Configuring Corporate And Personal Directories; Configuring Corporate Directories; Configuring Personal Directory - Cisco 7931G Administration Manual

Chapter 5 Configuring Features, Templates, Services, and Users

Configuring Corporate and Personal Directories

The Directories button on the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G gives users access to several directories.
By default, this button is line button 22 (the second-from-top line button on the left).
The directories can include:
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Configuring Corporate Directories

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 telephone extension.
To install and set up these features, see the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration
Guide,
Configuration.
After the LDAP directory configuration completes, users can use the Corporate Directory service on
their Cisco Unified IP Phone to look up users in the corporate directory.

Configuring Personal Directory

Personal Directory consists of the following features:
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Users can access Personal Directory features by these methods:
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To ensure that Cisco IP Phone Address Book Synchronizer users have access to end-user data that
pertains only to them, activate the Cisco UXL Web Service in Cisco Unified Serviceability.
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Corporate Directory—Allows a user to look up phone numbers for co-workers.
To support this feature, you must configure corporate directories. For more information, see the
"Configuring Corporate Directories" section on page
Personal Directory—Allows a user to store a set of personal numbers.
To support this feature, you must provide the user with software to configure the personal directory.
For more information, see the
LDAP System Configuration,
Personal Address Book (PAB)
Personal Fast Dials (Fast Dials)
Address Book Synchronization Tool (TABSynch)
From a web browser—Users can access the PAB and Fast Dials features from the Cisco Unified CM
web pages
From the Cisco Unified IP Phone—Users can choose Directories > Personal Directory to access
the PAB and Fast Dials features from their phones
From a Microsoft Windows application—Users can use the TABSynch tool to synchronize their
PABs with Microsoft Windows Address Book (WAB). Customers who want to use the Microsoft
Outlook Address Book (OAB) should begin by importing the data from the OAB into the Windows
Address Book (WAB). TabSync can then be used to synchronize the WAB with Personal Directory.
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"Configuring Personal Directory" section on page
LDAP Directory Configuration, and

Configuring Corporate and Personal Directories

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LDAP Authentication
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