software licensing pricing will be announced fall 2010
48. What we will cover today? IP Phone Update “14” Approach “14” Experience “14” Manageability Pricing and Licensing USB Peripherals Update Key Takeaways
49. USB Peripherals OPTIMIZED FOR Microsoft®Office Communicator Find more information about these optimized devices at www.optimizedfor.com
50. What we will cover today? IP Phone Update “14” Approach “14” Experience “14” Manageability Pricing and Licensing USB Peripherals Update Key Takeaways
51. Key Takeaways Choice: more device variety at different price point Complete: key voice RFP feature support Compelling: best in class device experience with “14” client and server