RealConnect for Clariti
March 15, 2019 by Jeff Schertz · 13 Comments
Several previous articles on this blog have gone into details on the Polycom RealConnect video interoperability solution for Lync and Skype for Business meetings. Most recently this article attempted to clarify all the different models available to various Polycom video infrastructure and Microsoft Skype for Business deployments across on-premises installations, cloud offerings, and hybrids of […]
Verifying Users Enabled for CVI
March 13, 2019 by Jeff Schertz · Leave a Comment
This brief article includes a few tips on how to verify which Office 365 user account have been enabled to use a partner-provided Cloud Video Interop (CVI) solution, like the Polycom RealConnect Service. When initially configuring an Office 365 tenant for CVI one of the final steps is to enable user accounts for the service. […]
RealConnect Service Network Communications Explained
March 5, 2019 by Jeff Schertz · 10 Comments
Multiple recent articles covering Cloud Video Interop for Microsoft Skype for Business and Teams meetings have introduced several Polycom services which are all resident in Microsoft’s Azure cloud. When leveraging these services it may not be clear as to exactly where they are hosted and what are the best practices for connecting to them effectively […]
Polycom OTD Service with Cisco Endpoints
January 26, 2019 by Jeff Schertz · 5 Comments
This article about the Polycom One Touch Dial (OTD) service is another in a series which covers Polycom’s RealConnect service, a Microsoft Azure-based video interoperability service for Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams meetings. Before performing any configuration steps in this article it is recommended to first review the Polycom One Touch Dial Service article […]
Polycom Cloud Relay
December 1, 2018 by Jeff Schertz · 10 Comments
This article is the third 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 One Touch Dial Service
November 28, 2018 by Jeff Schertz · 38 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 · 19 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 […]
What is RealConnect?
February 26, 2018 by Jeff Schertz · 29 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 · 29 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 […]
Understanding Office 365 Licensing for Meeting Devices
August 21, 2017 by Jeff Schertz · 21 Comments
The purpose of this article is to explain what type of Office 365 licenses can or should be used with any of the various phones and meeting devices qualified by Microsoft for Skype for Business Online. These products can natively register to Skype for Business Online using resource accounts which must be assigned the correct […]
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