Corporate Directory Setup; Personal Directory Setup; Button Templates - Cisco 8831 Administration Manual

Features, templates, services, and user setup
• Corporate Directory: Supports a global corporate directory that users can access on the conference phone
• Personal Directory: Supports a personal address book (PAB) that allows a user to store a set of personal

Corporate Directory setup

Cisco Unified Communications Manager uses a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory to
store authentication and authorization information about users of Cisco Unified Communications Manager
applications that interface with Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Authentication establishes a user's
right to access the system. Authorization identifies the telephony resources that a user is permitted to use,
such as a specific teleconference phone extension.
To install and set up these features, see Installing and Configuring the Cisco Customer Directory Configuration
Plugin. This document guides you through the configuration process for integrating Cisco Unified
Communications Manager with Microsoft Active Directory and Netscape Directory Server. For more
information, see "Understanding Directory Numbers" in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager System
Guide.
After the LDAP directory configuration is complete, users can access the Corporate Directory service on the
conference phone to find co-workers in the corporate directory.

Personal Directory setup

Personal Directory consists of the following features:
• Personal Address Book (PAB)
• Personal Fast Dials (Fast Dials)
Users can access Personal Directory features by these methods:
• From a web browser: Users can access the PAB and Fast Dial features from the User Options web pages.
• From the conference phone: Users can choose Contacts > Personal Directory to access the PAB and
To configure Personal Directory from a web browser, users must access their User Options web pages. You
must provide users with a URL and login information.

Button templates

Using Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, you can assign button templates to conference
phones. Cisco Unified Communications Manager contains the Standard 8831 button template for the Cisco
Unified IP Conference Phone 8831. When you assign the Standard 8831 button template to a conference
phone, no buttons are added, but the Privacy softkey can be enabled from this template.
to lookup phone numbers of coworkers. You must enable and configure the corporate directories before
they can be used.
numbers. You must enable the feature and provide the user with a PIN and User ID to configure the
features.
Fast Dials features from their conference phones.
Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 9.0
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