Introduction
This guide describes deployment options for the Polycom CX5000 Unified Conference Station when used
in conjunction with other Polycom video systems. As a Polycom-branded version of the Microsoft®
RoundTable™ collaboration and conferencing device, the CX5000 is optimized for use with Microsoft®
Office Live Meeting 2007 and Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007. Because of integration
between the Office Communications Server environment and a variety of Polycom visual communications
environments, the value of the CX5000 may be extended beyond a pure Microsoft environment to a
number of scenarios involving Polycom video systems and endpoints.
This document identifies and illustrates several key scenarios for interoperability between the Office
Communications Server environment and the Polycom visual communications environment and the
Polycom CX phones for Office Communications Server. The scenarios range from basic with audio only,
to advanced with a mix of audio, video, content and escalation (seamless transition) from audio to video.
This document does not attempt to address all possible options; once the basic scenarios are described
and understood, they may be used as building blocks upon which more complicated scenarios may be
built.
Scope
This document is intended to be a descriptive guide. The successful integration of Microsoft and Polycom
products relies on a variety of skills and knowledge of both companies’ products. There is a vast amount
of material available that describes the implementation details of Office Communications Server and its
associated applications. This document assumes that all basic setup and deployment of Microsoft
systems is described in Microsoft materials, and is not the subject of this document.
Polycom CX5000 and Microsoft RoundTable Equivalence
The Polycom CX5000 is functionally identical to the Microsoft RoundTable device. In this document, any
comments about the CX5000 apply equally to the Microsoft RoundTable device. For any environments
that may contain legacy Microsoft RoundTable devices, these may be treated as CX5000 devices for the
purpose of integrating with Polycom systems.
Abbreviations and Conventions
Following is a list of abbreviations used in this document.
OCS Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 server
MOC
Microsoft Office Communicator client
HDX
Polycom hi definition video endpoint. Starting from executive desktop (HDX4000)
to group systems (HDX7000/8000) and boardroom systems (HDX9000)
RMX
Polycom hardware MCU, a bridge that can mix SIP H323 PSTN and ISDN
IM
Instant message, chat
CX100
Polycom USB speakerphone and microphone. It functions as a personal device
CX200
Polycom USB desktop phone for Office Communicator
CX700
IP phone that connects to OCS
CX5000
Polycom’s version of Microsoft Round Table; this USB-connected PC device
serves to add 360-degree voice and video to Live Meeting 2007 application and
when used only with Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 client functions as a
video switched webcam
SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
H.323
Legacy video protocol, supported by any polycom endpoint
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