Polycom One Touch Dial Service
November 28, 2018 by Jeff Schertz · 104 Comments
This article is the second in a series which covers Polycom’s RealConnect service, a Microsoft Azure-based video interoperability service for Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams meetings. RealConnect Service for Skype and Teams – introduces the overall solution and the steps to activate the service for use with Skype for Business Online meetings and/or Teams […]
RealConnect Service for Skype and Teams
October 31, 2018 by Jeff Schertz · 106 Comments
This article is the first in a series which covers Polycom’s RealConnect service, a Microsoft Azure-based video interoperability service for Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams meetings. RealConnect Service for Skype and Teams – introduces the overall solution and the steps to activate the service for use with Skype for Business Online meetings and/or Teams […]
Polycom UCS 5.7 for VVX Phones
April 29, 2018 by Jeff Schertz · 21 Comments
The latest release of the Polycom VVX 5.7 UCS firmware is available for Lync and Skype for Business (SfB) environments. This release includes some minor enhancements alongside a few major changes in look and behavior. For additional assistance with updating phones the following articles are provided as references. Perform a Factory Reset – This is […]
What is RealConnect?
February 26, 2018 by Jeff Schertz · 32 Comments
Over the years this blog has covered the general topic of interoperability between the various Microsoft Communications Server UC platforms and industry standards-based video conferencing equipment found all over the world. These Video TeleConferencing (VTC) systems are in no way a legacy platform as although the standards have been around for a long time there […]
Polycom Group Series with Skype for Business Online
December 11, 2017 by Jeff Schertz · 43 Comments
A past article covered several facets of registering and using a Polycom RealPresence Group Series video conferencing system with Skype for Business 2015 Server deployments. In that article it was mentioned that support for Skype for Business Online was imminent. That support arrived this past summer in the form of official Microsoft qualification of the […]
Media Port Range Behavior on Polycom Devices
November 8, 2017 by Jeff Schertz · 5 Comments
An older, now partially outdated article covered in depth how to configure Quality of Service (QoS) on Polycom VVX phones for use with Lync Server. Much of the guidance in that article is still applicable and even extends to newer Trio conference phones as well as the newer Skype for Business Server and Online platforms. […]
Polycom UCS 5.6 for VVX Phones
July 31, 2017 by Jeff Schertz · 54 Comments
The latest release of the Polycom VVX 5.6 UCS firmware is now available for Lync and Skype for Business (SfB) environments. This release includes some minor enhancements alongside a few major changes in look and behavior. For additional assistance with updating phones the following articles are provided as references. Perform a Factory Reset – This […]
Polycom Group Series with Skype for Business Server
May 10, 2017 by Jeff Schertz · 128 Comments
Earlier this year the Polycom RealPresence Group Series video conferencing platform received official qualification for use with on-premises Lync Server 2013 and Skype for Business Server 2015 deployments. Note that this does not yet include Skype for Business Online which is a separate qualification process that is nearing completion. When support for direct registration to […]
Polycom UCS 5.5 for VVX Phones
December 10, 2016 by Jeff Schertz · 51 Comments
The latest release of the Polycom VVX 5.5.1 UCS firmware is now available for Lync and Skype for Business (SfB) environments. While the initial 5.5.0 release was published a number of months ago that was only intended for Open SIP applications and was not yet supported for Lync/SfB use. With this release comes a large […]
Updating Polycom Trio Firmware
December 28, 2015 by Jeff Schertz · 166 Comments
On the heels of the recent release of the Polycom RealPresence Trio 8800 comes the first firmware upgrades. In the same fashion as previous articles on this blog covering various Lync and Skype for Business devices like the VVX desktop phones or the CX5500 RoundTable camera this article outlines the various ways that the Trio […]
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