Everything about Lync Room System

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Adam JacobsLync MVPGlobal UC Architect, Polycom

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

• 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

• Displays• 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

Lync Room System Edition Software

Operating SystemWindows Embedded 7 Standard

AppLocker, Write Filters, Firewall

Lync Room System Edition softwareCustomized Lync Client for the Meeting Room

Optimized for Lync Server 2013

Console UX to manage and facilitate meeting

One or two display experience for video and collaboration

ManageabilityRemote Admin Portal

Update and Monitoring

SCOM management pack

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LRS Differentiators?SMART Crestron

DisplaysSMART 8000 (70" or 84") - w/sophisticated touch capability Samsung 65"

Cameras SMART 109° Logitech 930e (90°)Content Lync only Lync or HDMI/VGA

SoundIntegrated sound bar, two table-top mics

Sound bar supplied and optional single table top mic

Controller11" (non-intelligent with without structured cabling support)

10" (incl. in-room controls and structured cabling support)

Security Microsoft reference designJIDC certified and extended OEM control set

Boot-time 5secs 2.5secs

Manageability

Updates delivered via WSUS(manufacturer specific updates delivered independently)

Updates delivered via USB, WSUS and custom provisioning server (includes manufacturer specific updates)

Support Global support Global support

LifeSize, exited LRS program. Polycom details coming soon!

Scheduling

Meeting InviteAdd room as resource to

meeting invite

Make Lync Meeting

Send!

Custom meeting types• Private meeting

– Does not show subject in LRS calendar

• Custom meeting– Requires authentication

from LRS to join meeting *

* Join private meeting from LRS applies to Lync 2013-hosted meetings only. LRS can be admitted via lobby for Lync 2010/OCS hosted private meetings.

Custom meeting types

(Alice Tom)

Remote participant Lync Client

Console Screen

Deployment

Provisioning LRS accounts

* CsMeetingRoom cmdlet is new for Lync 2013

New-Mailbox –Name ‘cf2212’ –Alias ‘cf2212’ –UserPrincipalName ‘cf2212@contoso.com’ –SamAccountName ‘cf2212’ –FirstName ‘cf2212’ –Initials ‘’ –LastName ‘’ –Room

Set-ADAccountPassword –Identity ‘cf2212’Enable-ADAccount –Identity cf2212

Enable-CsMeetingRoom* -SipAddress "sip:cf2212@contoso.com" -RegistrarPool pool2.contoso.com -Identity cf2212

Exchange: Configure

Resource mailbox for LRS

AD:Enable account

for login

Lync: Enable Resource

account in Lync 2013 pool

Backward compatibilityLRS can attend public meetings on Lync 2010/OCS 2007 R2 server

No multi-view experience, no 1080p video resolutionLRS cannot attend private/restricted meetings on Lync 2010/OCS 2007 R2 server

“MeetingRoom” cmdlet

• Speaker/mic mute prompt when joining LRS meeting (to avoid in-room echo)

• Meeting join authentication• Population of LRS systems

within the admin portal

Supported deployment topologies

Office 365, Lync OnlinePartner-hosted multi-tenant

Lync OnlineLync Server

Private cloud / dedicated

Lync ServerSingle domain & directory Users split – server / online

Lync Hybrid

LRS online deployment topologies

O365 Datacenter Online tenantCustomer network – Hybrid tenant

AD

Directory Sync

Offi

ce 3

65

FEs

Microsoft Online ID

Exchange Server

Office Sub

SharePoint

Lync ServerO365

Directory

HTTPS/SSL

LRS

LRS

SIP/TLS

Supported topologies – Lync and Exchange

Lync Exchange Voice License

On-premise On-premise On-premise On-premise Plus

On-premise On-premise - Enterprise

O365 Online Online - P3

Online Online - P2

Hybrid On-premise Online On-premise Plus

Online Online - P2

Manageability

Remote Admin Portal Solution• Administer LRS settings via web portal

• Shows configuration, health info, current state of all rooms

• Detailed view:• hardware info

• version info

• network settings

• last maintenance time

• Change settings remotely: • Credentials

• Volume (Speaker, Mic, Ringer)

• Trigger update process

• Restart console and appliance PCs

Summary Page

Details page

Shows health of room devices at a glance

Health / logging pages

Shows health of room devices at a glance

Restart LRS console, or PC

Save logs to a UNC share

Remote Admin Portal - ArchitectureLRS admin service publishes config data as custom presence categoriesAdmin Portal subscribes to custom categories Portal sends commandsto LRS using page mode IM over SIPArchitecture enables HA, on-premises, and online deployments

Front end server

Lync server (UCMA)

Admin service (UCMA)

SIP

SIPPortal

Connector (UCMA)

Resource Directory

SQL

HTTP/REST

Admin

System Center Operations Manager

• Lync Room System Management Pack• Tracking event logs generated by LRS• Notifies to SCOM server• SCOM server can provide further notification

mechanism, dashboard, etc. • Custom reports can also be provided by SCOM

SCOM Console summary view

SCOM Console room view

Questions?