Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Release Notes
New features and functionality in version 13.0
Cisco TelePresence Management Suite Release notes
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New features and functionality in version 13.0
Errata
Booking emails from TCX
This was a new feature in TMS v12.6 that unfortunately was left out in the release note. It has now
been added in
been added in
When booking through Outlook, the booking confirmation emails sent by TCX will now use the same
email templates from Cisco TMS that are used when booking via Cisco TMS directly.
email templates from Cisco TMS that are used when booking via Cisco TMS directly.
General
Searching in Cisco TMS
Cisco TMS has improved the search facility. Each term, separated by spaces, is now searched for
separately giving better search results. The search results are sorted so the best matches will be at
the top of the list.
separately giving better search results. The search results are sorted so the best matches will be at
the top of the list.
Booking
Pre-defined audio and video mute
When booking and editing a scheduled conference with an MCU, it is now possible for any specific
participant to predefine for a specific participant to have their audio, video, or both muted automatically
on connection (currently available when using Cisco TelePresence MCU 4200 and 4500 series MCU).
participant to predefine for a specific participant to have their audio, video, or both muted automatically
on connection (currently available when using Cisco TelePresence MCU 4200 and 4500 series MCU).
VC Master Method added to APITMS’s 3
rd
party booking API
A new method has been added to the Cisco TMS Booking API to allow the VC Master role for a
conference to be defined. For implementation details, please see the
conference to be defined. For implementation details, please see the
Monitoring
Improved Ad hoc Conference support
Previous versions of Cisco TMS allowed conferences discovered by Cisco TMS, but not initiated by
Cisco TMS, to be displayed in Monitoring > Conference Control Center (CCC). These ad hoc
conferences would be displayed, but an operator would have limited controls for that conference. This
functionality has now been improved to give operators the same control over ad hoc conferences as
they had previously with scheduled conferences such as muting the microphone and the ability drag &
drop participants between conferences. Show Ad Hoc must be checked in the left hand pane of the
Conference control window in order to view Ad Hoc conferences. When using a Cisco TelePresence
MCU, the new Ad hoc conference discovery also enables:
Cisco TMS, to be displayed in Monitoring > Conference Control Center (CCC). These ad hoc
conferences would be displayed, but an operator would have limited controls for that conference. This
functionality has now been improved to give operators the same control over ad hoc conferences as
they had previously with scheduled conferences such as muting the microphone and the ability drag &
drop participants between conferences. Show Ad Hoc must be checked in the left hand pane of the
Conference control window in order to view Ad Hoc conferences. When using a Cisco TelePresence
MCU, the new Ad hoc conference discovery also enables:
Viewing Conferences that are active on the MCU, but have no participants, including Permanent
Conferences.
Conferences.
Viewing active instances of an Auto Attendant of the MCU.
Viewing Conferences initiated through the Auto Attendant of the MCU.
Active conferences that have been created, but do not have participants currently.
The picture below shows the view in an Ad Hoc conference , where the user has right clicked on a
participant, they see the control options for that participant as a drop down menu and they are also
viewed as buttons at the bottom of the page.
participant, they see the control options for that participant as a drop down menu and they are also
viewed as buttons at the bottom of the page.