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Appendix H
Setting the Collaboration Server 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® RealPresence® Collaboration Server (Collaboration Server) 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 Collaboration Server 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).
Integration into Microsoft environment (using Lync endpoints) is supported in AVC CP Conferencing
Mode only.
From Version 7.0.x, Microsoft R1 is not supported with Collaboration Server systems.
Only TLS connections to the Collaboration Server will work, TCP connections will not work.
The Collaboration Server does not support working with multiple Edge servers.