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New in this release
This chapter describes what is new in this release of Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service.
- Rebranding to IM and Presence
- Version alignment
- Centralized profile configuration and data migration
- Licensing simplification
- Deprecated features
Version alignment
Release 9.0(1) provides a tighter integration between IM and Presence and Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM). From Release 9.0(1) onwards, IM and Presence and Unified CM software versions must match. For two software versions to match, they must have the same major and minor release number. Major and minor release numbers are defined as follows:
9.x.y
where 9 = major release number, x = minor release number and y = maintenance release number.
For example, IM and Presence Release 9.0.2.10000-1 is compatible with Unified CM Release 9.0.12.30000-3, but it is not compatible with Unified CM Release 9.1.1.10000-5. Similarly, Unified CM Release 8.6.2.10000-6 is not compatible with IM and Presence Release 9.0.1.10000-1.
For fresh installations, Unified CM 9.0(1) must be installed before IM and Presence 9.0(1) is installed. For upgrades, Unified CM must be upgraded to Release 9.0(1) before IM and Presence is upgraded. Upgrades must be performed within the same maintenance window.
Centralized profile configuration and data migration
From Release 9.0(1), the user UC service profile information for LDAP, Voicemail, Conferencing, Mailstore, CTI Gateway and Audio that was configured from the menu in Cisco Unified Presence Administration is now configurable on Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) from the menus. Therefore, when you upgrade from Cisco Unified Presence Release 8.x to IM and Presence Release 9.x, all user profile information is migrated to Unified CM. For more information about user migration, see the Upgrade Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
Licensing simplification
The IM and Presence Service does not require a server license or software version license. IM and Presence is enabled on a per user basis, regardless of the number of clients you associate with each user. Release 9.0(1) supports a centralized user-based licensing system on Unified CM, whereby IM and presence capabilities are included within both User Connect Licensing (UCL) and Cisco Unified Workspace Licensing (CUWL). For more information about license requirements, see the "IM and Presence license requirements" section of this document.
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