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Conferencing capabilities allow users to schedule, attend, and manage Cisco WebEx meetings with Cisco Jabber. You can set up on-premises conferencing with Cisco WebEx Meetings Server or cloud-based conferencing with Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. Review the set up process and what options are available for authenticating with a conferencing server.
This chapter applies to Cisco Unified Communications Manager version 9.0 and higher.
Cisco WebEx Meetings Server provides on-premises meeting and conferencing services for the client.
Note | The client does not support on-premises conferencing when users connect to the corporate network using Expressway for Mobile and Remote Access. |
The first step in setting up integration between Cisco WebEx Meetings Server and the client is to install and configure Cisco WebEx Meetings Server. You should refer to the Cisco WebEx Meetings Server product documentation for installation and configuration procedures.
For Cisco Jabber for Windows, each user can enter their credentials in the Options window to authenticate directly with Cisco WebEx Meetings Server.
If the users' credentials for Cisco WebEx Meetings Server match their credentials for Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service or Cisco Unity Connection, you can set a credentials source. The client then automatically authenticates to Cisco WebEx Meetings Server with the users' credential source.
If you configure SSO with Cisco WebEx Meetings Server, Cisco Jabber can seamlessly integrate with the SSO environment. In this case, you do not need to specify credentials in order for users to authenticate with Cisco WebEx Meetings Server.
Users can specify their credentials in the Meetings tab on the Options window.
To open the Options window, select .
To configure conferencing on Cisco Unified Communications Manager, you must add a Cisco WebEx Meetings Server.
Add the Cisco WebEx Meetings Server to a service profile.
After you add Cisco WebEx Meetings Server and add it to a service profile, the client can access conferencing features.
Create a service profile.
Add Cisco WebEx Meetings Server on Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
Step 1 | Open the Cisco Unified CM Administration interface and select | ||
Step 2 | Find and select your service profile. | ||
Step 3 | In the Conferencing Profile section, from the Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary drop-down lists, select up to three instances of Cisco WebEx Meetings Server. | ||
Step 4 | From the Server Certificate Verification drop-down list, select the appropriate value. | ||
Step 5 | From the
Credentials source for web conference service
drop-down list, select one
of the following:
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Step 6 | Select Save. |
Cisco WebEx Meeting Center provides cloud-based meeting and conferencing services for the client.
Cloud-based integration—Cisco WebEx Meeting Center provides data, such as participant chat and roster lists, and audio and video capabilities.
Hybrid cloud-based integration—Cisco WebEx Meeting Center provides data, such as participant chat and roster lists, and a conferencing bridge provides audio and video capabilities.
The client can pass user credentials directly to Cisco WebEx Meeting Center.
Create user accounts for Cisco WebEx Meeting Center using the Cisco WebEx Administration Tool.
Cisco WebEx Meeting Center must validate user credentials in a direct authentication scenario. The user accounts hold the credentials so that Cisco WebEx Meeting Center can validate them when the client attempts to authenticate.
Provide Cisco WebEx Meeting Center user credentials to the client.
The client can redirect authentication from Cisco WebEx Meeting Center to an identity provider.
Set up your identity provider as appropriate.
When users attempt to authenticate with Cisco WebEx Meeting Center, the client redirects that authentication to your identity provider. Your identity provider then validates the credentials and passes an authentication token back to the client. The client then passes that token to Cisco WebEx Meeting Center to complete the authentication process.
Provide Cisco WebEx Meeting Center user credentials to the client.
Users individually specify their credentials in the Options window.
You specify a credentials source on Cisco Unified Communications Manager when you apply the conferencing service to the service profile. See the topic in this section that describes how to add the conferencing server to the service profile for instructions.
Users can specify their credentials in the Meetings tab on the Options window.
To open the Options window, select .
The first step to setting up conferencing on Cisco Unified Communications Manager is to add your details for Cisco WebEx Meeting Center.
Step 1 | Open the Cisco Unified CM Administration interface. | ||
Step 2 | Select The . Find and List UC Services window opens. | ||
Step 3 | Select Add New. | ||
Step 4 | In the Add a UC Service section, from the UC Service Type drop-down list, select Conferencing and then select Next. | ||
Step 5 | Complete the following fields:
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Step 6 | To use
Cisco
WebEx as the single sign-on (SSO) identity
provider, checkUser
web conference server as SSO identity provider.
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Step 7 | Select Save. |
Add Cisco WebEx Meeting Center to a service profile.
After you add Cisco WebEx Meeting Center on Cisco Unified Communications Manager, you add Cisco WebEx Meeting Center to a service profile. The client can then retrieve the details for Cisco WebEx Meeting Center from the profile and access the conferencing features.
Create a service profile.