Connect To An Enterprise Directory - Polycom DMA 7000 Operation Manual

Connect to an Enterprise Directory

Connect to an Enterprise Directory
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If you want to create DMA system templates linked to conference profiles on
the RMX MCUs, make sure the profiles used by the Polycom DMA system
exist on all the RMX MCUs and are defined the same on all of them.
Connecting to an enterprise directory (Microsoft Active Directory is currently
supported) simplifies the task of deploying conferencing to a large
organization. All Polycom DMA system access to the enterprise directory is
read-only and minimally impacts the directory performance. See
Directory" on page 101.
Note
If you're not knowledgeable about enterprise directories in general and your specific
implementation in particular, please consult with someone who is. Enterprise
directory integration is a non-trivial matter that should have been thoroughly
discussed and planned for prior to system installation.
Before integrating with the enterprise directory, be sure that one or more DNS
servers are specified (this should have been done during installation and
initial setup). See "Network"
Enterprise directory integration automatically makes the enterprise users
(directory members) into Conferencing Users in the Polycom DMA system,
and can assign each of them a conference room (virtual meeting room). The
conference room IDs are typically generated from the enterprise users' phone
numbers.
Note
Creating conference rooms (virtual meeting rooms) for enterprise users is optional.
If you want to integrate with the enterprise directory to load user and group
information into the Polycom DMA system, but don't want to give all users the ability
to host conferences, you can do so. Then you can manually add conference rooms
for selected users. See
Once the Polycom DMA system is integrated with an enterprise directory, it
reads the directory information daily, so that user and group information is
updated automatically as people join and leave the organization. The system
caches the data from the enterprise directory. Between updates, it needs to
access the directory only to authenticate passwords; all other user information
(such as user search results) comes from its cache.
Enterprise groups can have their own conference templates that provide a
custom conferencing experience (see
They can also have their own MCU pool order, which preferentially routes
conferences to certain MCUs (see
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on page 41.
"Conference Rooms Procedures"
"Conference Templates"
"MCU Pool Orders"
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System Initial Configuration Summary
"Enterprise
on page 143.
on page 75).
on page 70).
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