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The Enterprise Guide to Video Conferencing
Introduction
Who is this document for?
What do you want to achieve?
• Video Calls• Video Conferencing• Document Sharing• Recording• Web Streaming• Video Messaging• Who are your users and what are their job
roles?
What do you want to achieve?
• Where are your users and what devices will they use?
• What are your capacity requirements?– Number of Users– Concurrent Users– Network Capacity– Server Capacity
What do you want to achieve?
– PC Processor & Memory Capacity• What is your budget?• What is your required Return on Investment
System Considerations
• Endpoints– Room System• Huddle Room System• Small Room System• Medium to Large Room System• Mobile Room System• Board Room & Lecture Theatres
– Desktop System
System Considerations
– Software System• Infrastructure– MCU– Gatekeeper– Firewall Traversal Server– Management– Integration
System Considerations
– Recording– Other Infrastructure Components
• User Interface– Scheduled Calls– Unscheduled Calls (Ad Hoc)– Directory
• Integration
Security Considerations
• User Authentication• Auto Answer vs Manual Answer• Endpoint on Internal Network Side of Firewall• Endpoint in DMZ• Endpoint on Public Internet Side of Firewall• Video Conferencing Infrastructure with
Firewall Traversal
Security Considerations
• The Future
Design & Specification
• Design & Architecture - Endpoints• Design & Architecture - Infrastructure– Hardware– Virtual Infrastructure– Hosted– Cloud– Hybrid
Design & Specification
• Physical Network Requirements– LAN & Switch Port Speed & Duplex– Spanning Tree– Proxy Servers
• IP Addressing• WAN & Internet Bandwidth Requirements• MCU/Bridge Requirements
Design & Specification
• Network Security• Resilience/Redundancy• Integration• User Trial– Users– Endpoints– Infrastructure
Design & Specification
– Bandwidth– Security Restrictions– Success Criteria– Stakeholders– Sign Off
Deployment
• Planning• Preparation• Installation• Configuration– Infrastructure– Enfpoint– Directories
Deployment
• Testing– Network Infrastructure– Internal Private Call Testing– External Private Calls– Public Calls– Document Sharing
• Training
Deployment
– Operational– User
• Documentation• Maintenance