Unified Communications and Software Defined Networks (UC SDN) Todd Haugen, GM of MSFT Wi-FI Microsoft

2. Applications Used Every Day
Unified communications platform
Unified Communications (UC)
Enterprise-ready

3. Poor visibility
Complex QoS
BYOD shortcomings
>60% Poor Calls

5. Northbound API
Southbound API

6. SDN Controller
Northbound API
Southbound API
Southbound APIs
Northbound APIs
Data Center
WI-Fi
Campus
WAN
LTE
Cisco Jabber
Microsoft
Lync
Apple
Facetime
Microsoft
Skype
Google
Hangouts
Office
365
You
Tube

7. UC
Server/Service
Network
Device
UC Client
App
SDN
Controller
Statistics and Telemetry data
Automated QoS
Automated Root-Cause Analysis
Automated Traffic Engineering
Orchestration of Network Security
Location
Influence Codec and Bit-rate
Influence Media Path
Influence Call Admission Control
Automated Root Cause Analysis
Influence Codec and Bit-rate
Influence Media Path
Automated Root Cause Analysis
Lync UC SDN Design Philosophy
UC Session and Quality of Session
Universal Communication

9. UC / Application Admin
Time in Weeks
Ongoing Monitoring & Troubleshooting
Identify traffic classes
Configure UDP ACLs on Access Switches
Inventory WAN circuit sizing
What Codecs?
Remark DSCP for untrusted applications?
Lock down UDP ports ranges used for voice/video
Identify sites
Define Erlang traffic models
Provision CAC across sites
Review SLAs
Ok, ready to start rolling out
Enable DSCP
…on all endpoints
…
Deploy across Campus & Branch Sites
Network Admin

10. UC SDN
North Bound Interface
SDN
South Bound Interface
Cloud

11. UC SDN Value = Service Quality
•Address increasing complexity
•Realize operational efficiencies in Cloud-based UCaaS
•Improve agility for network operations, management and configuration
View
Control
Operate
Automate

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