RMX 2000 Administrator's Guide Version 7.6.1 - Polycom

Appendix H
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:
• Office Communications Server 2007 environment (Microsoft R2, Wave 13)
• Lync Server 2010 environment (Microsoft Wave 14)
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:
• 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).
Conferencing Entities Presence
From Version 7.0.x, Microsoft R1 is not supported with RMX systems.
Only TLS connections to the RMX will work, TCP connections will not work.
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.
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