{"id":49643,"date":"2012-07-09T21:26:47","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T01:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/?p=49643"},"modified":"2018-11-01T10:21:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T14:21:03","slug":"voip-supply-road-trip-2012-microsoft-worldwide-partner-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/voip-supply-road-trip-2012-microsoft-worldwide-partner-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"VoIP Supply Road Trip &#8211; 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-49803\" style=\"border: 2px solid orange; margin: 10px;\" title=\"Lync Headsets at 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference\" src=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2012\/07\/Lync-Headsets_2012-Microsoft-WPC-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"Lync Headsets at 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2012\/07\/Lync-Headsets_2012-Microsoft-WPC-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2012\/07\/Lync-Headsets_2012-Microsoft-WPC-1024x872.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>For the next couple days Toronto Canada is going to be the center of the Microsoft world as it hosts the <a title=\"2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mspartner\">2012<\/a><a title=\"2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mspartner\"> Microsoft\u00a0Worldwide Partner Conference<\/a>;\u00a0four days of all things Microsoft in the shadow of the CN Tower and the Hockey Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>VoIP Supply will be spending all four days in the Sangoma booth (#256) to help promote the Sangoma Lync Express all-in-one appliance and walking the expo floor to see what\u2019s new in the Microsoft and Microsoft Lync world.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than trying to copy the <a title=\"Louvre scene from Bande \u00e0 Part\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bande_%C3%A0_part_(film)#Famous_scenes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louvre scene from Bande \u00e0 Part<\/a> and running through the conference, I thought I would slow down and take it piece by piece.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Day 1, I took a look at the <a title=\"Lync headsets\" href=\"\/headsets\/lync\">Lync headsets<\/a> manufacturers booths.<\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"Sennheiser\" href=\"\/manufacturer\/sennheiser\">Sennheiser<\/a> (Booth #551)<\/h3>\n<p>Sennheiser started WPC with a press release announcing two new USB headsets for Lync, the Sennheiser SC 30 USB ML and the Sennheiser SC 60 USB ML.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the headsets has been optimized for Lync and includes inline controls. These two new headsets expand on the family of wired and wireless headsets from Sennheiser.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-49793\" style=\"border: 2px solid orange; margin: 10px;\" title=\"Jabra UC 750 at 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference\" src=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2012\/07\/Jabra-UC-750_2012-Microsoft-WPC-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Jabra UC 750 at 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"Jabra\" href=\"\/manufacturer\/jabra\">Jabra<\/a> (Booth #1437)<\/h3>\n<p>The two key products for Jabra at WPC are the long awaited\u00a0<a title=\"Jabra UC 750\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jabra.com\/Products\/Wired_Headsets\/Jabra_UC_VOICE__750_Series\">Jabra UC 750<\/a> and the Jabra Supreme UC. The Jabra UC 750 is the newest and highest end of their UC USB headsets.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a title=\"Jabra Supreme UC\" href=\"\/jabra-supreme-uc-ms\">Jabra Supreme UC<\/a> is a Bluetooth headset that is targeted at the mobile work with the ability to be paired with a cell phone and a laptop using the included USB dongle.<\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"Plantronics\" href=\"\/manufacturer\/plantronics\">Plantronics<\/a> (Booth #344)<\/h3>\n<p>One of the most visual and quite possibly popular swag items that have been handed out by any of the exhibitors has been the Plantronics fedoras.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the fedoras Plantronics had on display their selection of wired and wireless Lync headsets.<\/p>\n<p>Unrelated to headsets but one of my favorite sites from day one at WPC was the Tim Hortons cart in the Canadian regional lounge.<\/p>\n<h3>Next Up for Day 2<\/h3>\n<p>On Day 2 I&#8217;ll be scoping out Lync Phones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the next couple days Toronto Canada is going to be the center of the Microsoft world as it hosts the 2012 Microsoft\u00a0Worldwide Partner Conference;\u00a0four days of all things Microsoft in the shadow of the CN Tower and the Hockey Hall of Fame. 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