1. Lync 2013 Updates from Q1 13
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Global UC Architect, Polycom

2. Agenda
• Lync Updates from Microsoft
• Lync voice updates from Polycom
• Better Together-over-Ethernet (BToE) – Demo
• Questions
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3. Lync 2013 CU1 (client highlights)
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• 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)

4. Lync 2013 CU1 (server highlights)
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• 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!

5. Lync Phone Edition April 13 (CU8)
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• 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)

6. 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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7. 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
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8. 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

9. Appliance
Quad Core Intel Ivy Bridge
Video Capture Card with VGA and HDMI for content sharing
Camera
Wide Field of View HD front-of-room Camera
Next generation HD RoundTable
Display
1080p Single 55”-84” Touch for smaller rooms
1080p Dual 55”-70” Touch for larger rooms
720p 10” Touch console for all rooms
Audio
Wideband audio
stereo / monaural array capture
Lync Room System Hardware

10. Lync Room System Edition Software
Operating System
Windows Embedded 7 Standard
AppLocker, Write Filters, Firewall
Lync Room System Edition software
Customized Lync Client for the Meeting Room
Optimized for Lync Server 2013
Console UX
One or two display experience for video and collaboration
Manageability
Remote Admin Portal
Update and Monitoring

11. Lync Room System (video)
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12. 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)
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VVX Media Phones
300, 400, 500, 600

13. VVX Better Together-over-Ethernet (BToE)
Demo
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