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RealConnect Cascaded Conferences

The Collaboration Server enjoys a Trusted Application Relationship with the AVMCU, allowing cascaded
VMR Participants (Lync 2013 clients) connecting to a conference on a Microsoft AVMCU, which is cascaded
with a Collaboration Server paired with a DMA.
With this deployment architecture, participants connecting to the conference by way of the Collaboration
Server are referred to as Cascaded VMR Participants.
● Lync clients connect to the Lync 2013 AVMCU in either ad hoc or scheduled scenarios.
● The Cascaded VMR connects as a Lync client to the AVMCU.
 The Collaboration Server utilizes the Microsoft SVC Codec to send up to three simulcast video
streams of different resolutions, of the current speaker to the AVMCU.
● The Collaboration Server receives media from up to five different Lync clients from the AVMCU.
● Lync clients experience a Microsoft Point to Point conference with Cascaded VMR Participants
appearing as Lync clients.
● Cascaded VMR Participants experience a conference with Polycom video layouts.
● Lync clients will see the active speaker from the Cascaded VMR while Cascaded VMR Participants
will see up to 5 Lync clients in addition to other participants.
● Lync clients can connect to Collaboration Server VMR participants by escalating the Lync call to a
multipoint conference, including the Collaboration Server VMR meeting room and its participants.
 The Contact List can be used to select participants followed by, right-clicking and selecting Start
a Video Call.
 An ad-hoc (Meet Now) Lync conference can be started; a drag-and-drop operation can then be
used in the Contact List to add a Cascaded VMR to the conference.
● Cascaded VMR Participants, in point to point calls, can connect to Lync AVMCU participants by
escalating the call to a multipoint Lync Conference.
 The conference is escalated from point-to-point to multipoint.
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