Communications Server “14” First Look

Agenda

• Introduction

• First look at Communicator “14”

• Voice Capabilities and Interoperability

• Developer Platform enhancements

• For more information

Evolution of Communications

Software-Driven Communications

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Administration

Storage

Compliance

Unified Presence, Inbox and Contact Store

AudioConferencing

E-mail andCalendaring

WebConferencing Telephony

VideoConferencing Voicemail

InstantMessaging

Enterprise Communications Today

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Administration

Storage

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InstantMessaging

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Unified Conferencing: Audio, Video,

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How is Microsoft UC different?The era of „mainframe economics‟ in communications is over

ISV ecosystem - Business Process Integration

Off the shelf third party servers and OIP qualified HW

Third party end points and devices

Extensible communications

platform

Open platform where a vibrant

partner ecosystem can innovate

Increased value for IT

professionals

Open, horizontal, multi-vendor

PC-like business model

Standard based interoperability

with existing infrastructure

Opportunities for partners

Platform and standard based

services

From LCS 2003 to OCS 2007 R2

One strategy, one core team – stepwise build-up, fast cycles

5 versions already delivered in 6 years:

− LCS 2003 [2003]: built SIP/SIMPLE infrastructure for IM and presence (standalone server)

− LCS 2005 [2005]: introduced highly available pools

− LCS 2005 SP1 [2006]: brought in high scale, federation, PBX interop…

− OCS 2007 [2007]: applied these core capabilities to more than just IM, with audio, video and web – peer to peer and multiparty; and UCMA platform

− OCS 2007 R2 [2009]: rich voice features, mobile clients, platform enhancements…

Double digits growth every year for last three years

More than 70% of Fortune 100

Main investments in OCS 2007 R2Infrastructure:− 64 bits OS

− Windows Server 2008

− SQL Server 2008

− CDR, monitoring, archiving improvements

− Simplified topologies, more roles but less servers

− Improvement of edge roles

− CWA: deskshare, call-me-back

− Code Gallery: webservice built on top of the managed API

Collaboration:− PSTN audio conferencing bridge with PIN

(incl. strong authentication)

− HD and VGA video

− Persistent group chat

− P2P and multiparty RDP desk sharing

− Presence federation with Cisco, IBM

− Video interop (HP, Polycom, Tandberg…)

− XMPP gateway

Voice/telephony:− Faster call setup, improved media stack, lower

latency, standard conforming CNG

− G.711 to Mediation Server on LAN

− Direct SIP to IP-PBX

− Media resiliency on signaling loss

− Team calls, hunt groups, basic ACD with music on hold and IVR

− Boss-Admin scenarios, call delegation, admin and attendant console

− SIP trunking to carriers

Mobility:− Fixed mobile convergence: single number, single voice

mail

− Performance improvements

− Support for variety of device platforms

Platform:− First platform w/ Signaling, Media and Speech

− Workflow integration

Agenda

• Introduction

• First look at Communicator “14”

• Voice Capabilities and Interoperability

• Developer Platform enhancements

• For more information

Next Generation CommunicationsFind and connect with the right people

Communicator “14”

• Connecting with anyone

• Connecting with everything you need

• Connecting from wherever you are

Next Generation CommunicationsFind and connect with the right people

Skill Search

•Keyword search

• Based on information in SharePoint

• Searches on skills, projects, interests

Next Generation CommunicationsCommunicate from familiar Office applications

Efficient Voice Mail

• Automatic indexed transcription

• Multiple language support

• Callback or send message

Next Generation CommunicationsFind and connect with the right people

Contact Card

• Outlook and Communicator

• Organization chart view

• May be pinned to desktop

Next Generation CommunicationsFind and connect with the right people

Location

• Auto-detected or user entered

• Visible by others unless

disabled via privacy settings

• Used for Enhanced 9-1-1

Agenda

• Introduction

• First look at Communicator “14”

• Voice Capabilities and Interoperability

• Developer Platform enhancements

• For more information

17%

71%

12%

14 Delivers (2H 2010):

• Enhanced 9-1-1 for North

America

• Survivable Branch Appliances

• Call Admission Control

• More & cheaper phone models

• Call Park, Malicious Call

Trace, and other features

• Additional data center

survivability options

OCS 2007 R2

• Single Number reach

• Attendant Console

• Response Groups

• SIP Trunking

• Dial-in audio conferencing

• Higher def video

• Workflow activities for UCOCS 2007

• “Anywhere Access”

• IM & Rich Presence

• Most common voice

features

• Unified messaging

• Audio and video

conferencing

• Desktop integration

Critical Voice Feature Coverage in “14”Building on a robust foundation

Enterprise voiceConnecting from anywhere

• Fully Configurable with

locations, topology, links,

and limits for voice &

video

• Dynamically enforced with

full path assessed at

session initiation

• If session would exceed

limits, re-route or failure

• Voice calls may be re-

routed to the PSTN

• May use different links for

voice and video if desired;

e.g., re-route video over

Internet

• Emergency call and

location conveyed from

via centralized SIP trunk

to 3rd party partner for

PSAP routing

• No P-ANIs required

• Integrated Location

Information Server (LIS)

• Locations can be based

on subnet, switch, port,

WiFi access point

• Mobility fully

supported, for hard

phones and soft phones

• Survivable Branch

Appliance (SBA) from

multiple suppliers

• Includes gateway and

software in an appliance

form factor

• If WAN fails, branch

clients use PSTN gateway

in appliance for calls

• If appliance fails, branch

clients use data center as

backup

• Automatic failover and

failback

Call Admission Control E-911 Branch Availability

Voice Features Disclosure at VoiceCon

Audiocodes, Dialogic, Ferrari, HP, and NET: Survivable Branch Appliances

• Local telephony in event of WAN outage

• Many supporting upgrades from existing qualified products

Aastra and Polycom: Optimized IP Phones

• Common area and knowledge worker

• Conference room (Polycom only)

Connexon and Intrado: E-911 Routing

Quest and NICE Systems: Call accounting and recording

SIP Trunking Announcements: Currently 10 qualified vendors including Verizon, Swisscom, Sprint, and Global Crossing

Annual session includes full written response to mock IP Telephony RFP, including list and budgetary pricing

Microsoft participated in 2010 session with traditional PBX and IP PBX vendors

Full Microsoft written response is available by clicking “Learn More” at http://www.microsoft.com/communicationsserver

Microsoft response included full UC capabilities, not just VoIP, plus partner IP phones for all users specified, and was still shown to be the most cost effective

Replacing half of the IP phones with USB devices results in an additional 20%reduction in total system purchase cost

Partner Announcements VoiceCon IP-PBX RFP

– Will be available in W141 – Last update

Price

High

Mid

Polycom CX700¹

Office desk(Low)

Office desk(High)

Common Area Conference Room

Polycom CX500

Aastra 6725 iPPolycom CX600

Aastra 6721 iP

Polycom CX3000

Microsoft®

Office Communicator

OPTIMIZED FOR

W14 „Optimized for‟ IP Phones

Location

Architectural Enhancements• Streamlined server deployment

− Eliminated need for standalone mediation

− Co-location of all server roles except monitoring

• Data center disaster recovery options− Single pool split across separate data centers

− Automatic failover to secondary data center

• Multi-level monitoring and alerting− Hardware and software component

− Pool level via synthetic transactions

− End to end service level

VOICE− OCS voice networks with any PBX

− Direct SIP for signaling

− G.711 & other standard codecs

CONFERENCING− OCS conferencing connects to any PBX

− Direct SIP for signaling

− G.711 & other standard codecs

PRESENCE− OCS presence is available to any PBX

− SIP verbs to get and set presence

Direct SIPOCS PBX

CONFERENCING

Direct SIPOCS PBX

VOICE

SIP

get and set

PRESENCE

OCS user PBX user

PBX user w/ OCS conf

OCS PBX

PBX user w/ OCS IM/P

PBX InteroperabilityFor Customers not yet ready to replace PBX

PBX phone

automatically called

upon meeting join

PBX InteroperabilityStreamlining Unified Conferencing for PBX phone users

PBX InteroperabilityCommon Options Chosen by Customers

1. Full UC with

legacy phone

elimination

Communications Server connects to PSTN or PBX via SIP

Trunking, Direct SIP or gateway. User‟s DID homed on

Communications Server, user provided with optimized

device.

2. Full UC with

legacy phone left

in place for

transition period

Same as above, but with the PBX phone left in place for

transition, often with with Simultaneous ringing used to have

both Communicator and PBX phone ring.

3. Legacy phone

with OCS unified

conferencing

Office Communications Server connects to existing PBX

systems via Direct SIP or SIP/PSTN gateway.

Communicator allows user to “Join From” their PBX phone

when in audio conferences

Agenda

• Introduction

• First look at Communicator “14”

• Voice Capabilities and Interoperability

• Developer Platform enhancements

• For more information

Developer PlatformIntegrate Communicator experiences into applications

Drag and Drop

UI controls

•Silverlight & WPF support

•Find/Browse people

•View availability, photo, location

•Check contact card

•Click to communicate

Developer PlatformMake conversations contextual

Links and data

sent with invite

• Link displayed in conversation history

• Click to browse to same URL or

launch same program.

• View contextual data directly

Developer PlatformExtend the Communicator experience

Communicator

extension points

• Host and run custom apps in:

• Conversation window extension

• Contact Card extension

• Extend menus to launch custom apps

Your Silverlight

application can run here

and have API access to

the conversation

For More InformationEvaluate communications investments holistically

Messaging, telephony, IM, audio, video, and web conferencing

Single identity and managed directory

Put the person at the center of your focus

Additional resources− Microsoft Communications Server “14” First Look

http://www.microsoft.com/communicationsserver/

− Partner Announcement Overview and linkshttp://blogs.technet.com/uc/archive/2010/03/23/partners-announce-solutions-to-complement-microsoft-communications-server-14.aspx

− Microsoft RFP Response download available from the “Learn More” page http://www.microsoft.com/communicationsserver/

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