Microsoft Certified and Community Committed

Welcome to the Microsoft Teams Center of Excellence. 

Ribbon is a Gold-certified Microsoft Partner across four areas of expertise with over two decades of experience. In this partnership with Microsoft, Ribbon contributes to the Teams Certified Partner community by providing UC solutions across the globe.
 
As part of this commitment, Ribbon and Westcon welcome you to this site where you will have access to all of the tools, resources and information you need to support your customers for Teams deployment. 

Why Ribbon and Westcon? 

 

Ribbon and Westcon are both Microsoft Gold Partners, which gives access to extensive resources you can benefit from. Partners can get the solutions and licenses from one source, including Microsoft Teams licenses and Azure consumption.

 

Prior to general availability, Ribbon's solutions are tested anytime Microsoft updates their software with official support from Microsoft. Ribbon boasts the largest portfolio of certified solutions for use with Direct Routing for Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business.  

Ribbon's SBC SWE Lite Now Available in Azure

The Ribbon Session Border Controller, Software Edition Lite (SBC SWe Lite) is the smart solution to secure and connect your Unified Communications (UC): 

  • Microsoft Certified
  • Intuitive user interface and Quick Launch Wizard.
  • Now available in Azure
  • Free for 30 days
  • Spin up in less than 5 Minutes
  • No hardware to install
  • Select any Service Provider
  • Full media services

Free for 30 days!

Watch the video below to learn how you can install this quickly using the Ribbon Quick Launch Wizard in just a few easy steps!

Ribbon has you covered!

And Beyond..

Using EdgeMarc and EdgeView, you can layer on additional services that will enable you to improve your customer satisfaction, protect their network, streamline their traffic and provide business continuity across all of their locations. Not only are these services designed to provide an optimal experience for your customers, but also provide you the ability to augment your portfolio with a wide variety of new revenue-generating services. Ribbon provides you with the tools to keep your Microsoft Teams customers happy. You can provide Direct Routing services from any carrier and shorten time to value with zero touch provisioning. Ensure quality of service with tested configurations, remote monitoring and management. Avoid issues and provide additional resilience with SD WAN capabilities. Ribbon’s Intelligent Edge solutions help ensure that your Microsoft Teams deployments are a success the first time, every time, and that the user experience is high from the outset.

 

From the Edge to the Cloud

Ribbon has the largest portfolio of Microsoft-certified session border controllers (SBCs) and has decades of experience securing and routing voice communications in some of the world's largest carriers.  We have an SBC to fit every situation. 
Ribbon's portfolio offers a full spectrum of capabilities from the edge of your customers network to the cloud. Microsoft Certified Partners can leverage Ribbon's enterprise and cloud-based SBCs in order to:

 

  • Turn up or migrate customer quickly
  • Connect customers to the outside world quickly and efficiently
  • Consolidate calling plans
  • Connect various communications systems (TDM or SIP) 
  • Ensure deployments are secure across the enterprise network
     

Ribbon EdgeMarc Intelligent Edge Devices enable Partners to layer on services designed to improve process, mitigate risk and provide operational efficiencies with: 

  • Zero Touch Provisioning to simplify deployments
  • Connect and manage branch offices
  • Remote configuration to eliminate on-site visits
  • Built in redundancy and service assurance

Ribbon's EdgeView Service Control Center provides a cloud-based lens into your customer's network with the ability to remotely manage and monitor devices across their network. EdgeView provides opportunity to:

  • Increase customer satisfaction
  • Offer Service Assurance
  • Provide Service Level Agreements
  • Mitigate risk
  • Improve  operational efficiencies
  • Include Managed Services as part of your offering
Ribbon wants to help you deliver cutting edge Microsoft Teams solutions to your customers. We will keep you up to date on all of the hottest topics relating to the Ribbon Teams Enablement portfolio.  Check out the topics below to keep up-to-date on how Ribbon can empower you to deliver solutions quickly and efficiently. All while making your job easier ! 
Direct Routing
Need to connect your Customer's to the outside world? All you need is one of Ribbon's Microsoft Certified SBCs.

 

Microsoft Azure
Did you know? Ribbon  software based SBC is in the Azure Cloud.  You can spin up a SWeLite SBC in Azure for teams in less than 5 minutes. And it's available for 30-days free.
Why Cloud?
In case you haven't heard.. It's all about the cloud! 
Your Cloud, Our Cloud, 
Any Cloud...

 

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Ribbon = Peace of Mind

In today’s multi-vendor networks, security and interoperability provides assurance that different networks (and different network elements from a variety of vendors) can securely communicate effectively with one another. Our solutions are designed and tested to provide the most robust SIP security and interoperability with legacy communications equipment, SIP providers as well as application providers and international standards, to name only a few. With the industry’s broadest portfolio of Microsoft Teams certified solutions, Ribbon gives our Partners more choices to communicate more securely, more efficiently and more intelligently.

Rapid Deployment across Any Network

Whether you need a little help or a lot, onsite support or remote assistance, count on Ribbon Global Services to be there for your business. We offer flexible Implementation Services to help our partners get more from their deployments in less time, including:
  • Implementation Services, featuring planning, configuration and testing; and
  • Supplemental Services, including design consulting, technical support and project management.    

SIP Runs Better on Ribbon

Ribbon builds real-time communications solutions for the real world. Since introducing the first carrier-class VoIP switch in 1997, we’ve helped the world’s leading communications providers and enterprises move the conversation forward from analog voice to SIP-based multimedia. Today, Ribbon session border controllers and SIP session management/policy solutions are driving the next generation of change toward Unified Communications, Cloud services and beyond.

 

 

Leverage Ribbon's expertise on your next project. Ribbon can help you plan, design, implement and manage your next deployment.  We are only a click away!

Interested in learning how you can leverage Ribbon solutions and expertise on your next Microsoft Teams project? Submit the form below and a Partner  Account Manager will be in touch shortly. 

Already a Ribbon Partner? Be sure to check out our Partner Portal to access all the tools and resources that you will need to make your next implementation successful.