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Greenfield / Supported IP Phones

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Where is the best place to be looking to watch for hardware devices supported by OCS? We've been running Live Comm for years and want to replace (not connect) our current PBX. We'd be using primarily softphones but in some areas that's not practical.
We've tried connecting up a Polycom Soundpoint 650 but were not successful in getting Polycom to help or even to have them give us the current phone ROM - a big waste of time. We also attempted to get into the TAP for this software but were not successful at that either.
Monday, April 30, 2007 7:16 PM
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The list of supported partners/hardware will be constantly changing and expanding. For now check out the Microsoft press page for Unified Communications:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/uc/partners.mspx
Tuesday, May 1, 2007 9:09 PM
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The list of supported partners/hardware will be constantly changing and expanding. For now check out the Microsoft press page for Unified Communications:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/uc/partners.mspx
Tuesday, May 1, 2007 9:09 PM -
I don't see anything on there which would give me the information I'm looking for.
With OCS, there will be Microsoft specific and (possibly?) other vendor devices based on reference units. I'm needing to know where I can buy these, the prices, and release dates.
I've been working with OCS through the entire beta - this is the only piece I've not been able to test and is (obviously) critical to a greenfield deployment.
-trevor
Tuesday, May 1, 2007 9:49 PM -
We have some other forum users looking for where to buy phones and pricing. As soon as I can locate the answer I will post it a FAQ.Tuesday, May 22, 2007 5:30 PM
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Here is the FAQ:
http://forums.microsoft.com/Ocs2007publicbeta/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1544856&SiteID=57
Here are a few direct links to some of the partners working with Microsoft and OCS 2007:
AudioCodes:
http://www.audiocodes.com/Content.aspx?voip=2823
Quintum:
http://www.quintum.com/microsoft/index.html
Dialogic:
http://www.dialogic.com/microsoftuc/
Jabra:
http://uswww03.gnnetcom.com/jabra/microsoft_microsite/index.html
Polycom:
https://polycom.centercode.com/callout/default.html?callid=CD0F92FEA3614E68B710AD1C6928619C
Monday, June 4, 2007 8:44 PM