Lync 2013 introduced a new video codec, multiview and mobile clients that can do video. This session talks about how it works, Lync Room System and how you can use third party solutions to interact with all other video solution out there.

1. Ståle Hansen
Understand Lync Video and Interop
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AT&T Picturephone
Ericsson first trans-atlantic video telephone (LME) call
H.261 ratified
CU-SeeMe for MAC and Windows
H.320 ISDN, H.323 RTPIP, H.239 presentation, H.263
H.263 ratified
LCS with H.261 and RDP for presentation
OCS adding RTV and software based MCU
Lync 2013 adding H.264 SVC
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5. Scope
Lync Server
Lync Hybrid
Lync Online
Lync Server
Private cloud / dedicated
Single domain & directory
Users split – server / online
Office 365 Lync Online
Hosted multi-tenant
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6. Session Objectives And Takeaways
• Session Objectives:
• What’s new in Lync 2013 Video
• Lessons learned with Lync Room System (LRS)
• Latest news in Lync video interoperability
• Key Takeaways
• SVC is the new video codec, RTV is legacy
• Pexip and Acano solves desktopsharing in interop
scenarios
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7. WHAT’S NEW IN LYNC 2013
VIDEO?
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8. Lync 2013 Video Improvements
• Collocated
• 4000 concurrent users per pool with 12 Front Ends
• 250 within a single conference
• 375 per Front End
• Dedicated for large meetings
• For 250-1000 concurrent users
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9. Lync 2013 Video Improvements
• Point-to-point
• Up to HD 1080p
• 2 CPU cores
• H.264 (up to HD 1080p)
• RTVideo (up to HD 720p) or
• Panoramic video (up to 1920x288, also available in multi-point)
• Conferences
• H.264 (up to 1080p)
• RTVideo (up to VGA)
• Up to 5 active speakers
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10. What about mobility?
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Lync 2010 Mobile
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No Voice/Video over IP experience
Point-to-point video
Multi-party video (Gallery View)
Leveraging H.264 SVC
H.264 encoding within ARM chipsets
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Point-to-point video
Multi-party video (single active speaker)
Leveraging H.264 SVC
H.264 encoding within ARM chipsets
Windows 8/RT Modern UI
Lync 2013 Mobile
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11. HOW DOES LYNC 2013 VIDEO
WORK
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12. Lync 2010/Office Communications Server
Active
Speaker
Traditional Video Conferencing
Lync
A/V MCU
VC MCU
Previous
Speaker
Other
Attendees
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User 1’s Lync client sends low + high res streams
MCU sends full stream to User 2
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User 2 puts User 1 in full screen
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Initially, all users are
sending a single stream
of video and receiving
streams of up to 5 other
participants
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MCU continues to send
low resolution streams
to all other users
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14. Video codec
Resolution and aspect
ratio
Maximum video
payload bit rate
(Kbps)
Minimum video
payload bit rate
(Kbps)
Typical bit rate
(Kbps)
H.264
320x180 (16:9)
212x160 (4:3)
250
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200
H.264/RTVide
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424x240 (16:9))
320x240 (4:3
350
100
280
H.264
480x270 (16:9)
424x320 (4:3)
450
200
350
H.264/RTVide
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640x360 (16:9)
640x480 (4:3)
800
300
640
H.264
848x480 (16:9)
1500
400
1200
H.264
960x540 (16:9)
2000
500
1600
H.264/RTVide
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1280x720 (16:9)
2500
700
2000
H.264
1920x1080 (16:9)
4000
500
3200
H.264/RTVide
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960x144 (20:3)
500
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400
H.264
1280x192 (20:3)
1000
250
H.264
1920x288 (20:3)
2000
500
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15. Gallery View
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16. Video Cropping Control
Copped at client side
No cropping for conferences
SIP
SRTP / RTCP
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17. LYNC ROOM SYSTEM (LRS)
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18. • Familiar
• Native Lync
• Windows Embedded
7 Standard
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Joining the LRS to a domain is optional
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Requires manual import of certificates (for example, trusted root).
Easy certificate import.
Easy management by assigning Active Directory groups and
domain users administrative rights.
Joining to a domain has benefits
When joining LRS to a domain, pay attention to
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GPOs (Group Policy objects) assigned to the OU (organizational unit) create a separate OU if possible.
Block Inheritance and No Override can cause unwanted effects - check!
Also settings for auto lockout, power management, additional
authentication, access to local drives, auto start of applications, and so on.
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21. LRS and bandwidth
• Fullscreen video, 1080p
• 1920x1080 (16:9)
• Typical 3200 kbps
• Bigger multiview
• Conferencing is the norm
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22. LYNC 2013 AND
INTEROPERABILITY
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23. Lync conferencing
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24. P2P
Native SVC
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25. Conferencing
Native SVC
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26. Interoperability partners
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Polycom
Cisco
Radvision
Lifesize
Pexip
Acano
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27. Polycom
• Released firmware 8.1 for Polycom RMX MCUs (video
bridges) compatible with Lync 2013
• http://downloads.polycom.com/bridging_collab/rmx/relnotes/RMX
_Release_Notes_V_8_1_CP.pdf
• Released firmware 3.1.2 for Polycom HDX family (video
terminals) compatible with Lync 2013
• http://downloads.polycom.com/video/hdx/ReleaseNotes/hdx_RelN
otes_3_1_2.pdf
• Currently in the process of certification of these solutions in
UCOIP
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28. Radvision
• Committed to providing Lync 2013 video
interoperability
• Radvision Scopa Video gateway certified for Lync 2010
version 7.7 expected to work with Lync 2013 (using
RTVideo and Lync 2010 level features)
• http://www.radvision.com/NR/rdonlyres/A4A8D519-AEFF415B-AFFF3B1DF56E903D/0/LyncDeployment_Guide_for_SCOPIA_Vid
eo_Gateway_for_Microsoft_Lync_Version_77_Updated.pdf
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29. Lifesize
• Lifesize UVC Mutlipoint bridge claimed
compatible with Lync 2010 and 2013
• http://www.lifesize.com/en/products/videoconferencing-infrastructure/software-based-bridge
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30. Pexip and Acano
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Interop bridge between Lync and the rest
Support all clients, even webRTC
Support for RTV and SVC
Clients need to join separate MCU
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31. Application Sharing solved!
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33. Pexip/Acano
Transcodes to requested codec
With application sharing
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34. Pexip
• Software based
• Can be virtualized with Vmware
• Hyper-V on the roadmap
• Own client and room to control meeting
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35. Active Speaker
Video endpoint
1 HD (previous speaker) + 2 PIP (1,2 HD)
Lync
Pexip Conf US
Lync
1 HD (active speaker) + 2 PIP (1,2 HD)
Pexip Conf NO
Lync
Lync
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36. Acano
• Hardware optimized
• Can be virtualized
• Own client and room to control meeting
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37. Interoperability “built in” to Lync
• Lync P2P video calls to VTC
• VTC P2P call to Lync
• Lync invites VTC to spontaneous or “Meet
Now” Lync meeting (via Lync AVMCU)
• VTC is able to join a scheduled Lync Meeting
via “Join Lync Meeting” invite
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38. Session Objectives And Takeaways
• Session Objectives:
• What’s new in Lync 2013 Video
• Lessons learned with Lync Room System (LRS)
• Latest news in Lync video interoperability
• Key Takeaways
• SVC is the new video codec, RTV is legacy
• Pexip and Acano solves desktopsharing in interop
scenarios
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39. Lync vide at #LyncConf14
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40. Questions?
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41. Please evaluate the session
before you leave
Thank you 
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