Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Maintenance Manual
Adding Active Directory groups
Instead of creating your own Cisco TMS groups you can add existing groups from Active Directory. To use
Active Directory groups you need to enable Allow AD groups under
Active Directory groups you need to enable Allow AD groups under
Active Directory
settings in the
Update Groups From AD buttons on the
Groups
page. If this setting is not set to Yes, the buttons will not
be displayed.
To add a group from Active Directory:
1. Click Import from AD.
2. Type the name (or parts of the name) of the group.
3. Click Search.
4. Select the check box next to the group you want to add.
5. Click Import selected.
6. The added AD group(s) will be shown as selected after they have been added to Cisco TMS Groups.
Note that:
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When you add an Active Directory group to Cisco TMS it will initially have no members. The membership in
these groups are updated when the user logs on, when you click the
these groups are updated when the user logs on, when you click the
Update From AD
or
Update Users
From AD
buttons in the
Users
pages and when you click the
Update Groups From AD
button on the
group page (note that the
Update Groups From AD
updates Active Directory users/group membership for
all users in Cisco TMS).
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Only users registered in Cisco TMS will show up as members of the Active Directory groups. The Active
Directory groups may have members that have never used Cisco TMS and will be ignored until they are
registered in Cisco TMS.
Directory groups may have members that have never used Cisco TMS and will be ignored until they are
registered in Cisco TMS.
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You cannot add or remove users from the Active Directory groups. The memberships of Active Directory
groups are controlled by other means in your organization.
groups are controlled by other means in your organization.
Users
In Cisco TMS:
Administrative Tools > User Administration > Users
On the
Users
page you can manage contact information, user preferences and permission levels, that is,
which group the user belongs to.
Adding a new user
If you need to add new users:
1. Click New.
2. Enter user contact information.
3. Click Save when all the requested information has been provided.
Deleting a user
1. Select the check box next to the user
2. Click the Delete button.
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Administrative Tools
User Administration