Appendix H - Setting The Rmx For Integration Into Microsoft Environment; Overview; Conferencing Entities Presence - Polycom RMX 1500 Administrator's Manual

Setting the RMX for Integration Into
Microsoft Environment

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 RMX system can be integrated into the following Microsoft
environments:
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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 RMX 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:
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Only TLS connections to the RMX will work, TCP connections will not work.

Conferencing Entities Presence

Conferencing entities (Meeting Rooms, Entry Queues and SIP Factories) can be registered
with the SIP server (Office Communication Server or Lync server) enabling the addition of
these conferencing entities to the buddy list while displaying their presence (availability
status: Available or Offline). Office Communication Server client or Lync Server client users
can connect to conferencing entities directly from the buddy list.
The configuration of the environment to enable Presence, is usually done once the basic
configuration is completed.
For more details, see "Adding Presence to Conferencing Entities in the Buddy List" on page H-46.
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Office Communications Server 2007 environment (Microsoft Wave 13)
Lync Server 2010 environment (Microsoft Wave 14)
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).
Appendix H
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