Skype for Business Server 2015 with Elastix PBX ?
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@jt1001001 said in Skype for Business Server 2015 with Elastix PBX ?:
You are correct. I should have stated "IP phones" and not "SIP Phones". The phones CAN run sip but I know that Polycom's use their own UC firmware for S4B. As for just your off-the-shelf SIP phone that I do not know, I've only had experience with the Polycom VVX ones.
I know that there is a Lync protocol that can be used, some vendors sell specifically non-SIP phones for this. I don't think that Skype for Business can use SIP, that's why we've never used it. If it can do that, we've been missing that for a long time.
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@jt1001001 said in Skype for Business Server 2015 with Elastix PBX ?:
Skype for Business does support a limited number of SIP phones. We are using Polycom VVX310's with our installation, utilizing Polycom's "Bring Together Over Ethernet" (BToE) solution to have the S4B software client and the phone "sync" for things like status changes. I was not directly involved in the implementation other than installing an FTP server on our Front End server to serve the provisioning files for the Polycom's
Here is a .PDF on installing BToE
http://support.polycom.com/global/documents/support/technical/products/voice/Using_Polycom__UC_Software_BToE.pdf.
I do believe you need to procure a license form Polycom for each Polycom phone used by Skype for Business, but do not quote me on that I am unsure if the Skype for Business CAL handles the license requirement or not.There's a licensing fee on the phone side? Mitel only charges a fee when connecting the phone to a PBX - if Mitel phones connected to SIP PBXs easier, I'd use one of those phones to connect to FreePBX.
*edit for clarity - Mitel only charges for devices connecting to the PBX. If you buy a Mitel phone and connect it to some other vendors PBX, there is no Mitel license fee. -
@Dashrender There is some licensing requirement but I don't remember if it is the Microsoft CAL or if a separate license is required by Polycom for the phone itself. If I get a chance today I'll look it up.
