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Previous/Next button to switch between systems. The current system being configured is displayed
in the top left. The dialog allows you to choose an option for each selected system individually. When
multiple systems were selected, the OK button will be disabled until a choice has been made for each
system.
Warning: Account creation/deletion/changes may take time to replicate through your Active
Directory. When changes are made outside of the Configuration Utility, depending on your Active
Directory design these changes may take upwards of an hour to replicate across domain controllers.
If you experience errors or inconsistencies with account creation, please shutdown the Configuration
Utility and allow time for your Active Directory changes to propagate.
Select the account options for each system as follows
1. Use the Next/Previous buttons to select the desired system
Alternative A
To create a new account for the system:
Ensure Create an AD account... is selected.
The center panel displays a list view of your
Active Directory's organizational structure.
Expand the tree if necessary and highlight the
Organization Unit (OU) where the new account
should be created. The mailbox and Active
Directory user will automatically be created by
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the utility . If you wish to use these same setting
for the remaining accounts to be added, click
Create the remaining accounts in this folder
button, or use the Next/Previous buttons to
switch to the next system.
Note: If an OU has more than 1,000 entries, only the first 1,000 will be displayed. Please use the
Search option when OUs are very large.
2. Repeat the above steps using the Next/Previous buttons to toggle between the systems until a
choice has been made for each system.
3. Click the OK button to continue.
In Exchange Server 2003 Installations, the utility will ask you for a password to use for the newly
created accounts. The password entered will be used for accounts that are to be created. Marking the
Reset password for all... checkbox will set the password on accounts that are being re-used as well.
Exchange Server 2007 installations will create an AD account with no password and the user account
will be disabled as is normal for resource accounts in Exchange 2007
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The Active Directory User Account associated with the mailbox must be a member of the local domain where
the TCX product is installed
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The account will be created with the username of TMS-<id> where <Id> is the TMS System ID. The display
name of the AD user will be set to the System Name in TMS. The mailbox will be created in the Mail Store
designated during installation.
Cisco TMSXE Administrator Guide 2.2
Alternative B
To use an existing account
This option will reconfigure an existing AD
user account and mailbox to be associated
with the Cisco TMS system. Select Use an
Existing AD Account. The center panel will
show you your domain's organizational
structure. Navigate the tree to find the
desired AD Account or use the Search
feature. Only user accounts that have their
mailbox on the local server will be
displayed. Click on the user account you
wish to associate to this Cisco TMS
system.
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