Configuring User Accounts - Cisco TelePresence Administrator's Manual

the following table shows examples of the access permissions that would be granted for accounts that
belong in one or more of those groups:
Groups belonged to
Administrators and Region A
Administrators and Region B
Administrators and Region C
Region A only

Configuring user accounts

The User accounts page
that have been configured on the VCS, and lets you add, edit and delete accounts.
Note that this page does not apply if the VCS is using the
user account data; in this case, user accounts are maintained through TMS.
User accounts are used by individuals in an enterprise to configure the devices and locations on which they
can be contacted through their FindMe ID. Each user account is accessed using a username and password.
If local user account authentication
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administrator.
If remote user account authentication is selected, the VCS administrator must set up
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the corresponding group names in the remote directory service.
Filtering the view
The Filter section lets you filter the set of records. Enter the word or phrase you want to search for and click
Filter. Only those records that contain the word or phrase you entered are shown.
Configuring an account
Click New to set up a new account, or click
The configurable options for a user account are:
Field Description
Username The account name. It is used (along
with a password) by the user to log in
to the VCS and configure their
FindMe details. The username cannot
be changed after the account has
been created.
Display A free-form display name for the user
name (rather than the user's Username or
FindMe ID).
Phone The numeric caller ID presented
number when making an outbound call
through an ISDN gateway.
Cisco VCS Administrator Guide (X7.2)
Access permissions granted
read-write access to the web interface but no API access
read-write access to the API interface, but no web interface access
read-write access to the web and API interfaces
read-only access to the web interface and no API access
(Maintenance > Login accounts > User
is selected, each user account must be created locally by a VCS
View/Edit
accounts) lists all the user accounts
TMS Provisioning Extension services
(or the username) to edit an existing user account.
Usage tips
If remote authentication is enabled, the username defined in
the VCS must match the username set up in the remote
directory service.
The Display name is used in phone books and as the caller
display name in SIP calls.
To allow call return, this number could be configured to route
to the associated FindMe ID by mapping incoming numbers
to the FindMe ID using ENUM, search rules or CPL. See
FindMe deployment guide
Maintenance
to provide
user groups to match
for more information.
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