Lync 2013 Updates from Q1 13

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Adam JacobsLync MVPGlobal UC Architect, Polycom

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Agenda

• Lync Updates from Microsoft • Lync voice updates from Polycom• Better Together-over-Ethernet (BToE) – Demo• Questions

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Lync 2013 CU1 (client highlights)• Disable A/V MCU video cropping• Hide offline contacts• Enable/disable receiving buddy invites from untrusted

networks (Skype)• Bug fixes!• Two downloads:

– Lyncloc (Lync)– Msores (Office)

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Lync 2013 CU1 (server highlights)• Lync 2013 Mobility (Justin already covered this)

• Location-based routing – leverages local PSTN access based upon user location (also addresses regulatory issues)

• Group Call Pickup – Lync clients join a group, any member within the group can answer other members calls by dialling the number associated with the group

• Bug fixes!

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Lync Phone Edition April 13 (CU8)• MWI light does not clear when user checks voice mail

through Outlook

• MOH (Aries) is not played

• CAP sign-out issue (rollback delay)

• Support for W15 O365 Online Meeting Join (created via OWA)

• Support for W15 O365 Online Meeting Join (Hybrid scenario)

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Exchange 2013 CU1• Delivers support for co-existence with

Exchange 2007/2010• Public Folders still alive/well and now

accessible via OWA• Exchange Admin Center (EAC) now includes

added manageability options for Unified Messaging

• Online Meeting for Exchange 2013 OWA!

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Skype, WAC and CHM updates• Skype 6.3 released (adds support for Lync)• Office Web App

– Manual update required, Windows Update breaks WAC– Update requires re-creation of farm

• Lync 2013 documentation updated, includes support for:– Addition of Location-Based Routing functionality and the

Group Call Pickup feature to Enterprise Voice– New Lync Server 2013 Unified Communications Web API

(UCWA) to support Mobility features– Information about backing up and restoring Lync Server

2013– Support for hybrid deployment scenarios

Introducing Lync Room System

• Full and familiar Lync experience optimized for immersive meeting experience

• Easy for users to schedule, join and manage meetings

• Simple to deploy for IT Admins, does not require 3rd party infrastructure

• Native Lync software delivered in a comprehensive partner hardware solution

ApplianceQuad Core Intel Ivy BridgeVideo Capture Card with VGA and HDMI for content sharing

CameraWide Field of View HD front-of-room CameraNext generation HD RoundTable

Display1080p Single 55”-84” Touch for smaller rooms1080p Dual 55”-70” Touch for larger rooms720p 10” Touch console for all rooms

AudioWideband audiostereo / monaural array capture

Lync Room System Hardware

Lync Room System Edition SoftwareOperating SystemWindows Embedded 7 StandardAppLocker, Write Filters, Firewall

Lync Room System Edition softwareCustomized Lync Client for the Meeting RoomOptimized for Lync Server 2013 Console UXOne or two display experience for video and collaboration

ManageabilityRemote Admin PortalUpdate and Monitoring

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Lync Room System (video)

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Polycom Lync compatible phones• Majority of Polycom open SIP phones now Lync

201x compatible (not VVX1500 and Lync 2013 compatibility due in April for SPIP 4/5/6)

• VVX 3xx/4xx released (ships with Lync 201x compatible firmware)

VVX Media Phones300, 400, 500, 600

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VVX Better Together-over-Ethernet (BToE)

Demo