Polycom DOC2702A, RMX 1500 Setting the MCU for Integration Into Microsoft Environment, Overview

Appendix H

Setting the MCU for Integration Into Microsoft Environment

Integration into Microsoft environment (using Lync endpoints) is supported in AVC Conferencing Mode only.

Overview

The Polycom® Visual Communications offers high quality video and audio multipoint conferencing by integrating the Polycom network devices and endpoints into Microsoft® platforms. The Polycom® RealPresence® Collaboration Server (MCU) system can be integrated into the following Microsoft environments:

•Office Communications Server 2007 environment (Microsoft R2, Wave 13)

•Lync Server 2010 environment (Microsoft Wave 14)

From Version 7.0.x, Microsoft R1 is not supported with MCU systems.

Point-to-point and multipoint audio and video meetings can be initiated from Office Communicator/Lync client, Windows Messenger and Polycom video endpoints (HDX and VSX) when the environment components are installed and configured.

Multipoint calls are enabled when the MCU is installed in the Microsoft environment and is configured for unified communications. Routing to conferences can be performed by the Office Communications Server/Lync Server either by:

•Matched URI dialing - using the SIP URI address (both Office Communications Server and Lync Server)

•Numerical dialing - enables a common dialing plan for Meeting Rooms across Office Communications Server and H.323 infrastructures (not available in Lync server environment).

Only TLS connections to the MCU will work, TCP connections will not work.

The RMX does not support working with multiple Edge servers.

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