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Polycom Solutions for Microsoft Unified Communications

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Polycom Solutions for Microsoft Unified Communications

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    2. Polycom Solutions for Microsoft Unified Communications Mike Stacy Microsoft Solutions Architect mike.stacy@polycom.com

    3. Overview of the Polycom and Microsoft strategic partnership Video Integration with OCS/Lync New CX IP Phones for Lync Server Agenda

    4. Polycom and Microsoft – Strategic Relationship Differentiated Partnership Polycom is the ONLY company offering integrated voice and visual communication solutions for Microsoft Lync. Polycom Differentiators First to launch CX family of UC devices Only WW distributor of Polycom CX5000 (Microsoft RoundTable) Jointly deliver integrated end-to-end unified communications (UC) Expanded Global Strategic Agreement and joint Go-to-Market Initiatives Multi-year roadmap: Polycom to develop a broad base of solutions for Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and beyond Visit Polycom website to see the executive overview video

    5. Polycom & Microsoft Joint Value Proposition Delivers seamless communication across all media: IM, voice, video & web Spans desktops, conference rooms, mobile devices, and remote sites Provides presence-aware high definition voice and video endpoints Delivers unique, best-in-class, user experience through easy-to-use Polycom high definition voice and video Provides the most complete, compelling and interoperable end to end unified communications solution in the market.

    6. Polycom Video Integration with Microsoft® Unified Communications Mike Stacy Microsoft Solutions Architect

    7. Polycom & Microsoft Relationship Strategic Partner Multi-year development and joint marketing agreement with Microsoft’s UC Product Group Only company to currently offer integrated audio and visual communication solutions for Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 New: Recently announced an expanded multi-year strategic partnership Co-development ?? Interoperability & Integration Three-phase roadmap integrating Polycom visual communication solutions with OCS 2007 Leading ODM Partner CX Family of Phones for Microsoft OCS 2007 VoIP available Communications Server ‘14’ CX line coming in Q4 2010 Microsoft and Polycom are jointly developing voice and video endpoint solutions optimized for Wave 14 and beyond Polycom is the only OCS device partner that offers voice, conferencing, wireless, video, and telepresence endpoint solutions Polycom endpoints are jointly developed with Microsoft leading to a tightly integrated UC experience As the OCS platform evolves, Polycom has increased visibility to changes as opposed to companies that have no formal relationship with MicrosoftMicrosoft and Polycom are jointly developing voice and video endpoint solutions optimized for Wave 14 and beyond Polycom is the only OCS device partner that offers voice, conferencing, wireless, video, and telepresence endpoint solutions Polycom endpoints are jointly developed with Microsoft leading to a tightly integrated UC experience As the OCS platform evolves, Polycom has increased visibility to changes as opposed to companies that have no formal relationship with Microsoft

    8. Delivers Seamless Communication Across Media

    9. HDX RMX Review of Polycom’s video integration products for Microsoft Unified Communications

    10. Polycom UC Solutions for Microsoft Key points – Provides a complete set of solutions - We cover the full spectrum from voice, video, to web – optimized for the Microsoft UC environment. Voice – CX700 standalone IP presence enabled phone when laptop is not required , NEW! CX300 full featured USB Desktop phone, CX200 desktop phone for office employee, CX100 personal speaker phone for mobile worker Video – Webcam at the user desktop or the CX 5000 Unified Conference Station for Office Live Meeting 2007 for group session, HDx4000 for executive desktop, HDX 7000/8000 for conference rooms Telepresence – RPX/TPX for telepresence RMX real-time media conference platform Key points – Provides a complete set of solutions - We cover the full spectrum from voice, video, to web – optimized for the Microsoft UC environment. Voice – CX700 standalone IP presence enabled phone when laptop is not required , NEW! CX300 full featured USB Desktop phone, CX200 desktop phone for office employee, CX100 personal speaker phone for mobile worker Video – Webcam at the user desktop or the CX 5000 Unified Conference Station for Office Live Meeting 2007 for group session, HDx4000 for executive desktop, HDX 7000/8000 for conference rooms Telepresence – RPX/TPX for telepresence RMX real-time media conference platform

    11. Polycom’s Unique Solution Architecture Lowers Cost, Reduces Complexity, Increases Scalability, Provides Redundancy

    12. Client Video Calls (Native Experience) Beginning with this slide we will show screen shots of the user experience for the various call scenarios supported in the R1 solution. This slide is just to show what the normal user experience for OC to OC video calls looks like. The point is to, in the following slides, reiterate that the user experience with Polycom devices is as close to the native OC experience as possible.Beginning with this slide we will show screen shots of the user experience for the various call scenarios supported in the R1 solution. This slide is just to show what the normal user experience for OC to OC video calls looks like. The point is to, in the following slides, reiterate that the user experience with Polycom devices is as close to the native OC experience as possible.

    13. OC To Polycom HDX Endpoint

    14. OCS clients can see HDX systems in their contact list with presence information. HDX systems can also see MOC clients in it’s directory with presence Real-time presence indicators – automatically updated When registered to OCS, HDX will change its presence icons to match the OCS icons HDX will map the 14 possible OCS presence states into the 6 common and easy to understand OCS indicators HDX – MS Enhanced Presence

    15. HDX – OCS Contact Groups Organize your contacts into groups HDX displays the contact groups just like the native client Place a multipoint call by simply selecting the group from the HDX directory

    16. Polycom CX5000 Unified Conference Station

    17. CX5000 with Microsoft Live Meeting 2007

    18. When to use each video endpoint

    19. New Microsoft OCS Features for HDX in 2010-11 Lync Server 2010 Compatibility MS Enhanced Presence Contact Groups SRTP and SDES key exchange Provides end-to-end encryption Calendaring Smart Room experience with Exchange Web Services integration ICE/STUN/Turn Allows communication with remote HDX users outside of the corporate network or in federated environments. NDA Updates

    20. Polycom RMX MCU for Microsoft® Unified Communications

    21. RMX Integration with OCS/Lync Server Enables OCS/Lync clients to participate in RMX-based conferences Extends Continuous Presence to Communicator Provides interconnectivity between SIP clients and H.323 endpoints

    22. The Polycom RMX 2000/4000 virtual conference rooms displayed in buddy list. A Polycom virtual conference room is a persistent ‘meet me’ conference that is available at all times. Virtual conference rooms allow multiple point-to-point connections with Office Communicator 2007 clients to conference with other Polycom-based endpoints as well as videoconferencing endpoints from other vendors including legacy endpoints such as H.323 and PSTN–based endpoints. Office Communicator connects to RMX via H.263 at CIF resolution (up to 30 frames per second) for video and G.711 for audio. OCS 2007 support requires a specific build of the RMX software 4.1. It is available via the support site on www.polycom.com. The software is available for free for customers with current maintenance contracts in place for the RMX. The RMX brings the following capabilities to the OCS 2007 solution: Continuous presence. Continuous presence allows all the participants in a multiparty conference to be seen at the same time (imaging Hollywood Squares). There are many continuous presence layout options that can be customized to specific conferencing needs. HD Video. HDX participants in a conference with other HDXs and OC users will each send and receive HD video. Video to the OC client will connect to the conference via CIF resolution video. Legacy network support. RMX can bring SIP, H.323, and PSTN participants all into the same call. The Polycom RMX 2000/4000 virtual conference rooms displayed in buddy list. A Polycom virtual conference room is a persistent ‘meet me’ conference that is available at all times. Virtual conference rooms allow multiple point-to-point connections with Office Communicator 2007 clients to conference with other Polycom-based endpoints as well as videoconferencing endpoints from other vendors including legacy endpoints such as H.323 and PSTN–based endpoints. Office Communicator connects to RMX via H.263 at CIF resolution (up to 30 frames per second) for video and G.711 for audio. OCS 2007 support requires a specific build of the RMX software 4.1. It is available via the support site on www.polycom.com. The software is available for free for customers with current maintenance contracts in place for the RMX. The RMX brings the following capabilities to the OCS 2007 solution: Continuous presence. Continuous presence allows all the participants in a multiparty conference to be seen at the same time (imaging Hollywood Squares). There are many continuous presence layout options that can be customized to specific conferencing needs. HD Video. HDX participants in a conference with other HDXs and OC users will each send and receive HD video. Video to the OC client will connect to the conference via CIF resolution video. Legacy network support. RMX can bring SIP, H.323, and PSTN participants all into the same call.

    23. Configuration and Traffic Flow Overview

    24. DMA will be able to provide very simple conferencing experience. DMA can manage multiple RMX servers and field call signaling (call requests) real-time, based on the availability of the bridge and policies. As a user, you only need to click on the DMA meeting room URI (e.g., 12345@dma.polyocm.com) and start a voice or video call. As Polycom RMX allows multiple types of network, standards-based H.323 endpoints can join in the same meeting as Communicator clients. Polycom RMX offers rich communication experience with full transcoding and multiple video layout support. DMA will be able to provide very simple conferencing experience. DMA can manage multiple RMX servers and field call signaling (call requests) real-time, based on the availability of the bridge and policies. As a user, you only need to click on the DMA meeting room URI (e.g., 12345@dma.polyocm.com) and start a voice or video call. As Polycom RMX allows multiple types of network, standards-based H.323 endpoints can join in the same meeting as Communicator clients. Polycom RMX offers rich communication experience with full transcoding and multiple video layout support.

    25. DMA Virtual Meeting Room Optimize WAN B/W Via Auto Cascade Polycom DMA(ver 2.0) supports auto-cascading which allows users to dial to the same virtual meeting room number (VMR) regardless of the location and DMA routes the calls to the closest bridge and establishes cascading links between bridges automatically, so that bandwidth usage can be optimized. Polycom DMA(ver 2.0) supports auto-cascading which allows users to dial to the same virtual meeting room number (VMR) regardless of the location and DMA routes the calls to the closest bridge and establishes cascading links between bridges automatically, so that bandwidth usage can be optimized.

    26. New Microsoft OCS Features for RMX in 2010-11 Entry queue registration and presence Lync Server 2010 Compatibility ICE Support Firewall traversal opens a variety of remote user and federated/B2B scenarios SRTP End-to-end media encryption NDA Updates… Polycom Conferencing for Outlook Scheduling directly from Outlook Native Exchange Web Services Integration Automatic creation of meeting rooms Gathering Meeting lobby experience Shows information from Exchange (organizer, duration, etc.)

    27. Video Media Center ™ (VMC™)1000 Managing Enterprise Video Asset Video content is an increasing part of enterprise communications and strategic plans. The Polycom VMC 1000 content management solution is key component in an overall enterprise-wide video strategy and is applicable across all industries and verticals. Video content is an increasing part of enterprise communications and strategic plans. The Polycom VMC 1000 content management solution is key component in an overall enterprise-wide video strategy and is applicable across all industries and verticals.

    28. SharePoint Server Integration Enterprise Video Portal with VMC1000 SharePoint Server integration is an optional feature on VMC1000 (v2.0 or later). Some of the highlights of the integrations: Enhanced viewer experience via customizable carousel views and thumbnail views of programs. Categories, Channels and Programs browsed from SharePoint. Embedded player displays Windows Media, Flash, and MPEG-4 videos within your SharePoint Portal. Replication of Polycom program security mappings to keep information safe. Multiple video links and streams supported in a Program. Favorites, Alerts, and Featured Channels and Programs highlight important content. Private Programs available for executive, confidential, or targeted broadcasts and on-demand viewing. Live Events Calendar records important events, links to Microsoft Outlook, and saves programs as iCalendar files. Search metadata-tagged rich media quickly and easily using SharePoint search. Easy installation to your existing SharePoint Portal. LDAP integrity ensured by bringing forward user permissions set on Programs in the Polycom Video Media Center 1000, leveraging SharePoint's item-level security.       SharePoint Server integration is an optional feature on VMC1000 (v2.0 or later). Some of the highlights of the integrations: Enhanced viewer experience via customizable carousel views and thumbnail views of programs. Categories, Channels and Programs browsed from SharePoint. Embedded player displays Windows Media, Flash, and MPEG-4 videos within your SharePoint Portal. Replication of Polycom program security mappings to keep information safe. Multiple video links and streams supported in a Program. Favorites, Alerts, and Featured Channels and Programs highlight important content. Private Programs available for executive, confidential, or targeted broadcasts and on-demand viewing. Live Events Calendar records important events, links to Microsoft Outlook, and saves programs as iCalendar files. Search metadata-tagged rich media quickly and easily using SharePoint search. Easy installation to your existing SharePoint Portal. LDAP integrity ensured by bringing forward user permissions set on Programs in the Polycom Video Media Center 1000, leveraging SharePoint's item-level security.      

    29. Polycom CX Phones for Microsoft Lync Server 2010

    30. Polycom CX500 IP Phone Designed For: Common areas such as lobbies, hallways, break rooms Large 3.5” TFT color display for call and directory information Crystal clear audio with Polycom HD Voice™ technology in the handset Wall mountable for easy deployment Simple installation through single integrated PoE port

    31. Polycom CX600 IP Phone Designed For: Mass deployment in offices, cubicles, home offices Large 3.5” TFT color display for vital call, directory and presence information Stunning realism and clarity with Polycom HD Voice Technology (handset, headset and speakerphone) PC pass-though connection with dual integrated GigE ports Enhanced login and “Better Together” capabilities through native USB port

    32. Polycom CX3000 IP Conference Phone Outstanding HD Voice quality for productive and efficient conference calls Large 3.5” TFT color display for vital call, directory and presence information Hear all participants clearly with a 12-foot microphone pickup range, more with optional extension microphones Sign into your own account on the phone for a more personalized experience

    33. “Hotdesking” or “Hoteling” Application Easily connect to any CX phone on the network to bring your personalized experience with you Use PIN authentication for “Basic” mode Connect USB to laptop to sign into “Enhanced” mode

    34. User Contacts & Search The phone automatically display the same buddy list used in Communicator on the PC The phone automatically display the same buddy list used in Communicator on the PC

    35. Calendar View your daily meeting schedule and join conference calls with a single click without having to dial any passcode numbers View your daily meeting schedule and join conference calls with a single click without having to dial any passcode numbers

    36. Conference Call & Leader Controls View who is on the conference call and what’s their audio status: mute, active speaker.View who is on the conference call and what’s their audio status: mute, active speaker.

    37. Polycom CX Portfolio Optimized for Microsoft Lync Server 2010

    38. Helpful Links For more information on Polycom/Microsoft Solutions visit: www.polycom.com/microsoft For more information on Microsoft Lync visit: www.microsoft.com/uc For specific questions please email: teammicrosoft@polycom.com

    39. Questions?

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