We're apparently among the first 'publicly' to attempt to register a Polycom Group series to O365 (cloud-based Skype for Business). This feature isn't even supported by MS yet, only through a special program run by Polycom.
We found out the hard way that MS requires the Polycom RealPresence Touch to be paired in order to register the endpoint to the S4B cloud SIP registrar. Apparently MS is forcing Polycom (and likely others, including Crsetron) to only use their approved UI when using endpoints with S4B online. Confirmed by our regional Polycom tech sales guy. (thanks for not telling us before we made the decision, but that's another story)
He claims that even if we buy their TP, all or part of the API is restricted so that it isn't possible to join a calendar skype meeting over the API.
Obviously our goal is to not put two touchpanels in front of the user, and in a large divisible space that would be a challenge anyway.
Anyone tried to register a Group to O365 and tried the API? I'm tempted to just buy one and try myself, but I'm thinking that will just confirm an undesirable result.
I'm tempted to yank the Polycom and just use RL2, but that has its own issues, not the least of which is having to 'adapt' HDMI output from DM switch for the camera, and somehow tie it in to a BSS DSP.
Any thoughts appreciated.
