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The Workplace of the

Future has Arrived

Experience the power of

Polycom and Skype for Business.Laura MarxSr. Dir., Microsoft

Marketing, Polycom

Jamie StarkSr. Product Marketing

Manager, Microsoft

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Polycom and Microsoft Alliance Update:Regarding Mitel’s Announcement to Acquire Polycom

“Microsoft and Polycom remain committed to the alliance. The announcement of Mitel’s intent to acquire Polycom does not change the current joint product roadmap across the portfolio of IP phones, meeting devices and interoperability.” – Polycom and Microsoft

ONE PLATFORM FOR MEETINGS AND VOICE

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Polycom + Microsoft’s Winning Partnership

Polycom and Microsoft transform collaboration experiences

Strategic alliance spanning more than a decade

Broadest portfolio of voice and video solutions with native Skype for Business integration

Seamless user experience between Skype for Business and video and voice systems

Voice/video solutions for Office 365

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What Does Polycom + Microsoft Mean to Customers?

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It’s All About an End-to-End Experience

What Makes Polycom Unique?

• Deep integration

• Skype for Business UI

• Skype for Business workflow

• Best of breed technology

User adoption

User satisfaction

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Deep Integration and Consistency of Experience Across Devices

Polycom provides Direct Integration

• NO implementation complexity

• NO additional network overhead

• NO single point of failure

• NO additional hardware costs

Better user and IT experiences

Lower costs

Skype for Business Experience and Polycom Innovative Technologies for Every Workspace

Polycom RealConnect – The Interoperability Solution to Connect Skype for Business with Non-Skype for Business Video

Best quality interop

experience

Familiar workflow

integration

Preserves SfB video and content

experience

Extends use of

existing video

investments

Easy to adopt and manage

Polycom RealConnect

The only Microsoft-qualified

video interop solution

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Polycom and Microsoft Building the Future of Office 365

“Uniting Skype for Business in Office 365 with Polycom’s high-quality audio and video solutions gives customers the most complete collaboration toolkit for the modern workplace,”

--Zig Serafin, Corporate Vice President, Skype for Business.

First business media phones to

support O365 Cloud PBX

supporting the broad

collaboration capabilities

Christopher Spivey

Executive Director

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Microsoft and Polycom Office 365 Video Roadmap

Polycom Group Series for Office 365 with Skype for Business UI

Skype for Business On-Premises Online in Office 365

Skype for Business UI with RealPresence Touch controller

H2 2016

Polycom to Develop Solutions for Microsoft’s Project Rigel Devices

Skype meeting experience in the conference room

Polycom RealPresence Trio and CX5100 to be qualified on Project Rigel devices

H2 2016

Office 365 Video Interoperability Powered by Polycom with RealConnect

Polycom video interop service for Office 365 customers

Connect on-premises video solutions to the cloud

H2 2016

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Pilot for Skype for Business Online

PSTN Conferencing

Skype for Business Envisioning, Deployment, Endpoint Installation and Provisioning, Network, Managed Services and more

Help Me Get Started - Polycom Services for Office 365

Pilot for Skype for Business Online

Cloud PBX

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Experience Polycom and Skype for Business Firsthand

www.polycom.com/go/ExperienceDaysSan Jose

April 28th

New York

May 3rd

Herndon

May 17th

TeamMicrosoft@polycom.com

Experience Days:

Reach out to Polycom for a demo and more information: