Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server Maintenance Manual
Cisco MeetingServer 5.1 System Manager’s Guide
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Cisco Systems
March 2003
As a rule, we recommend setting up profiles for your entire user community.
Providing Profiles for Targeted Meeting Schedulers
To get started, you can choose to minimize the number of profiles that you
maintain on your system. At the most basic level, you need only establish
profiles for people who schedule conferences and create reservationless
meetings. These people might be departmental administrators, company
operators, or specific “power users” within your organization.
maintain on your system. At the most basic level, you need only establish
profiles for people who schedule conferences and create reservationless
meetings. These people might be departmental administrators, company
operators, or specific “power users” within your organization.
Using this strategy, anyone can attend the conference as a guest user if the
meeting scheduler allows guest participation. The intent of providing guest
access to meetings is to enable vendors, customers, and other partners to
participate in conferences. However, you can choose to have your users who
do not need to schedule their own conferences attend all meetings as guests.
meeting scheduler allows guest participation. The intent of providing guest
access to meetings is to enable vendors, customers, and other partners to
participate in conferences. However, you can choose to have your users who
do not need to schedule their own conferences attend all meetings as guests.
While this approach requires the least up-front planning, users without
profiles are unable to use all MeetingPlace features.
profiles are unable to use all MeetingPlace features.
Providing Profiles On Request
You can choose to provide profiles for only users who request them. This
strategy may be similar to the process you already have in place for
requesting other types of information systems or telecommunications
resources.
strategy may be similar to the process you already have in place for
requesting other types of information systems or telecommunications
resources.
If you plan to provide profiles on request, you should define the process for
creating these profiles on a regular basis. You may decide to assign help desk
staff with the task of creating new profiles to allow you, the system manager,
with time for other responsibilities.
creating these profiles on a regular basis. You may decide to assign help desk
staff with the task of creating new profiles to allow you, the system manager,
with time for other responsibilities.
Importing Profiles for All Users
MeetingPlace provides automated tools for synchronizing its internal list of
profile users with other user lists in your company, such as e-mail
directories, voice mail directories, or human resources databases. While
creating a process for importing the initial database and keeping it up to date
requires up-front planning, this approach enables you to save time on an
ongoing basis. Rather than worrying about accepting ad hoc requests, you
can manage the process on a proactive basis.
profile users with other user lists in your company, such as e-mail
directories, voice mail directories, or human resources databases. While
creating a process for importing the initial database and keeping it up to date
requires up-front planning, this approach enables you to save time on an
ongoing basis. Rather than worrying about accepting ad hoc requests, you
can manage the process on a proactive basis.
Alternatively, MeetingPlace Directory Services automatically synchronizes
information in your corporate directory server with information in your
MeetingPlace server. For more information on this software option, see page
45.
information in your corporate directory server with information in your
MeetingPlace server. For more information on this software option, see page
45.
WARNING: To ensure that the import process does not fail
because of missing information, be sure to define your user
groups before importing profiles.
because of missing information, be sure to define your user
groups before importing profiles.