POLYCOM – LYNC integration: RealPresence connect (part 1)

Part 1: Architecture and requirements 

I will try to explain how to configure the servers to realize the configuration of the new Polycom option: the RealPrecense Connect.

First, I found many information in the official Polycom documentation :(http://supportdocs.polycom.com/PolycomService/support/global/documents/support/strategic_partner_solutions/Polycom_Unified_Communications_Deployment_Guide_for_Microsoft_Environments_us.pdf) but I want to give more details not obvious (for me J) in this guide.

The RealPresence Connect is an amazing feature which provides the users to schedule a video conference with outlook. This conference will be easely reached from Lync client or from a video room system.

Lync or web participants just have to click on the link when the video room’s users have to call the conference ID.

Let’s begin the technical part!

The target architecture:

Requirements:

Microsoft Lync 2013 Server -> 5.0.8308.577
RMX: 8.4
DMA: 6.1


The RMX must be connected with the front end. You can register it with the DMA (H.323) in order to use it with the Polycom infrastructure only.

The configuration has two steps:

                    1-      Register the RMX in the lync infrastructure

                    2-      Configure the SIP trunk between the DMA and the front end

Two others parts will describe this steps.

 Again, I recommend to following the Polycom document for this configuration. I just want to specify some points.