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Is your Network
the second Bandwidth Blog article John you will learn that a wide area network performing a Network Readiness Assessment,
shows you how to use the calculator by way without su cient bandwidth will not deliver Server Stress Test, QoS Tagging in Skype for
Ready for Skype of an example. Here are the answers to some a good Skype for Business 2015 experience Business 2015, Call Admission Control, the
of the questions regarding your wide area for your users. Is your network ready for right and wrong way to setup voice routing
for Business network and Internet circuits during the Skype for Business 2015? Find out by reading high availability and using tools to monitor
planning phase for a Skype for Business 2015 John’s Blog articles at http://tinyurl.com/ your network post installation proactively.
2015?
deployment.
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Sennheiser announces that its
Enabling Technologies Senior Engineer:
John Miller has many clients asking this
very question so he recently started a blog
series addressing the network requirements range of premium headsets and
for Skype for Business 2015 and how to
determine the readiness of your network.
The introductory article discusses Microsoft’s speakerphones solutions that are
network performance requirements and
lays out the process of determining if your
network can take the “heat”. The next qualified on Lync 2013 are also
article addresses how to use the Bandwidth
Calculator to determine if it can handle
the anticipated tra c load that Skype for
Business 2015 would add to it.
Certified for Skype for Business
The Bandwidth Calculator Blog 1 article
presents an introduction to the Bandwidth
Calculator: what it can do, it’s limitations,
some“gotchas”andsometerminology. In

Sennheiser’ s headsets and speakerphones that are
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qualified on Lync 2013 are now also Certified for Skype

local Skype for Business Server in the near term. for Business.
Perhaps the most important thing an enterprise
should do in this regard is to develop a voice
migration strategy. Such a strategy would This certification means that Sennheiser products enable
compose of several stages including assessing
corporate requirements (typically in the Skype for Business users to communicate in the most
headquarters), building an infrastructure that effective way, wherever they are, with plug-and play
meets those requirements, migrating relevant
users to the cloud and nally, expanding that simplicity, proven compatibility and high-quality audio.
migration by assessing the needs of branch
o ces, building a corresponding infrastructure
and migrating branch users to the cloud as
required. By deploying a hybrid system such as
AudioCodes’ CloudBond 365, enterprises can
bene t from the essential functionality required
to ensure a smooth migration to Skype for
Business enterprise voice. is can include:
Hybrid and pure SBCs which ensure full
interoperability between Skype for Business and
legacy systems
Active Directory integration which enables
administrators to control how calls are routed
during the migration
SBC provided secured SIP trunking
connectivity for a er the migration is completed
Migrating Smart with a Hybrid System
A deployment of Skype for Business which
mixes on-line and on-premises functionality will
lay the foundation for a smooth transition to the
full cloud solution down the line. e best way
to protect the enterprise’s current investments,
ensure a full enterprise voice feature set, guarantee
that all company branches around the world
are serviced and comply with regulations, is
with a hybrid solution which o ers the best of en-us.sennheiser.com/headsets-business-office-speakerphones
both worlds and allows the bene ts of Uni ed
Communications today with a secure and smooth
migration to voice in the cloud when the time
is right in the future. To learn more about how
to migrate to Cloud PBX, read AudioCodes’s
Application Note: Getting the Cloud Right: A
Practical Guide: Migrating users to Cloud PBX
with AudioCodes CloudBond 365 at http://
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