locked
cisco call manager RRS feed

 > 

  • Question

  • Question
    Sign in to vote
    0
    Sign in to vote

    Hello,

          I already have a cisco callamanger server running and serving 100 cisco ip phones. I would like to completely replace the cisco Server and use lync server as my PBX is possible ??

    Will my cisco phones work with lync server or else i have to remove them and get compatible phones ?

    Thanks

    Saber

    Monday, January 17, 2011 1:54 PM

All replies

  • Question
    Sign in to vote
    0
    Sign in to vote

    I am glad to hear that you are looking at replacing your Cisco PBX with Lync!  So you will not be able to just keep using your Cisco phones with Lync natively.  There are third party products that will allow you to so that you can keep you investment in your handsets.  Although I will say that would will get a much better experience using native Lync endpoints.

    Third-party solutions:

    http://www.net.com/Pages/Product.aspx?pgid=229

    http://www.audiocodes.com/sps

    Lync certified devices:

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/gg278164.aspx

    Tim Harrington | MVP: Exchange | MCITP: EMA 2007/2010, MCITP: Server 2008, MCTS: OCS | Blog: http://HowDoUC.blogspot.com | Twitter: @twharrington
    Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:20 AM
  • Question
    Sign in to vote
    0
    Sign in to vote

    If you really want to keep your Cisco phones, there might be a workaround but you will not have the same features on the phones as you would have with Lync-compatible phones. I still would recommend getting new phones but this is a place where you can start:

    Cisco offers SIP firmwares for it's phones. You can reflash the phones with this firmware and then register them on Lync using by example a gateway device like AudioCodes. I have to say that reflashing the firmware will require a TFTP server and is not a very easy procedure.

    You would have to configure them on Lync using the pshell command New-CsAnalogDevice

    Technical Specialist Microsoft OCS/Lync & UC Voice Specialisation - http://www.uwictpartner.be
    If you think my post is the answer to your question, please mark it as answer so future visitors can easily find it.
    Tuesday, January 18, 2011 7:04 AM