A quick intro to MS UC. Covers Exchange (a bit) and OCS.

1. Microsoft Unified Communications
A quick introduction
Tony Cocks
tonyc@microsoft.com

2. So what is Unified Communications?
• Ask 100 people, get 100 different answers
• But it’ll probably include some or all of these:
– IP Telephony, Web Conferencing, Unified Messaging,
Video, Presence, Instant Messaging, Fax to desktop
• All this always available on every device and in
every Microsoft application.

3. Some Trends
Mobility Business Flexible Gen Y
• Call me on my travel Workers • YouTube,
mobile... • Air travel 6% • 9 to 5 wastes Facebook, IM
• 60% to VM of UK 45 mins/day • Employer to
• 27% on the emissions • Home workers provide tools
road • Focus on T & E • Remote teams

4. Scenarios
E-Mail and Security and Conferencing
Calendaring Compliance
VoIP IM and Conferencing E-mail Security,
Unified Mobility Presence Compliance, and
Messaging Continuity
Products
R2
On Premise Hosted by Microsoft
Delivery
Hosted by Partners Hosted by Partners

6. Everything starts with Identity And Presence
Single User Identity User-Centric Communication
Reduced Overload Connect the Right Way

7. Communicator
• Instant Messaging
• Presence & Awareness
• Desktop sharing
• Softphone
• File sharing
• Conferencing
– Audio & Video
• Exchange integration

12. OCS Certified Microsoft LifeCams
Recommended for Business
LifeCam Cinema
720p HD sensor / 30 Frames Per Second / Auto-focus
LifeCam Show LifeCam VX-5000
2.0 MP sensor, Compact Design 1.3 MP sensor, Flexible Attachment Base

13. Live Meeting
Video Conferencing
• Immersive virtual meetings
– Active speaker and panorama views
– Views synchronized with data
• Revolutionary experience
– Record and playback meetings
– Suitable for every meeting room
• Tandberg & Polycom Integration

15. R2 Headlines
• Audio Conferencing
• Group Chat
• Attendant Console
• New Devices
• .Net and Visual Studio integration
• High def video
• Cross platform desktop sharing

16. So what are people telling us...

17. Worry not about...
• Where people are
• Which device/number they are using
• VPN connectivity (mostly)
• Bandwidth – coverage/availability (mostly)
• Location centric meetings
• Home workers/swine flu/childcare issues/snowed in (mostly)
• Weird keypad incantations (#41##27**3)

18. Side effects
• Presence is king
• Calendar centricity
• Organisational cohesion
– No one falls off the grid
• Flattens the organisation
• Short emails off loaded to IM
• Conversations migrate across media
– IM.Phone or IM.Email or IM.Video or IM.LiveMeeting
• Cultural

19. Thanks
Tony Cocks
tonyc@microsoft.com