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Cisco Unity Connection

Cisco Messaging Products: Feature Comparison

Table 1. Updated July 31, 2009

 

Cisco Unity Express 7.1

Cisco Unity Connection 7.1

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

144 ports on single server or 288 ports on active/active cluster pair (VM only)

72 ports on single server or 144 ports on active/active cluster pair (IM)

200 per server (multiple servers supported)

Maximum capacity (Mailboxes)

250

10,000 (VM only)

7,500 (IM, per server or active/active server pair, multiple servers or server pairs supported)

15,000 per server (multiple servers supported)

Total networked users

125,000

50,000

250,000

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

VM, UM-E

Secure messages

 

X

X

Future delivery

X

X

X

Return receipt

X

X

X

Live record

X

X

X

Live reply (Internal and external callers)

X

X

X

Address message by extension or by name

X

X

X

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

X

X

X

Forward fax to any fax machine

X

X

X

Access meetings in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace and Unified MeetingPlace Express

 

X

 

Access appointments in your Microsoft Outlook calendar

 

X

 

Set preferences per device (such as speed, volume, conversation type, PIN requirement)

 

X

 

Edit alternate contact numbers from the TUI

 

X

 

Desktop Message Access*

Single inbox and message store

   

UM-E, UM-D

Play, save and delete voice mail

IMAP

IMAP, IMAP -O, IMAP-N, Inbox

UM, IMAP, IMAP-O, Inbox

Reply, forward, record voice mail

 

IMAP, IMAP -O, IMAP-N, Inbox

UM, IMAP-O, Inbox

Message Waiting Indicator synchronization

IMAP

IMAP, IMAP -O, IMAP-N, Inbox

UM, IMAP, IMAP-O, Inbox

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

 

IMAP-O, IMAP-N, Inbox

UM, IMAP-O, Inbox

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

 

X

X

Respond to voice mail with email

 

X

UM

Apply inbox rules to voice and fax mail

 

IMAP

X

Access voice mail via Cisco Unified Personal Communicator

 

IMAP

IMAP

Access voice mail via IBM Lotus Sametime

 

IMAP

IMAP

RSS inbox reader

 

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

8 greetings

7 greetings

5 greetings

Holiday schedule and greeting

 

X

 

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

 

X

X

Record separate sets of greetings in different languages

 

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

via VoiceView Express

X

X

RIM Blackberry support

 

Via Cisco Unified Mobility Advantage and Unified Mobile Communicator

X

Pocket PC support

 

Via Cisco Unified Mobility Advantage and Unified Mobile Communicator

X

Palm Treo support

   

X

Message monitor (live call screening)

   

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

Address messages to frequently used names

 

X

 

Customizable subject lines (for visual voicemail)

 

X

 

Voice message store and forward (to external mailbox)

 

X

 

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

 

Up to 12 numbers

X

Disable transfer prompts

 

X

 

Call transfer rules using Cisco Unified Mobility

Deploy w/Cisco Unified Mobility

Deploy w/Cisco Unified Mobility

Deploy w/Cisco Unified Mobility

Speech Recognition Interface (ASR)**

Voice dial directory, personal contacts

 

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

 

Speech access to meetings in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, Unified MeetingPlace Express, and Outlook

 

X

 

Allow users to speak voicemail passwords

 

X

 

Allow users to speak time and dates

 

X

 

Email access via Text-To-Speech

Play, repeat, save messages

 

X

X

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

   

X

List and play supported message attachments

 

X

 

IP Phone Services

Visual Voicemail for Unified IP Phones (VoiceView Express for Cisco Unity Express)

X

X

X

Manage messages

X

X

X

Manage mailbox settings

X

   

Icon representation of 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

X

Third-party fax server

   

X

Single phone number for voice calls and fax transmissions

 

X

 

Localizations

English (US-ENU)

X

X

X

TTD/TTY

 

X

X

Languages supported (see individual solution guides for details)

19

19

28

Enterprise deployment

System networking

X

X

X

Multiple Sites

X

5 locations only

X

VPIM

X

10 locations only

X

AMIS

   

X

Cisco Unity Bridge

   

X

Redundancy

 

X

X

Search space and partition support

 

X

 

Support on VMware platform

   

X

Telephony environments

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

X

X

X

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express

X

X

X

Legacy PBX via PBX IP Media Gateway (PIMG)

 

X

X

Multiple Simultaneous Integrations

 

X

X

Serial Integrations (via PIMG)

 

X

X

Analog Integrations (via PIMG)

 

X

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

 

X

X (with encryption)

Security event logging

 

X

X

User PIN reset

X

X

X

Message archiving utilities

 

X

X

Message aging policies

 

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

Web & CLI

Web & CLI

Web

Password synchronization with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express

X

   

Installation

< 30 min

<1 hour

Approx 4 hours

Reports

X

X

X

Factory default source configuration file

X

   

System Broadcast

X

X

X

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) support

X

X

X

Message handling actions (determines how specific types of messages are handled)

 

X

 

Auto-Attendant

5 levels

Unlimited levels

Unlimited levels

Directory, call, interview handlers

 

X

X

Dispatch messaging

 

X

 

Alternate TUI Key Mappings

 

X

X

Custom Key Mapping

 

X

X

Hospitality integration

   

X

Share subscriber licenses among networked servers (license pooling)

   

X

Scheduled online backup (one-time and recurring)

X

   

Support for subscriber information dump, Consolidated Object Backup and Restore Application Suite (COBRAS) tool, port usage analyzer, and public distribution list builder

 

X

 

* Desktop Messaging Abbreviations
VM = Voice Messaging
IM = Integrated Messaging
UM = Unified Messaging with Single (Microsoft Exchange or IBM Lotus Domino) Message Store
UM-E = UM with Single Exchange Message Store
UM-D = UM with Single Domino Message Store
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)
IMAP-N = Access to voice mails via IMAP Client, using VMN (ViewMail for IBM Lotus Notes plug-in)
Inbox = Cisco Unity Inbox - browser based
** US English Only