LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints the Chief Executive Officer,
Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, and Stock Administrator
of ShoreTel, Inc., and persons with equivalent titles performing
similar functions, as the undersigned?s true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and
in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5
 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of
ShoreTel, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the ?Company?), with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities
exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time
(the ?Exchange Act?);

(2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned?s representative and on the
undersigned?s behalf, information on transactions in the Company?s
securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit
plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes
any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and
 approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

(3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to
such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be
in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such
attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any
liability for the undersigned?s responsibility to comply with the requirement
of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure
to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of
the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
Act; and

(4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned?s obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about
the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact
of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.  This Power of Attorney shall
remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of the date set forth below.



By:  /s/ Allen Seto
Name: Allen Seto

Date: 04/05/2013