Which Avaya product can act as an Announcement/Music-on-Hold repository?

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Options

• AAvaya Session Border Controller for Enterprise (ASBCE)
• BAvaya Aura Device Services (AADS)
• CAvaya Aura Media Server (AAMS)
• DAvaya Aura Communication Manager

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  8% (3)
• C
  88% (35)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Avaya Aura Media Server (AAMS) is a dedicated media processing platform designed to host and serve audio content, making it the natural fit for storing and playing Announcements and Music-on-Hold (MoH) - core media repository functions.

• A (ASBCE) is wrong because the Session Border Controller handles SIP security, NAT traversal, and call admission at network edges - not media storage or playback.
• B (AADS) is wrong because Device Services manages endpoint provisioning and configuration for Aura devices, not audio content.
• D (Communication Manager) is wrong because while CM orchestrates call routing and telephony features, it offloads media rendering to dedicated servers like AAMS rather than acting as a repository itself.

Memory tip: Think of AAMS as the "audio warehouse" - the word Media in its name is your cue that it handles media content (announcements, MoH), not network borders or device management.

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