Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Installation Guide
Getting started with Cisco TMS
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A user's groups can also be edited by editing the User under
Administrative Tools > User
Administration > Users
.
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Assigning the user to a group automatically when the user's profile is created. Set a group as ‘Default
Group' to have it automatically added to any new user. Note that on first install, the Site Administrators
group is marked as a Default Group. This means any person who logs into Cisco TMS will have a user
profile created, and will automatically be added to the Site Administrators group giving them full rights to
Cisco TMS. This is how you became an administrator automatically when first logging into Cisco TMS.
Group' to have it automatically added to any new user. Note that on first install, the Site Administrators
group is marked as a Default Group. This means any person who logs into Cisco TMS will have a user
profile created, and will automatically be added to the Site Administrators group giving them full rights to
Cisco TMS. This is how you became an administrator automatically when first logging into Cisco TMS.
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Active Directory Groups. Cisco TMS lets you import existing groups from Active Directory. Active
Directory group memberships are automatically updated in Cisco TMS groups when the user logs in.
Directory group memberships are automatically updated in Cisco TMS groups when the user logs in.
System permissions
Permissions in Cisco TMS are a combination of feature permissions and system permissions:
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User Groups have permissions to control which portions/features of Cisco TMS a user has access to.
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System Permissions are used to control what a user can do to a particular system. Later, when you get to
adding/editing systems, you can alter the permissions for individual systems.
adding/editing systems, you can alter the permissions for individual systems.
Default permissions are given to a system when first added to Cisco TMS. This is controlled in
Administrative Tools > User Administration > Default System Permissions
, where you can set which
permissions each group gets on newly added systems.
Reviewing and setting defaults
Most settings in Cisco TMS are configured automatically or have suitable default values for most
organizations.
organizations.
Below are important settings you should review and configure as part of your initial setup to ensure they meet
your needs and to ease the configuration of other Cisco TMS features.
your needs and to ease the configuration of other Cisco TMS features.
For detail on each setting, refer to the Cisco TMS help system.
General settings
Open
Administrative Tools > Configuration > General Settings
. Important settings that should be
reviewed at this time are listed below:
Setting
Description
System
Contact/Email
Contact/Email
When filled in, these display a Contact link on the bottom of all Cisco TMS pages so users can
easily contact you for help or questions.
easily contact you for help or questions.
Enable
Auditing
Auditing
This setting enables Audit logging where Cisco TMS keeps detailed logs of all changes to
systems, users, and other key elements of Cisco TMS. The Audit Log is accessible in the
Administrative Tools Menu. This is disabled by default, but security conscious installs may want
to enable it from the start. This feature will cause the Cisco TMS database to grow significantly
faster.
systems, users, and other key elements of Cisco TMS. The Audit Log is accessible in the
Administrative Tools Menu. This is disabled by default, but security conscious installs may want
to enable it from the start. This feature will cause the Cisco TMS database to grow significantly
faster.
Release
Key/Option
Keys
Key/Option
Keys
If you did not enter your release key and option key during install. You can enter them here. If
attempting to upgrade from a trial version or adding new options, this is where license
information is entered.
attempting to upgrade from a trial version or adding new options, this is where license
information is entered.