Connecting Sametime 8.5.2 Connect to telephony products

Let us examine how Sametime 8.5.2 integrates with telephony products. There are several types of audio and video integration available:

• Point-to-point audio and video

• Multi-point audio and video

• Web conferencing with Sametime Meetings

• Client-side plugins not using Sametime technology

• Client-side plugins using SIP

• Server-side TCSPI adaptor

Point-to-point audio and video

Point-to-point audio and video is where a Sametime client initiates a voice or video call with another Sametime client. Although the ability to do person-to-person calling is available in earlier versions of Sametime, it has been completely rewritten in Sametime 8.5.2 to be more robust and support n-way conversations. For this reason, only calls between Sametime 8.5.2 Connect and embedded clients will work, while calls to or from earlier client versions will fail.

Management of voice and video calls in Sametime 8.5.2 is through Sametime Media Manager. Without the installation...