Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Maintenance Manual
User permissions
Cisco TMS Administration Guide
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To add a new group,
1. Click New.
2. Fill in the name of the group.
3. Fill in a description for this new group.
Cisco TMS supports using Active Directory groups where the group memberships for users are
managed through Active Directory (AD)
managed through Active Directory (AD)
To enable AD groups:
1. Go to Administrative Tools > Configuration > Network Settings > Active Directory,
2. Configure the AD lookup information with a Domain user.
3. AD groups can then be imported to Cisco TMS and given permissions as a normal Cisco TMS
group.
Cisco TMS will do a lookup towards AD during login for every user to see which AD groups they
belong to, and give them the respective permissions in Cisco TMS.
belong to, and give them the respective permissions in Cisco TMS.
1. Continue with selecting which users should be part of the group if it is not an AD group.
2. Click Save.
To set the permissions for a group, click Set Permissions. A page with multiple check boxes will load.
1. Select check boxes according to your specifications.
2. Click Save.
Access to different parts of Cisco TMS
When setting up permissions for user group access to different parts of Cisco TMS, the following
choices are available:
choices are available:
Portal
Booking
Monitoring
Systems
Phone Books
Reporting and Administrative Tools
A detailed list of the permissions can be found in the Cisco TMS help system Administrative Tools
section, User Administration > Groups > Setting permissions for groups.
section, User Administration > Groups > Setting permissions for groups.
Users
A list of all the registered users is displayed. From here, new users can be created and existing users
can be edited or deleted. Selecting New or Edit/View will open a profile window for that user where
you can add or edit parameters related to that user. The parameters here are more or less self-
explanatory.
can be edited or deleted. Selecting New or Edit/View will open a profile window for that user where
you can add or edit parameters related to that user. The parameters here are more or less self-
explanatory.
Note: The user’s NT login name is important, as this is used for authentication.
When done editing, click Save to store the user’s data.
Note: Users must be members of the Windows Network to be users of Cisco TMS. You cannot delete
your own user representation nor edit your own Windows username while logged on.
your own user representation nor edit your own Windows username while logged on.