Adam Jacobs showcases the new Lync Room System

1. Everything about Lync Room System
Adam Jacobs
Lync MVP
Global UC Architect, Polycom
@adamjacobs
http://imucblog.com
adam@imaucblog.com

2. Introducing Lync Room System
Full and familiar Lync experience
optimized for immersive meeting
experience
Easy for users to schedule, join
and manage meetings
Simple to deploy for IT Admins,
does not require 3rd party
infrastructure
Native Lync software delivered in
a comprehensive partner
hardware solution

3. Lync Room System Hardware
• Appliance
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Quad Core Intel Ivy Bridge
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Video Capture Card with VGA and HDMI for content sharing
• Camera
•
Wide Field of View HD front-of-room Camera
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Next generation HD RoundTable
• Displays
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1080p Single 55”-84” Touch for smaller rooms
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1080p Dual 55”-70” Touch for larger rooms
•
720p 10” Touch console for all rooms
• Audio
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Wideband audio
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Stereo / monaural array capture

4. Lync Room System Edition Software
Operating System
Windows Embedded 7 Standard
AppLocker, Write Filters, Firewall
Lync Room System Edition software
Customized Lync Client for the Meeting Room
Optimized for Lync Server 2013
Console UX to manage and facilitate meeting
One or two display experience for video and collaboration
Manageability
Remote Admin Portal
Update and Monitoring
SCOM management pack

5. LRS Differentiators?
Controller
SMART
SMART 8000 (70" or 84") w/sophisticated touch capability
SMART 109°
Lync only
Integrated sound bar, two tabletop mics
11" (non-intelligent with without
structured cabling support)
Security
Boot-time
Microsoft reference design
5secs
Manageability
Updates delivered via WSUS
(manufacturer specific updates
delivered independently)
Samsung 65"
Logitech 930e (90°)
Lync or HDMI/VGA
Sound bar supplied and optional
single table top mic
10" (incl. in-room controls and
structured cabling support)
JIDC certified and extended OEM
control set
2.5secs
Updates delivered via USB, WSUS
and custom provisioning server
(includes manufacturer specific
updates)
Support
Global support
Global support
Displays
Cameras
Content
Sound
Crestron
LifeSize, exited LRS program. Polycom details coming soon!
08/11/2013
Microsoft Unified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL)
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6. Scheduling

7. Meeting Invite
Add room as
resource to
meeting invite
Make Lync
Meeting
Send!

8. Custom meeting types
•
Private meeting
– Does not show subject in
LRS calendar
•
Custom meeting
– Requires authentication
from LRS to join meeting *
* Join private meeting from LRS
applies to Lync 2013-hosted
meetings only. LRS can be
admitted via lobby for Lync
2010/OCS hosted private
meetings.

9. Custom meeting types
Remote participant Lync Client
(Alice Tom)
Console Screen

10. Deployment

11. Provisioning LRS accounts
Exchange:
Configure
Resource mailbox
for LRS
New-Mailbox –Name ‘cf2212’ –Alias
‘cf2212’ –UserPrincipalName
‘cf2212@contoso.com’ –SamAccountName
‘cf2212’ –FirstName ‘cf2212’ –Initials ‘’ –
LastName ‘’ –Room
Lync:
Enable Resource
account in
Lync 2013 pool
AD:
Enable account
for login
Set-ADAccountPassword –Identity ‘cf2212’
Enable-ADAccount –Identity cf2212
Enable-CsMeetingRoom* -SipAddress
"sip:cf2212@contoso.com" -RegistrarPool
pool2.contoso.com -Identity cf2212
* CsMeetingRoom cmdlet is new for Lync 2013
Backward compatibility
LRS can attend public meetings on Lync 2010/OCS 2007 R2 server
No multi-view experience, no 1080p video resolution
LRS cannot attend private/restricted meetings on Lync 2010/OCS 2007 R2 server

12. “MeetingRoom” cmdlet
• Speaker/mic mute prompt
when joining LRS meeting
(to avoid in-room echo)
• Meeting join authentication
• Population of LRS systems
within the admin portal

13. Supported deployment topologies
Lync Server
Lync Hybrid
Lync Online
Lync Server
Private cloud / dedicated
Single domain & directory
Users split – server / online
Office 365, Lync Online
Partner-hosted multi-tenant

14. LRS online deployment topologies
LRS
HTTPS/SSL
SIP/TLS
LRS

15. Supported topologies – Lync and Exchange
Lync
Hybrid
License
On-premise
On-premise
On-premise
Plus
On-premise
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Enterprise
Online
Online
-
P3
Online
O365
Voice
On-premise
On-premise
Exchange
Online
-
P2
On-premise
Online
On-premise
Plus
Online
Online
-
P2

16. Manageability

17. Remote Admin Portal Solution
• Administer LRS settings via web portal
• Shows configuration, health info, current state of all rooms
• Detailed view:
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•
•
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hardware info
version info
network settings
last maintenance time
• Change settings remotely:
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•
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Credentials
Volume (Speaker, Mic, Ringer)
Trigger update process
Restart console and appliance PCs

18. Summary Page

19. Details page
Shows health of
room devices at
a glance

20. Health / logging pages
Shows health of
room devices at
a glance
Restart LRS
console, or PC
Save logs to a
UNC share

21. Remote Admin Portal - Architecture
LRS admin service
publishes config data as
custom presence
categories
Admin Portal subscribes to
custom categories
Portal sends commands
to LRS using page
mode IM over SIP
Architecture enables HA,
on-premises, and online
deployments
Admin

22. System Center Operations Manager
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•
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Lync Room System Management Pack
Tracking event logs generated by LRS
Notifies to SCOM server
SCOM server can provide further notification
mechanism, dashboard, etc.
• Custom reports can also be provided by SCOM

23. SCOM Console summary view

24. SCOM Console room view

25. Questions?