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About the CX5500 Unified Conference
Station for Microsoft Lync
You can use the Polycom CX5500 Unified Conference Station to make the following types of calls:
● Audio-only conference calls with Open SIP voice platforms or in a Lync Server environment.
● Audio and video calls made using Microsoft
®
Lync
™
. When your CX5500 system is connected to a
computer running Lync client, the system provides a 360-degree view of the conference room and
automatically identifies the active speaker.
Note that this administrator’s guide focuses on configuring the telephony features available on the
CX5500 system when used as an audio-only conference phone. For information on configuring settings
available on the CX5500 system when connected to a computer and used as a audio and video
conference phone, see the section Use the CX5100/5500 Control Panel.