About The Cisco Telepresence Video Communication Server (Vcs) - Cisco TelePresence Administrator's Manual

Introduction

About the Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS)

About the Cisco TelePresence Video
Communication Server (VCS)
The Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) software simplifies session management and
control of telepresence conferences. It provides flexible and extensible conferencing applications, enabling
organizations to benefit from increased employee productivity and enhanced communication with partners
and customers.
The VCS delivers exceptional scalability and resiliency, secure communications, and simplified large-scale
provisioning and network administration in conjunction with Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (Cisco
TMS).
The VCS interworks transparently with Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), bringing rich
telepresence services to organizations with Unified CM. It also offers interoperability with third-party unified
communications, IP telephony networks, and voice-over-IP (VoIP) systems.
The VCS supports on-premises and cloud applications and is available as a dedicated appliance or as a
virtualized application on VMware, with additional support for Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS)
platforms.
You can deploy the VCS as the VCS Control for use within an enterprise and as the VCS Expressway for
business-to-business and remote and mobile worker external communication. An alternative solution, suited
to small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), is the VCS Starter Pack Express.
Optional packages that you can deploy include FindMe, Device Provisioning, and Advanced Networking
(VCS Expressway only).
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