Cisco Cisco MeetingTime Quick Setup Guide
Enabling Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Scheduling from Microsoft Outlook
How to Enable Scheduling From Microsoft Outlook
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The first time a user tries to schedule a Cisco Unified MeetingPlace meeting from Microsoft
Outlook, the user is prompted to sign in to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.
Outlook, the user is prompted to sign in to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.
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If cookies are enabled on the browser, then the user can select the Remember Me option. The stored
cookies are then used for future authentication, so the user does not need to sign in each time the
user selects the MeetingPlace tab.
cookies are then used for future authentication, so the user does not need to sign in each time the
user selects the MeetingPlace tab.
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If the
expires, the user is prompted to sign in to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace and
change the password. The user can again select the Remember Me option.
Related Topics
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Single Sign-On
If you choose a Single Sign-On default user authentication method, users are not prompted to sign in to
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace from Microsoft Outlook after successfully signing in to Microsoft
Exchange or to the Windows Active Directory domain.
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace from Microsoft Outlook after successfully signing in to Microsoft
Exchange or to the Windows Active Directory domain.
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Delegates are not supported when you enable Single Sign-On (SSO) based on Windows Active
Directory credentials.
Directory credentials.
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Cisco Unified MeetingPlace for Microsoft Outlook Release 7.1 does not support SSO using
Windows Active Directory with Microsoft Outlook 2003. If you attempt to choose SSO using
Windows Active Directory, the system will default to the Remember Me authentication method
instead. Release 7.1 does support SSO using Microsoft Exchange with Microsoft Outlook 2003.
Windows Active Directory with Microsoft Outlook 2003. If you attempt to choose SSO using
Windows Active Directory, the system will default to the Remember Me authentication method
instead. Release 7.1 does support SSO using Microsoft Exchange with Microsoft Outlook 2003.
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The Cisco Unified MeetingPlace database contains lower-case versions of user IDs. Make sure that
any user IDs you enter or retrieve from Windows Active Directory or Microsoft Exchange are in
lower-case before comparing them with user IDs in the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace database.
any user IDs you enter or retrieve from Windows Active Directory or Microsoft Exchange are in
lower-case before comparing them with user IDs in the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace database.
Requirements for Single Sign-On Authentication:
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If authenticating through Microsoft Exchange, the user must be able to successfully sign in to
Microsoft Exchange when the Microsoft Outlook client launches.
Microsoft Exchange when the Microsoft Outlook client launches.
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The Microsoft Exchange User ID must match a
in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.
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In a workgroup environment, the domain portion of the user email address (that is, the part after @)
must match a configured
must match a configured
in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.
For example, from the email address userA@example.com, you would configure “example.com” as
a domain in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.
a domain in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.
In a domain environment, the following requirements apply:
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If authenticating through Windows Active Directory, the user must be able to successfully sign in
to the Windows Active Directory domain when he signs in to his computer.
to the Windows Active Directory domain when he signs in to his computer.
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The domain of the client machine must match a configured
in
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.
Note that the client machine domain may differ from the user domain. For example, a user PC may
be in domainA.example.com, while the user account is domainB\username. You would configure
“domainA” in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.
be in domainA.example.com, while the user account is domainB\username. You would configure
“domainA” in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.
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Each Cisco Unified MeetingPlace user must have a unique username in Microsoft Outlook and
Microsoft Exchange that is the same across the entire organization in Active Directory.
Microsoft Exchange that is the same across the entire organization in Active Directory.