Benefits of Using Microsoft UC Solutions for Education

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1 Microsoft s UC Solution for Edu Carl Kishel Technology Strategist Microsoft Education

2 What is Microsoft UC? and Calendar Integrated Voic (Unified Messaging) Enterprise Voice/Telephony, IM, Presence, A/V and Web Conferencing Unified Communications + Microsoft UC

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3 Microsoft Lync Connecting people in new ways, anytime, anywhere Quick adoption through Ease of use and Microsoft Office Reduces cost through converged communications Ease deployment through interoperability and extensibility

The Right time for Unified Communications End Of life PBX investments Traditional TDM and older IP- PBX investments are approaching End of Life.

4 The Right time for Unified Communications End Of life PBX investments Traditional TDM and older IP- PBX investments are approaching End of Life. Example Cisco 4x End of Life Voic Applications 80% of Voic s are EOL (Octel, Call Pilot, Etc) Strong ROI Multiple hard dollar cost savings scenarios Multi Vendor Investments Separate Investments in Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, IM, Audio conferencing need to be integrated or standardized based on situation Exchange 2010 Exchange Customers upgrading for UM, Archiving, FOPE Investment Timing CIO s are not anxious to Invest in New PBX, Voic Applications today. Would prefer to defer investment Microsoft Licensing Customers are seeking ways to leverage their CA-SA UC does not mean Forklift Upgrade Existing investments can be integrated and used until depreciated

5 Unified Conferencing Enhanced audio, video and web conferencing experience for simple collaboration Key Features Single client- Web Conference Join flexibility- appointment PSTN conferencing features Panoramic HD video Desktop & Application sharing Web Reach client Infrastructure consolidation Video interop with Polycom, Radvision and Tandberg

6 Top 10 Lync 2010 Features 1. Viable PBX replacement E911, CAC, datacenter failover, survivable branch appliance, analog support, media bypass 2. Low cost IP Devices Aastra, Polycom, snom 3. Mac voice and conferencing 4. Full Virtualization support 5. 50% reduction in server infrastructure over R2 6. New Lync client photos, skill search, visual voic , Contact card improvements

7 Top 10 Lync 2010 Features 7. Conferencing HD video, HD Web Conference, single client for everything, better audio controls, cleaner conference joins 8. Improved management Granular role based delegation, full command line administration, improved monitoring, web console 9. Improved mobile client iphone client, Blackberry, Win Phone Extensible platform Silverlight controls, easier development tools, web voice/lync webparts

8 Gartner UC Magic Quadrant 2010 Reduction in number of UC leading vendors - there are only three compared to last year s report that named six! Strengths in Exchange UM include calendaring integration through Exchange 2010, as well as UM and text-to-speech rendering. Lync Server 2010 is called out as a potential stand-alone telephony service with the ability to integrate with existing PBX s.

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9 UC Optimized End-User Devices The Dell UC Solution UC Optimized Notebooks Switches, Gateways & Load Balancers Dell IT Consulting Services for UC End-to-end services for UC solution Microsoft Certified Masters on Microsoft s UC platforms Single point of contact for hardware, software and services 9 Confidential

10 School District Reduces Telephony Costs with Unified Communications Solution Customer Profile Established in 1901 in Oxnard, California, Oxnard Union High School District serves 17,000 students in grades 9 through 12 and employs 2,000 faculty and staff. Business Need Oxnard Union wanted to provide a voice over IP solution that also included presence information, so it deployed Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2, which provided instant messaging and conferencing capabilities. It deployed the solution for 2,000 employees. By connecting Lync Server to the PSTN through SIP trunking, we will save an additional $20,000 a year. That s a total of $160,000 a year we save across the district.. Puneet Sharma Director of IT Services, Oxnard Union High School District Solution Oxnard Union decided to upgrade its communications solution by deploying Microsoft Lync Server 2010 to provide access to emergency service and district-wide redundancy, in addition to reducing costs and improving communication. Benefits Reduce costs Improve district-wide communication

11 Next Steps Attend Microsoft UC Sessions at ISTE Stop By Microsoft Booth to Chat Dell is a great UC Deployment Partner! Local IU13 Deployment for more info

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