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Cisco Unity Connection

Cisco Messaging Products: Feature Comparison

Table 1. Version 3.0 Updated July 2, 2008

                                                                       

Cisco Unity Express 3.2

Cisco Unity Connection 2.1

Cisco Unity 7.0

Target Customers

Branch Office
SMB Commercial
Distributed Enterprise

SMB
Commercial
Enterprise

Enterprise
Commercial

Platform

Router

Server

Server

Maximum capacity (Ports/Sessions)

24

72

200 per server (multiple servers supported)

Maximum capacity (Mailboxes)

250

7500 per server

15,000 per server (multiple servers supported)

Intuitive Telephone User Interface

Play and process messages (repeat, reply, forward, delete, save, mark as new, hear day or time stamp, skip to next message)

X

X

X

Reverse, pause, or fast forward message

X

X

X

Control volume, speed during playback

 

X

X

Pause or resume during message recording

 

X

X

Address message to multiple recipients

X

X

X

Remove introductions to forwarded messages

   

X

Search for messages by name, caller ID, phone number, extension

 

X

X

Regular, urgent, and private messages

X

X

X
VM, UM-E

Secure (encrypted) messages

 

X

X

Future delivery

X

 

X

Return receipt

X

X

X

Live record

X

X

X

Live reply

X (Internal and external callers)

X

X (Internal and external callers)

Address message by extension or spell-by-name

X

X

X

Message delivery to non-subscribers or subscribers at non-office telephone numbers

X

X

X

Emulation of legacy TUIs

 

X

X

Forward fax to any fax machine

X

X

X

Desktop Message Access*

Single inbox and message store

   

X
UM-E, UM-D

Play, save and delete voice mail

X
IMAP

X
IMAP, Inbox

X
UM, IMAP, IMAP-O, Inbox

Reply, forward, record voice mail

 

X
Inbox

X
UM, IMAP-O, Inbox

Message Waiting Indicator synchronization

X
IMAP

X
IMAP, Inbox

X
UM, IMAP, IMAP-O, Inbox

Embedded VCR-style interface to play, pause, rewind, fast forward

 

X
Inbox

X
UM, IMAP-O, Inbox

Generic media player to play, pause, rewind, fast forward

 

X

X

Easily respond to voice mail with email

   

X
UM

Apply inbox assistant rules to voice and fax mail

   

X

End User Features

Personal web administration via Cisco Personal Communications Assistant

 

X

X

Full or brief TUI menus

X

X

X

Change prompt and message playback speed

 

X

X

Address/record or Record/address message

 

X

X

Record multiple personal greetings

X
2 greetings

X
5 greetings

X
5 greetings

Alternate (Out-of-Office) greeting

X

X

X

Alternate greeting - expiration date/time, notify users, play full greeting for callers, forward to greeting without ringing phone

 

X

X

Message notification - SMTP text, pager, phone destinations, SMS

X

X

X

Cascade message notifications

X

X

X

Announce/Don't announce message counts (total, saved, new)

X

X

X

Announce/don't announce transferred call

 

X

X

Send callers to call, directory, or interview handlers

X

X

X

Select order of message receipt (LIFO/FIFO, type) via GUI

X
via VoiceView Express

X

X

RIM Blackberry support

   

X

Pocket PC support

   

X

Pam Treo support

   

X

Message monitor (live call screening)

   

X

Cisco Unified Personal Communicator Support

 

X

X

Interrupted Session Recovery

   

X

Alternate extensions

X

X

X

Private distribution lists

X

X

X

Include non-subscribers in distribution lists

X

   

PIN-less login to voice mailbox

X

 

X (via trusted alternate extension)

Call Transfer Features

Route incoming calls by caller ID

 

X

 

Route incoming calls by time of day

X

X

 

Route incoming calls by calendar (free/busy on Exchange)

 

X

 

Simple transfer and screening

 

X

X

Subscriber zero-out

X

   

Transfer to alternate contact number

   

X

Call transfer rules using Cisco Unified Mobility

Deploy w/Cisco Unified Mobility

N/A

Deploy w/Cisco Unified Mobility

Voice-enabled Messaging (ASR)**

Voice dial directory, personal contacts

 

X

X
Subscriber Address Menu Only

Play and process messages (repeat, reply, forward, delete, save, mark as new, hear day or time stamp, skip to next message)

 

X

X

Pause, resume, speed up, slow down, skip ahead, skip back commands

 

X

 

Edit and manage personal greetings

 

X

 

Voice integration with Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express

 

X

 

Email access via Text-To-Speech

Play, repeat, save messages

 

X

X

Process messages (delete, save as new, reply, forward, hear day or time stamp, skip to next message)

   

X

IP Phone Services

Visual Message Locator (Cisco Unity/Unity Connection Phone View, VoiceView Express for Cisco Unity Express)

X

X

X

Manage messages

X

X

X

Manage mailbox settings

X

   

Icon representation of private and urgent messages

X

X

X

Display user's message store capacity percentage

X

   

Sort messages by caller, date, type, priority

X

X

X

Search messages by caller, sender, date, CLID, priority

 

X

X

Fax

T.37 inbound & outbound simple fax

X

 

X

Cisco Fax Server

   

X

Third-party fax server

   

X

Localizations***

English (US-ENU)

X

X

X

TTD/TTY

 

X

X

See individual system guides for details

19

18

28

Enterprise deployment

System networking

X

 

X

Multiple Sites

X

X
Single server

X

VPIM

X

X
10 locations only

X

AMIS

   

X

Cisco Unity Bridge

   

X

Redundancy

   

X

Telephony environments

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

X

X

X

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express

X

X

X

Legacy PBX via PIMG

 

X

X

Multiple Simultaneous Integrations

 

X

X

Serial Integrations

   

X

Analog Integrations

   

X

Security Features

Cisco Security Agent

 

X

X

Password and PIN policy options

X

X

X

Call-restriction tables - prevent toll fraud

X

X

X

Secure, private messaging (encryption)

 

X

X

Security event logging

 

X

X

User PIN reset

X

X

X

Message archiving utilities

 

X

X

Support HTTPS for secure web access

X

X

X

Secure Signaling and Media

 

X

X

RSA Secure-ID 2-factor one-time PIN authentication interface

   

X

Secured Hash Algorithm for PIN and web password

SHA-1

SHA-1
MD-5

SHA-1
MD-5

Interactive Voice Response

Database integration (Oracle 10g, Sybase 15.0, IBM DB2 v9.1, MSDE, and MsSQL 2000)

X

   

IVR Web application development

X

   

HTTP Support

X

   

Create Automated Attendant scripts through GUI

X

   

Outbound email and fax notification

X

   

Historical and real-time reporting on IVR

X

   

Administration

Admin interface

X
Web & CLI

X
Web

X
Web

Password synchronization with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express

X

   

Installation

X
< 30 min

X
<1 hour

X
Approx 4 hours

Reports

X

X

X

System Broadcast

X

X

X

Auto-Attendant

X
5 levels

X
Unlimited levels

X
Unlimited levels

Directory, call, interview handlers

 

X

X

Alternate TUI Key Mappings

 

X

X

Custom Key Mapping

   

X

Hospitality integration

   

X