2. AGENDA
Times Topics
6:00 PM (30 mins) All about Cloud Connector Edition (Justin Morris)
6:30 PM (30 mins) Microsoft workflow and Cisco VC click to join features (Phil Clapham)
7:00 PM (30 mins) Networking Break
7:30 PM (20 mins) Latest UC News and Development (Greig Sheridan)
7:50 PM (10 mins) Wrap Up and Prize Draw
3. AGENDA
Times Topics
6:00 PM (30 mins) All about Cloud Connector Edition (Justin Morris)
6:30 PM (30 mins) Microsoft workflow and Cisco VC click to join features (Phil Clapham)
7:00 PM (30 mins) Networking Break
7:30 PM (20 mins) Latest UC News and Development (Greig Sheridan)
7:50 PM (10 mins) Wrap Up and Prize Draw
4. ALL ABOUT CLOUD CONNECTOR
EDITION
Justin Morris
Country Manager – Modality Systems Australia
Microsoft MVP – Office Servers and Services
5. WHAT I’LL COVER
What is Cloud Connector Edition (CCE)?
Deployment Requirements
Deploying CCE
Configuring CCE
Media flow with CCE
Things to watch out for
6. Source – No Jitter Skype for Business Adoption Trends Survey 2016
7. WHAT IS CLOUD CONNECTOR EDITION?
One of two ways of connecting Cloud PBX to the PSTN
Enables Office 365 Cloud PBX to use existing SIP and ISDN connections
(1)
(2)CE
8. WHAT IS CLOUD CONNECTOR EDITION?
Understand what CCE is and isn’t – it’s not really hybrid
Intended for no existing on-prem deployment
10. DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
Hyper-V physical server – two specs:
500 concurrent calls:
64-bit dual processor, six core, 2.50 gigahertz (GHz) or higher
64 gigabytes (GB) ECC RAM
4x 600 GB 10K RPM 128M Cache SAS 6Gbps disks, configured in RAID 5
3x 1 Gbps NICs
50 concurrent calls:
Intel i7 4790 quad core with Intel 4600 Graphics
32 GB DDR3-1600 non ECC
2x 1TB 7200RPM SATA III (6 Gbps) in RAID 0
2x 1 Gbps NICs
Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition required
Goes into the DMZ – 3 public IPs and a public SAN cert required
Qualified gateway or PABX
11. CCE TOPOLOGY OPTIONS
Single instance per PSTN
site
Multiple instances (up to 4)
per PSTN site for HA
Multiple PSTN sites (up to
200) with multiple instances
12. DEPLOYING CCE
Download the Skype for Business Cloud Connector Edition installer
Get familiar with the Get/Set-Cc* cmdlets
Start-CcDownload
Create virtual switches in Hyper-V Manager
Define deployment info in the CloudConnector.ini file
Networking info, FQDNs, SIP domain, tenant name, voice gateway, ports and passwords
Prepare base VHD file from ISO
Run Install-CcInstance
Provide the external certificate password, safe mode admin password, domain admin user name and password,
and VM admin password.
13. CONFIGURING CCE
Configure your firewall with required ports
Setup hybrid between CCE and Office 365
Setup PSTN gateways
Setup users in O365 Admin Portal (assign license and enable for
Cloud PBX)
Assign dial plan, grant voice policy (if international isn’t allowed)
Enable for voicemail
Validate by placing a test call
14. MEDIA FLOW WITH CCE
Signalling goes to
O365
Media stays local
Conferencing will go
to O365
Remote users will
pin media to Edge
15. THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR
Datacenter Edition required
Azure, AWS, VMware or an existing Hyper-V cluster not supported
Cloud PBX limitations
No common area phones
No response groups
Have to dial E.164 from VVX
CCE limitations
Consultative transfer isn’t supported
Escalation to conference from a call between a PSTN and Skype for Business user is not
possible.
16. AGENDA
Times Topics
6:00 PM (30 mins) All about Cloud Connector Edition (Justin Morris)
6:30 PM (30 mins) Microsoft workflow and Cisco VC click to join features (Phil Clapham)
7:00 PM (30 mins) Networking Break
7:30 PM (20 mins) Latest UC News and Development (Greig Sheridan)
7:50 PM (10 mins) Wrap Up and Prize Draw
17. AGENDA
Times Topics
6:00 PM (30 mins) All about Cloud Connector Edition (Justin Morris)
6:30 PM (30 mins) Microsoft workflow and Cisco VC click to join features (Phil Clapham)
7:00 PM (30 mins) Networking Break
7:30 PM (20 mins) Latest UC News and Development (Greig Sheridan)
7:50 PM (10 mins) Wrap Up and Prize Draw
18. AGENDA
Times Topics
6:00 PM (30 mins) All about Cloud Connector Edition (Justin Morris)
6:30 PM (30 mins) Microsoft workflow and Cisco VC click to join features (Phil Clapham)
7:00 PM (30 mins) Networking Break
7:30 PM (20 mins) Latest UC News and Development (Greig Sheridan)
7:50 PM (10 mins) Wrap Up and Prize Draw
19. LATEST UC NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS
Greig Sheridan
Office Servers and Services MVP
21. REPERCUSSIONS OF PATCH TUESDAY
“We can’t connect to the server for presenting right now”
-KB3142030
Conferencing modalities no longer function in Lync Server 2010,
Lync Server 2013, or Skype for Business Server 2015 after you
install Security Bulletin MS16-065
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3165438
23. IR PROGNOSIS CERTIFIED
IR Prognosis for Unified Communications (UC) has
completed certification as an IT Pro Tool in
monitoring for Skype for Business.
27. SKYPE FOR BUSINESS EXAMS
70-333: Deploying Enterprise Voice with Skype for
Business 2015
70-334: Core Solutions of Microsoft Skype for
Business 2015
29. LATEST UPDATES
18th March – CU2 for SfB 2015 (6.0.9319.235)
29th March – Office 2013-based client (15.0.4809.1000)
29th April – App SDK for Android & iOS (v0.5)
5th May – SfB “Reskit” Released
20th May – Lync 2013 to 5.0.8308.956
Adds SLA to Lync!
30. ENTERPRISE VOICE IN SKYPE FOR BUSINESS
Sydney UC
price: $35
Kindle version
available too
(online)
“This is the most
comprehensive and useful
guide to Enterprise Voice in
Skype for Business Server
2015 ever written.
It’s also the only one.”
~360pp
31. AGENDA
Times Topics
6:00 PM (30 mins) All about Cloud Connector Edition (Justin Morris)
6:30 PM (30 mins) Microsoft workflow and Cisco VC click to join features (Phil Clapham)
7:00 PM (30 mins) Networking Break
7:30 PM (20 mins) Latest UC News and Development (Greig Sheridan)
7:50 PM (10 mins) Wrap Up and Prize Draw
32. THANKS FOR COMING!
Next event is Wednesday 24th August 2016.
Keep an eye on www.meetup.com/Sydney-UC for more info.
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