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Microsoft—Polycom
Meeting Scenarios
Microsoft–Polycom integrated solution offers high quality point-to-point and multipoint voice, and video conferencing calls (in any combination) across communication devices, applications and services. This solution empowers users to connect and share information in real-time regardless of type of call. Polycom enhances Microsoft’s environment by:
•enabling Polycom endpoints (VSX and PVX) to be added to Office Communicator and Windows Messenger buddy list
•bridging between Microsoft SIP-only environment and legacy ISDN, PSTN and H.323 endpoints
•displaying the user/endpoint presence in the buddy list
•starting a point-to-point or multipoint meeting directly from Polycom endpoints, Office Communicator and Windows Messenger.
In the Microsoft—Polycom environment, two arrays of meeting scenarios are available; Those intended for Windows Messenger and Office Communicator that do not leverage and are not based on SIP-CX conferencing and those intended for Office Communicator and are based on SIP-CX conferencing.
Windows Messenger and Office Communicator scenarios that do not leverage and are not base on SIP-CX conferencing
The Meeting Rooms and/or Entry Queues defined in Polycom MGC Manager application and LCS 2005 are used in the Windows Messenger and Office Communicator to initiate multipoint video conferences. This chapter details the various multipoint conferencing scenarios and how to start an ongoing video conference from your Windows Messenger or Office Communicator. The following meeting scenarios are explained:
•Multipoint Meet-Me
