Overview - Polycom ReadiConvene Deployment Manual

Overview

This document describes the Microsoft–Polycom integrated solution,
Phase 3. With this release, 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 Phase 3 that is based on the MGC software version 7.5, the integrated
solution fully supports Microsoft SIP-CX conferencing capabilities,
giving Office Communicator users complete conference control from
within the Office Communicator client; enabling them to monitor their
ongoing conference, invite others to join their conference and schedule a
conference. It also enables Office Communicator users to select the
conferencing device with which to join the media portion of the
conference: Office Communicator, phone, video conferencing system or
a mobile 3G videophone.
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