LifeSize Expands through Interoperability with Microsoft UC Platforms
Posted on Thu, Feb 10, 2011
Feb.7, 2011 - LifeSize announced interoperability between LifeSize HD video conferencing products and Microsoft unified communication (UC) platforms: Microsoft® Lync™ and Microsoft Office Communications Server™. Connect users through HD video across the enterprise - from LifeSize systems to the desktop, and vice versa.
Organizations of all sizes will be able to scale video collaboration capabilities more cost-effectively to better accomplish their communication and productivity objectives.
LifeSize will be one of the first video conferencing vendors qualified to interoperate with Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2™. The following LifeSize video conferencing systems will be qualified in calendar year 2011:
LifeSize will begin qualification in late 2011 to enable HD calls between Microsoft Lync and LifeSize video endpoints.
LifeSize’s interoperability to Microsoft UC platforms means that customers can enjoy a variety of communications services from one single user interface – email, video, chat, or phone. Colleagues, customers, partners and other business users can keep in touch with anyone, anywhere regardless of location – meeting or conference room, home office, on the road, or desktop.
LifeSize’s solution qualification will mean support for Microsoft Office Communications Server, including support for:
- Authentication and Encryption (TLS/SRTP) for secure, reliable communications
- Firewall/NAT Traversal via Microsoft Edge Services to ensure issue-free calling outside organizations
- Auto-configuration: When a system is registered to Office Communications Server, it auto-configures, simplifying deployment to end users
- Unified presence status with the ability to place and receive calls from one Office Communications Server account between multiple devices (PC or a LifeSize system)
- Addition of LifeSize systems to contact and buddy lists in the Microsoft Office Communicator view and vice versa
- Easy placement of calls from LifeSize systems to third-party systems within the OCS environment, using commonly supported video and audio codecs.
"Microsoft is pleased to be working with LifeSize to offer customers a more comprehensive UC solution via interoperability with LifeSize video conferencing systems,” said Bill Verthein, Principal Group Program Manager for Lync Devices at Microsoft Corp. “The combination of LifeSize technology with Microsoft UC platforms will enable joint customers to extend their video conferencing ecosystems with service to both conference rooms and PCs. Through our qualification process, LifeSize will become one of the first video conferencing vendors qualified to interoperate with Microsoft OCS.”