Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Installation Guide
Deploying Collaboration Meeting Rooms
What are Collaboration Meeting Rooms?
Collaboration Meeting Rooms (CMRs) are reserved virtual spaces that have a set video address. Users can
call in to that address at any time to start a meeting.
call in to that address at any time to start a meeting.
Collaboration Meeting Rooms provide an easy way to connect using telepresence without knowing where
other participants are located; everyone dials into the same virtual room from their laptop, telepresence room,
desktop endpoint, or their phone.
other participants are located; everyone dials into the same virtual room from their laptop, telepresence room,
desktop endpoint, or their phone.
Room size and quality
As with other meeting rooms, Collaboration Meeting Rooms can vary in capacity and available resources.
As an administrator, you will be able to determine:
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the maximum number of participants available for the rooms
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the video quality users can expect for their rooms
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how long meetings in rooms may last
PIN protection
Access to rooms can be restricted by the use of a PIN code. The administrator determines whether a PIN is
required and the minimum number of digits.
required and the minimum number of digits.
Note that changing the PIN requirements for CMRs will cause confusion for users and as administrator you
can send an email to prompt the users about the change.
can send an email to prompt the users about the change.
How Collaboration Meeting Rooms are created
Creating Collaboration Meeting Rooms requires a deployment of TelePresence Conductor with Unified CM
or Cisco VCS, configured with one or more bridge pools and Service Preferences.
or Cisco VCS, configured with one or more bridge pools and Service Preferences.
The administrator sets up a user base and configures entitlement for one or more groups of users in Cisco
TMSPE that will be allowed to have Collaboration Meeting Room. The address pattern and available
parameters for each user's CMR are determined by a CMR template, which is linked to a Service Preference
on TelePresence Conductor. The administrator sets up the CMR templates and applies them per group in
Cisco TMSPE.
TMSPE that will be allowed to have Collaboration Meeting Room. The address pattern and available
parameters for each user's CMR are determined by a CMR template, which is linked to a Service Preference
on TelePresence Conductor. The administrator sets up the CMR templates and applies them per group in
Cisco TMSPE.
When initiated by a user, Cisco TMSPE creates a CMR on TelePresence Conductor based on the template
for the user's group and reserves an alphanumeric and/or numeric video address for each user's CMR.
for the user's group and reserves an alphanumeric and/or numeric video address for each user's CMR.
The CMR is permanently available and can be accessed at any time.
Differences from TelePresence Conductor-created conferences
A CMR is a conference on TelePresence Conductor that has been created by Cisco TMSPE.
A CMR template in Cisco TMSPE corresponds to a conference template and a conference alias on
TelePresence Conductor.
TelePresence Conductor.
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