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Enabling Technologies UM, UC and Avaya Modular Messaging R 4.0 Overview. www.enablingtechcorp.com wlowe@enablingtechcorp.com. Charles “Wes” Lowe. Topics for Discussion. Definitions (UM, UC, MM, AES, LCS & OCS, Presence, etc) Differences Between Unified Messaging and Unified Communications
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Enabling TechnologiesUM, UC and Avaya Modular MessagingR 4.0 Overview www.enablingtechcorp.com wlowe@enablingtechcorp.com Charles “Wes” Lowe
Topics for Discussion • Definitions (UM, UC, MM, AES, LCS & OCS, Presence, etc) • Differences Between Unified Messaging and Unified Communications • Basic UC Infrastructure • Basic Modular Messaging system w/ an Exchange or Lotus Notes Backend • Basic Modular Messaging system w/ a MSS Backend • Pros and Cons of Exchange vs. MSS Backend • Overview of Avaya Modular Messaging R 4.0 Features • Overview of Avaya One-X Speech • Overview of Avaya AES server
Acronym Definitions • Unified Messaging(or UM) is the integration of different streams of communication (e-mail, Fax, voice, etc) into a single, or, unified ”message store”, accessible from a variety of different devices. Unified messaging is a subset of a fully integrated Unified Communications system • Examples of UM products include: • Avaya Unified Messenger (or Avaya UM) • Avaya Modular Messaging (or MM) w/ Exchange or Lotus Notes Backend
Acronym Definitions • Unified communications(or UC) is "an industry term used to describe all forms of call and multimedia/cross-media message-management functions controlled by an individual user for both business and social purposes”. This potentially includes the integration of fixed and mobile voice, e-mail, instant messaging, presence, voice-mail, fax, audio, video and web conferencing, unified messaging, unified voicemail, and white-boarding into a single environment while offering the user a more complete but simpler and more effective experience. • Examples of UC products include: • Microsoft Exchange / Live Communications Server (or LCS) • Microsoft Exchange / Office Communications Server (or OCS) • IBM Lotus Notes / Sametime • Avaya Application Enablement Server(or AES) for OCS / LCS Presence and Click to Call
The difference between UM and UC Unified Communications is sometimes confused with Unified Messaging, but it is distinct. Unified Communications refers to a real-time delivery of communications based on the preferred method and location of the recipient; Unified Messaging systems culls messages from several sources (such as email, voice mail and faxes), but holds those messages for retrieval at a later time. Unified Communications can include a variety of elements, such as instant messaging, telephony, video, email, voicemail, and white-boarding all of which could be brought into real time and coordinated. The concept of presence is also a factor – knowing where one’s intended recipients are and if they are available, in real time – and is itself a key component of unified communications. To put it simply, Unified Communications integrates all the systems that a user might already be using and helps those systems work together in real time.
Pros & Cons of Exchange vs. MSS Backend • PROs • Exchange Backend • True Unified Messaging • Voicemail in Exchange Inbox • Listen to Voicemail & Email via TUI • Listen to Messages via Outlook • Play Voice Messages via Mobile Device • MSS Backend • Stand Alone Voicemail System • Stand Alone Private Network • Stand Alone Security • Limited Tax on Corporate Network / Exchange • Listen to Messages via Outlook (Separate Inbox from Exchange) • CONs • Exchange Backend • Dependant on Corporate Network • Dependant on AD and Exchange Availability • Tax on Exchange Information Store Size • CALs Required for non-Exchange Mailbox Users • MSS Backend • No Exchange Integration without 3rd Party Applications
Avaya MM R 4.0 Features • Support for Avaya MSS, Exchange or Lotus Notes Backend • Support for Exchange 2007 • Use of Avaya Aria, Audix or Serenade TUIs • Outlook Thick Client or Restricted Client • Lotus Notes Thick Client • Web Client (MSS only) • Web Subscriber Options • IMAP4 or POP3 Access to VM Messages • Multilingual Language Support • Record Optional Greetings in up to 3 Languages • Call / Find / Notify Me Features • System Auto Attendant w/ Custom Prompts • Caller Applications • Multiple Time Zone Support (by COS or Subscriber) • MSS only – Option to use Corporate Domain for Security • Exchange / Notes only – Customer Provider Servers are supported • T1 / E1 / H.323 / DSE / Analog Integration Support • On-demand MWI Refresh • MWI Reset per user on Exchange Backend • Fax Support (yes, including Exchange and Notes) • 3rd Party Fax Server Support • System Wide Zero Out and Per User Zero Out (and can be based on a schedule) • Build in Offline Mode Should the Message Store go Offline (MSS and Exchange)
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uaCSTA (CSTA over SIP) Avaya CTI AES Telephony Integration with Microsoft OCS Microsoft Office Communication Server (OCS) 2007 • User starts Microsoft Office Communicator • Checks presence, sees buddy status as on-hook • Right clicks and calls • Picks up handset and talks • Puts call on hold with Communicator • Handset goes silent • Starts call on another line • Adds party to conference • Hangs up phone AE Services 4.0 uaCSTA (CSTA over SIP) AvayaCommunication Manager Cell Phones (EC500) H.323/DCP/Analog
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