Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution, Release 12.5 Cisco Unity Connection Feature Support
Unity Connection Feature Support Table
The following table provides a high-level overview of the feature configuration support in Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x). The features in the table are supported in Cisco HCS; use the following legend when you review the table:
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S - Supported in Cisco HCS
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S/SP - Supported in Cisco HCS, special provisioning required
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N - Not supported
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NA - Not Applicable
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R - Restricted
In the following table, the Feature Name column lists Unity Connection features supported by HCS categorized into major categories. The Cisco HCS Support in Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) for Dedicated Unity Connection and Partitioned Unity Connection columns.
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Administration |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Dedicated Unity Connection |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Partitioned Unity Connection |
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Multi-Server SAN Certificate Support |
SP |
SP |
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Multi Server Certificate Support for Tomcat |
S/SP |
S/SP |
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NTLMv2 for Single Inbox Authentication |
S/SP |
N |
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Admin interface |
S (Web & CLI) |
N (Use of the CUCA (Cisco Unity Connection Administration) interface isn't allowed for Partitioned Unity Connection) |
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Command Line Interface |
S |
S |
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Bulk administrative update tool |
S |
S |
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Customizable/Custom Roles |
S |
N |
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Cisco Unity Connection Conversation |
S/SP |
S/SP |
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Disable Inactive User Accounts |
S/SP |
S/SP |
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Reports |
S/SP |
S/SP |
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Representational State Transfer (REST)-based application programming interfaces (APIs) for end users, provisioning, messaging, telephony, and notification |
S |
S |
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Single Sign-On Supported with REST-based APIs |
S/SP |
N |
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Single Sign-On Updates (Export/Import of SSO Metadata and Enable SAML SSO) |
S/SP |
N |
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Security Assertion Markup Language Single Sign-On (SAML SSO) |
S/SP |
R (SSO with multiple customers may have limitations) |
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Unity Connection APIs |
S |
S |
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Utility Updates on Cisco Utility Tools Website |
N |
N |
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Virtualization Enhancements |
S |
S |
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Support for CUPI APIs |
S |
S |
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System Broadcast |
S |
N |
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Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) support |
S |
S |
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Support for F5 BIG-IP 11.6.0 |
S/SP |
N |
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Message handling actions (determines how specific types of messages are handled) |
S |
S |
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Auto-Attendant unlimited levels |
S |
S |
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Directory, Call, Interview Handlers |
S |
S |
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Dispatch messaging |
S |
S |
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Alternate TUI Key Mappings |
S |
S |
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Custom Key Mapping |
S |
N |
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Share subscriber licenses among networked servers (license pooling) |
S |
N |
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Enterprise License Management (ELM) |
S |
S (No per customer license management) |
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Support for subscriber information dump, Consolidated Object Backup and Restore Application Suite (COBRAS) tool, port usage analyzer, and public distribution list builder |
S |
S (COBRAS can be used to move tenants from one server/cluster to another) |
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Application and database audit logging |
S/SP |
S |
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IPv6 support |
S |
S |
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Outgoing SMTP Connection Settings |
S/SP |
R (Customer Administrator access maybe an issue) |
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Call Transfer Features |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Dedicated Unity Connection |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Partitioned Unity Connection |
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Routing Rules |
S/SP |
S |
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Route incoming calls by caller ID |
S |
N |
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Route incoming calls by time of day |
S |
N |
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Route incoming calls by calendar (free/busy on Exchange) |
S |
N |
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Simple transfer and screening |
S |
N |
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Transfer to alternate contact number |
S (Up to 12 numbers) |
N |
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Disable transfer prompts |
S |
N |
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Desktop Message Access |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Dedicated Unity Connection |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Partitioned Unity Connection |
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Single inbox and message store (Microsoft Exchange 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016) |
S |
N |
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Unity Connection and Exchange Mailbox Synchronization |
S/SP |
R (Multiple Customer Exchange integration support is unknown) |
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Microsoft BPOS Dedicated Environments |
S/SP |
R (Dedicated environment may not be applicable in multiple customer case) |
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Single Inbox and message store (Microsoft BPOS Dedicated) |
S |
N |
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Single Inbox and message store (Microsoft Office 365) |
S |
N |
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Single Inbox and message store (Google Mail) |
S (via 3rd- party solution***) |
N |
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Single Inbox and message store (IBM Lotus Domino) |
S (via 3rd- party solution***) |
N |
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Single Inbox and message store (VMware Zimbra) |
S (via 3rd- party solution***) |
N |
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Single Inbox and message store (Novell GroupWise) |
S (via 3rd- party solution***) |
N |
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Intelligent Notifications (HTML-based actionable notifications) - Play, delete, forward, reply to specific message in message stack |
N |
N |
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Play, save, and delete voice mail |
S (UM-C, UM-D, UM-O, UM-B, UM-G, UM-V, UM-GW, IMAP, IMAP-O, Inbox) |
S (11.x with UM-O) |
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Reply, forward, record voice mail |
S (UM-C, UM-D, UM-O, UM-B, IMAP, IMAP-O, Inbox) |
S (11.x with UM-O) |
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Message Waiting Indicator synchronization |
S (UM-C, UM-D, UM-O, UM-B, UM-G, UM-V, UM-GW, IMAP, IMAP-O, Inbox) |
S (11.x with UM-O) |
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Embedded DVR-style interface to play, pause, rewind, fast forward |
S (UM-C, UM-D, UM-O, UM-B, IMAP-O, Inbox) |
S (11.x with UM-O) |
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Generic media player to play, pause, rewind, fast forward |
S |
N |
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Respond to voice mail with email |
S |
S (11.x with UM-O) |
| Access voice mail via IBM Lotus Sametime |
S (IMAP) |
N |
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Access voice mail via Cisco Jabber for Mac |
S |
S |
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Access voice mail via Cisco Jabber for iPad |
S |
S |
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Access voice mail via Cisco Jabber for Windows |
S |
S |
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Access voice mail via Cisco Unified Communications Integration for Microsoft Office Communicator and Lync |
S (IMAP) |
N |
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RSS inbox reader |
S |
N |
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Email Access Via Text-To-Speech |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Dedicated Unity Connection |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Partitioned Unity Connection |
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Play, repeat, save messages |
S |
S (11.x with UM-O) |
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List and play supported message attachments |
S |
S (11.x with UM-O) |
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End User Features |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Dedicated Unity Connection |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Partitioned Unity Connection |
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Video Messages |
S |
N |
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Additional Options Available for Footer Information that Gets Played After a Message |
S/SP |
S |
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Include non-subscribers in distribution lists |
S (VPIM contacts) |
S (Message Actions only) |
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Option to Automatically Advance to Next Message After Playing the After Message Menu |
S/SP |
S |
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Create folders within a mailbox for inbox, deleted items, sent items, and draft items |
S |
N |
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Prompting Users to Record Introductions When Forwarding Messages |
S/SP |
S |
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Run Now Functionality |
S/SP |
S/SP |
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Warning Users Replying to All That Number of Recipients Exceeds Maximum |
S/SP |
S |
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Web Inbox |
S/SP |
R |
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Video Call Handlers (Auto-Attendants) |
S |
N |
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Video Greetings |
S |
R (Administrator must provision video accounts and other features, which won't provide customer separation. It must be done by Service Provider/Reseller administrator) |
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Video Greetings for Call Handlers |
S/SP |
N |
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Personal web administration via Cisco Personal Communications Assistant |
S |
S |
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Full or brief TUI menus |
S |
S |
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Message Access from the TUI Support for Microsoft Office 363 Wave |
S/SP |
S |
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Change prompt and message playback speed |
S |
S |
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Address/record or record/address message |
S |
S |
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Record multiple personal greetings |
S (7 greetings) |
S (7 greetings) |
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Holiday schedule and greeting |
S |
S |
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Alternate greeting - expiration date/time, notify users, play full greeting for callers, forward to greeting without ringing phone |
S |
S |
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Record separate sets of greetings in different languages |
S |
S |
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Message notification - SMTP text, pager, phone destinations, SMS |
S |
S |
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Intelligent Notifications (HTML-based notifications with actionable links) |
S |
S |
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Intelligent Notification (Accessing Voice Messages) |
S |
S |
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Populating Voice Messages in the Exchange Sent Folder |
S/SP |
S |
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Missed Call Notifications |
S |
N |
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Notifications: Customize Subject Line & Display Name (email) |
S |
N |
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Cascade message notifications |
S |
N |
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Summary Notifications |
S |
N |
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Notifications: Customize Subject Line & Display Name (email) |
S |
N |
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Voicemail Quota Notifications |
S |
S |
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Announce/don't announce message counts (total, saved, new) |
S |
S |
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Announce/don't announce transferred call |
S |
S |
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Send callers to call, directory, or interview handlers |
S |
S |
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Select order of message receipt (LIFO/FIFO, type) via GUI |
S |
S |
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RIM Blackberry support |
S (Via BlackBerry MVS) |
N |
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Nokia Symbian support |
S (Via Cisco Mobile) |
N |
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Apple iPhone support |
S (Via Cisco Jabber) |
S (Via Cisco Jabber) |
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Android support |
S (Via Cisco Jabber) |
S (Via Cisco Jabber) |
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Interrupted Session Recovery |
S |
S |
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Alternate extensions |
S |
S |
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Private distribution lists |
S |
S |
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PIN-less login to voice mailbox |
S |
S |
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Common PIN Synchronization with Cisco Unified Communications Manager |
S |
N |
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Auto Advance After Forward |
S/SP |
N |
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Address messages to frequently used names |
N |
N |
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Customizable subject lines (for visual voicemail) |
S |
N |
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Enhanced Credential Policy |
S/SP |
N |
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Voice message store and forward (to external mailbox) |
S |
S |
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Announce if message has been sent to multiple recipients |
S/SP |
S |
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Listen to names of all recipients of a message |
S |
S |
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Remove prior introductions when forwarding a message |
S/SP |
S |
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Outside callers can mark messages as private |
S/SP |
S |
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Speech-to-Text: Read text-based voicemail transcripts in e-mail (Cisco SpeechView feature) |
N |
N |
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SpeechView Fully Automated (Standard) |
N |
N |
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Support for Playing Message Status on Reply and Reply-All |
S |
S |
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Support for Playing Recipient List on Reply-All when Numbers of Recipients are Below Maximum |
S |
S |
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Toggle between Touchtone and Voice-Recognition Settings by User |
S/SP |
S/SP |
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Enterprise Deployment |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Dedicated Unity Connection |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Partitioned Unity Connection |
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System networking |
S (HTTPS Networking, new in 10.0 supports up to 25 locations and 250,000 objects (up to 100,000 users and an additional 150,000 system/VPIM contacts) in the directory) |
N (Networking isn't supported. A single tenant can't span multiple servers or clusters.) |
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Advanced Cisco Unity Connection to Cisco Unity networking |
S |
N |
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Advanced Setting for Intra-site Networking |
S/SP |
S |
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Multiple Sites |
S |
R |
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LDAP Directory Integration |
S/SP |
R Multiple customer LDAP integration |
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Support for LDAPv3 Directory |
S/SP |
N |
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VPIM |
S (150,000 VPIM contacts, 100 VPIM Locations supported) |
S |
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AMIS |
N |
N |
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Redundancy |
S |
S |
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Survivable Remote Site Voicemail deployment at the branch |
S |
N |
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Search space and partition support |
S |
N |
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Support on virtual server |
S |
S |
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Single Sign-On for browser applications |
S (SAML-based) |
S (SAML-based) |
| Single Sign-On Feature Support |
S/SP |
R (SSO with multiple customers may have restrictions) |
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Tenant Partitioning |
S |
S |
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Support for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) |
S |
N |
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Fax |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Dedicated Unity Connection |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Partitioned Unity Connection |
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Cisco Fax Server |
S |
N |
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Third-party fax server |
S |
N |
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Single phone number for voice calls and fax transmissions |
S |
N |
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Intuitive Telephone User Interface |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Dedicated Unity Connection |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Partitioned Unity Connection |
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Play and process messages (repeat, reply, forward, delete, save, mark as new, hear day or time stamp, skip to next message) |
S |
S |
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Reverse, pause, or fast forward message |
S |
S |
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Control volume, speed during playback |
S |
S |
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Pause or resume during message recording |
S |
S |
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Address message to multiple recipients |
S |
S |
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Remove introductions to forwarded messages |
S |
S |
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Search for messages by name, caller ID, phone number, extension |
S |
S |
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Regular, urgent, and private messages |
S |
S |
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Secure messages |
S |
S |
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Future delivery |
S |
S |
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Return receipt |
S |
S |
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Live record |
S |
S |
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Live reply (Internal and external callers) |
S |
S |
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Address message by extension or by name |
S |
S |
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Message delivery to non-subscribers or subscribers at non-office telephone numbers |
S |
S (via Message Actions only) |
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Forward fax to any fax machine |
S |
N |
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Access meetings in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace and Unified MeetingPlace Express |
S |
N |
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Access appointments in your Microsoft Outlook calendar |
S |
S (11.X with UM-O) |
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Set preferences per device (such as speed, volume, conversation type, PIN requirement) |
S |
S |
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Edit alternate contact numbers from the TUI |
S |
S |
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IP Phone Services |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Dedicated Unity Connection |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Partitioned Unity Connection |
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Visual Voicemail for Unified IP Phones |
S |
S (REST-based phones only, for ex, DX650) |
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Manage messages |
S |
S (REST-based phones only, for ex, DX650) |
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Manage mailbox settings |
S |
S (REST-based phones only, ex, DX650) |
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Icon representation of urgent messages |
S |
S (REST-based phones only, for ex, DX650) |
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Sort messages by caller, date, type, priority |
S |
S (REST-based phones only, for ex, DX650) |
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Search messages by caller, sender, date, CLID, priority |
S |
S (REST-based phones only, for ex, DX650) |
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Localizations |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Dedicated Unity Connection |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Partitioned Unity Connection |
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English (US-ENU) |
S |
S |
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TTD/TTY |
S |
S |
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Languages supported (see individual solution guides for details) |
S (29) |
S (29) |
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Security Features |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Dedicated Unity Connection |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Partitioned Unity Connection |
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SE Linux Policies |
S |
S |
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Message File Shredding for Delete |
S/SP |
S |
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Ensuring File Integrity |
S/SP |
N |
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Next Generation Security (Suite B Encryption) |
S |
S (Supported System-wide, not per Tenant) |
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Password and PIN policy options |
S |
S |
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Call-restriction tables - prevent toll fraud |
S |
S (Supported System-wide, not per Tenant) |
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Secure, private messaging |
S |
S |
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Secure delete |
S |
S |
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Security event logging |
S |
S |
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Unified Messaging with Microsoft Exchange 2010 |
S/SP |
R (Multiple Customer Exchange integration support is unknown) |
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User PIN reset |
S |
S |
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Message archiving utilities |
N |
N |
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Message aging policies for group or per-user |
S |
S |
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Message Aging Alerts |
S/SP |
S |
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Support HTTPS for secure web access |
S |
S |
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Message Recording Expiration |
S/SP |
S |
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Secure Signaling and Media |
S |
S |
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Secured Hash Algorithm for PIN and web password (SHA-1, MD-5) |
S |
S |
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Speech Recognition Interface (ASR) |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Dedicated Unity Connection |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Partitioned Unity Connection |
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Voice dial directory, personal contacts |
S |
N |
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Voice Quality |
S/SP |
S |
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Play and process messages (repeat, reply, forward, delete, save, mark as new, hear day or time stamp, skip to next message) |
S |
S |
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Pause, resume, speed up, slow down, skip ahead, skip back commands |
S |
S |
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Edit and manage personal greetings |
S |
S |
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Speech access to meetings in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, Unified MeetingPlace Express, and Outlook |
S |
N |
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Allow users to speak voicemail passwords |
S |
S |
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Allow users to speak time and dates |
S |
S |
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Toggle between speech recognition and touch-tone conversations |
S |
S |
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Speech-Enabled Automated Attendant (Speech Connect Feature) |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Dedicated Unity Connection |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Partitioned Unity Connection |
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Dial by saying the name of person or department you want to contact |
S |
N |
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Hear the contact’s name in their own recorded voice |
S |
N |
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Configure as a speed dial on the phone |
S |
N |
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Support up to 100,000 names in the speech directory |
S |
N |
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Partition support (limit the directory search scope to a certain population of employees) |
S |
N |
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Speech Enabled Messaging |
S/SP |
N |
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Telephony Environments |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Dedicated Unity Connection |
Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) Provisioning Accessibility Support for Partitioned Unity Connection |
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager |
S |
S |
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express |
S |
N |
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition |
S |
S |
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Cisco Unified SIP Proxy |
S/SP |
S |
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Legacy PBX via PBX IP Media Gateway (PIMG) |
S |
N |
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Multiple Simultaneous Integrations |
S |
N |
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Phone System Integration for Unity Connection |
S/SP (In Unified CDM 10.x/11.5(x) only SIP Integration is supported.) |
S/SP |
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Serial Integrations (via PIMG) |
S |
N |
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Analog Integrations (via PIMG) |
S |
N |
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QSIG-enabled PBX integration via Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) |
S |
N |
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QSIG-enabled PBX integration via Cisco Unified Communications Manager |
N |
N |
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Support for E.164 formatted phone numbers |
S |
S |
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SIP Early Offer |
S |
S |
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URI Dialing support via Alternate Extensions |
S |
N |
* Total Number of Tenants Supported depends on Platform Used
** US English Only
UM-G = UM with Google Mail and Cisco Unity Connection Message Store (***via Esnatech)
UM-V = UM with VMWare Zimbra and Cisco Unity Connection Message Store (***via Esnatech)
UM-GW = UM with Novell GroupWise and Cisco Unity Connection Message Store (***via Esnatech and Donoma Software)
IMAP = Access to voice mails via IMAP Client
IMAP-O = Access to voice mails via IMAP Client, using VMO (ViewMail for Microsoft Outlook plug-in)
Inbox = Browser-based voicemail inbox access
Desktop Messaging Abbreviations
VM = Voice Messaging
IM = Integrated Messaging
UM = Unified Messaging with (Microsoft Exchange or IBM Lotus Domino) Message Store
UM-E = UM with Microsoft Exchange Message Store
UM-D = UM with IBM Lotus Domino and Cisco Unity Connection Message Store (***via Esnatech and Donoma Software)
UM-C = UM with Microsoft Exchange and Cisco Unity Connection Message Store
UM-B = UM with Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite - Dedicated (BPOS-D) and Cisco Unity Connection Message Store
UM-O = UM with Microsoft Office 365 and Cisco Unity Connection Message Store

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