Polycom Solutions For Microsoft Unified Communications Sandro Piccoli Technical Product Manager Roberto Vicenzi Direzione Servizi 1
Why Microsoft? Most of the world s enterprise desktop runs on Microsoft Microsoft offers: Unified Communications infrastructure Pervasive presence status Powerful, software-based platform and applications Communications-enabled Business Processes (CEBP) With Microsoft Unified Communications, you can find and click to connect with people by IM, voice, e-mail, desktop sharing, or conferencing directly from Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook, SharePoint, Office Word, Office Excel, and Office OneNote. 2
Polycom s Role Polycom offers a broad portfolio of integrated HD voice and visual communications solutions and services for the Microsoft UC platform: Polycom HD visual communications endpoints Polycom IP Telephony for Communications Server Highly scalable, secure conferencing infrastructure for Microsoft Communications Server and Exchange Video integration to SharePoint Professional Services for Microsoft environments 3
Polycom & Microsoft Joint Value Proposition Transforming Microsoft Solutions into a Complete Unified Communications Platform for Enterprises 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. 4
Highest Performance and Scalability Lowest Total Cost of Ownership Best User Experience Most Natural Communication Lowest TCO Polycom takes native integration approach -No additional hardware or software license -No added network complexity -Better user experience -Scalability and flexibility maintained 5
Polycom-Microsoft Unified Communications Empowering Enterprise UC Strategies SharePoint Voice Video w/presence Outlook & Exchange Web Desktop Conference Rooms Remote Sites Mobile Devices 6
Solutions Overview 7
Integration with core Microsoft platforms Polycom has comprehensive integration solutions with Microsoft communication platforms, to bring together unified communications into enterprise. Microsoft Communication Platform Office Communications Server Integration Voice/Video and UC Infrastructure Integration Exchange Server and Outlook Integration Polycom Conferencing for Microsoft Outlook SharePoint Server 2007 Integration VMC1000-SharePoint Server Integration 8
Seamless Communication Across Media From an IM session to a voice session to a video session All using presence-enabled clients, directories, and same unified communications infrastructure 9
Polycom CX Portfolio Optimized for Microsoft Office Communications Server IP Phones NEW! NEW! NEW! CX500* CX600* CX700 CX3000* USB Devices CX100 CX200 CX300 CX5000 10
Communications Server 14 phones Advanced User Interface Home Screen Contact list Incoming Call Calendar screen 11
Polycom Video Solutions Enabling Desktop to Immersive Experience Desktop Conference Room Immersive Telepresence Suites Immersive Telepresence Polycom RPX Immersive Telepresence Polycom OTX, TPX, ATX Personal Telepresence HDX 4000 CX5000 Room Telepresence Polycom HDX 6000/7000 8000/9000 series 12
Polycom UC Intelligent Core for Microsoft Unified Communications Environment B2B Communication Application Bridge Virtualization CX Desktop Phones CX Conference Devices Microsoft Communicator Client Flexible Conference Platform Video Content Management UC Intelligent Core Management, Monitoring, Recording and Streaming Room Telepresence Digital Signage Immersive Telepresence Personal Telepresence 13
Polycom UC Intelligent Core Connect the most people in the highest quality at the lowest cost Lowest total cost of ownership and fastest ROI up to 50% less bandwidth utilization with H.264HP over leading competitors Only solution with dynamic resource allocation and network flexibility providing up to 3.5 times more capacity vs. Leading competitors RMX DMA Native integration with leading UC applications and tools for wide-scale adoption and services delivery CMA Unsurpassed quality of experience combining Polycom UltimateHD with Lost Packet Recovery for high QoS even over the Internet Backed by the Polycom performance and productivity promise delivered through our expert global services and support 14
Office Communications Server Integration Enabling Secure, Scalable End-to-End Enterprise UC Presence-based dialing LDAP directory support Inter-organizational, federated calls and remote worker calls support* Secure calls (SRTP) support for Polycom CX and Polycom HDX* Point-to-point and multiparty calling with Polycom HDX Scalable multiparty conferencing with Polycom RMX *RMX support planned for late 2010 15
Scalable Unified Conferencing Polycom RMX Connect Users Natively No gateways No extra media cards Administrator can monitor everyone No one knows what data rate, resolution or protocol anyone else is using no one cares They simply connect Microsoft Communicator SIP @ 256K 3 rd party H.323 EP @ 384K Telepresence in H.323 @4M Voice caller HDX in H.320 @ 512K 16
Integration with core Microsoft platforms Allowing organizations to implement simple, user- and IT-friendly video conferencing solutions Microsoft Communication Platform Office Communications Server Integration Voice/Video and UC Infrastructure Integration Exchange Server and Outlook Integration Polycom Conferencing for Microsoft Outlook SharePoint Server 2007 Integration VMC1000-SharePoint Server Integration 17
Microsoft Exchange Server and Outlook Integration Polycom Conferencing for Microsoft Outlook A breakthrough solution that leverages Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Outlook 2007 (Exchange 2010/Outlook 2010 in Q3 10) Turn regular meeting into rich voice and video meeting with single click Add recording and live streaming with single click HDX as Smart Room device Just Click to join from PC and HDX 18
Benefits of Polycom Conferencing for Outlook Benefits User IT Admin Easy to use for everyone No special hardware or software license required Drives adoption, leads to quick ROI On Outlook, one click to video-enable a meeting, one click to add recording/streaming Just clicks to join a meeting from PC or from HDX Easy access to recorded conference Less time spent for user support self-service video scheduling process Easier to scale the solution 19
Conference Add-in for Outlook Using Outlook to Video-Enable a Meeting With minimal training, users can: Add audio/video to a meeting with just one click Meeting ID automatically generated Link to click & join from desktop video application Link to Recorded Meeting 20
Polycom Conferencing for Outlook Workflow Integration & Smart Room Experience Gathering screen showing meeting details Meeting attendee Joining the call by clicking on the link HDX showing calendar for Exchange account (room or person) 21
Integration with core Microsoft platforms Leveraging Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server as Enterprise Social Video Portal without adding complexities Microsoft Communication Platform Office Communications Server Integration Voice/Video and UC Infrastructure Integration Exchange Server and Outlook Integration Polycom Conferencing for Microsoft Outlook SharePoint Server 2007 Integration VMC1000-SharePoint Server Integration 22
Polycom VMC 1000 Enhanced viewer portal using Microsoft Silverlight Social Sharing Easy viewing options Next Gen Player Easier upload, searching and download of videos Integration with Microsoft SharePoint (Chargeable Option) SharePoint Integration Module enables users to view and search programs made with the Polycom VMC directly from the Microsoft SharePoint Portal 23
SharePoint Server Integration Enterprise Video Portal with VMC1000 VMC s Optional Integration Module to Leverage SharePoint site as the viewer portal to present, browse, search, and play live or on-demand media. Out-of-the-box video portal within SharePoint Site, Multiple formatted Video / Audio Embedded Player within SharePoint SharePoint search Social Sharing clips, URLs, Live Events Calendar LDAP integrity for program access permissions 24
Polycom Video Streaming Ecosystem Content Sources End Users Video Conferencing SharePoint Polycom RSS 4000 INTERNET Live video third-party encoders Employeegenerated content: Polycom Recording Studio (PRS) 2000 Video Content Management Polycom Video Media Center (VMC 1000) Content Distribution Networks ENTERPRISE Polycom Video Edge (PVE ) 1000 PC/Mac PDA Polycom PDS Player Displays External Streams Directory Services (AD) Storage Streaming Servers Polycom Digital Signage (PDS ) 2000 25
Polycom UC Professional Services for Microsoft Environment Across the Service Lifecycle Solution Planning & Design Detailed assessment to determine the optimal architecture and project plan for integrating Polycom within existing UC infrastructure Pilot Solution Deployment Build integration solution and demo to validate design capabilities Full Solution Deployment Install and turn up all necessary equipment and software to provide complete solution 26
Polycom-Microsoft Unified Communications Microsoft and Polycom share a long-standing, strategic relationship in the unified communications space, and we are confident in Polycom s depth of experience and customer support in the conferencing market, Gurdeep Singh Pall, Corporate Vice President, Unified Communications Group, Microsoft Corporation 27
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