09-09-2016 02:09 PM - edited 03-17-2019 06:21 PM
Hi,
I am looking for a Video Conferencing Solution for approximately 4000 employees. Currently the customer is using Cisco Jabber for Point-to-Point Video calls. The main requirement is Ad-Hoc Video Conferencing by any employee at any time. I looked at both Cisco Meeting Server and Cisco TelePresence Server. Both solution requires either Personal Multiparty Plus or Shared Multiparty Plus Licenses. The customer do not want to purchase a PMP license for each individual user. Their requirement is shared media resources so that any employee can initiate a ad-hoc conference.
Now the question is: can we use Cisco Jabber with Shared Multiparty Licenses?
Thanks,
Vaijanath S
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09-12-2016 07:33 AM
Yes, that is absolutely possible.
The only oddity is with PMP+ which enforces slightly differently than Conductor/vTS. This doesn't seem to be relevant to your use case since you intend to purchase solely SMP+ licenses. As of the CMS 2.0(1) release, PMP+ licenses - which are cheaper than SMP+ - are only consumed if: a) the Space is owned by an LDAP user with a PMP+ license assigned to them; or, b) if an LDAP user with PMP+ assigned to them joins a space from the Cisco Meeting App as an authenticated user. In all other scenarios, including ad-hoc escalation with CUCM an SMP+ license is consumed. This is different than Conductor/vTS which were also able to figure out the user entitlement for ad-hoc calls.
09-12-2016 04:48 AM
An SMP+/PMP+ license is not a substitute for an UCL/UWL license which is required for Jabber to register as a soft phone to CUCM. With that disclaimer in place, yes Jabber can be used with an SMP+/PMP+ license. The SMP+/PMP+ is for the conference bridge, not the endpoint a user is leveraging to join. A user could use the CMS App, Jabber, a DX-80, or whatever system they have. The endpoint isn't part of the algorithm.
PS- Cisco intends the Cisco Meeting Server to replace/superceed the Conductor/TelePresence Server product. There are a few small feature gaps but as-hoc conference escalation for CUCM is supported in CMS 2.0.
09-12-2016 05:27 AM
Hi Jonathan,
Thank you for your response. The customer has the CUWL licenses for Cisco Jabber. All the jabber endpoints are registered to Cisco UCM and point-to-point video conference works fine. As I understood from your response I can use SMP+ licenses on CMS 2.0 for Cisco Jabber application. To relate it to the customer scenario I can share 10 SMP+ licenses for 4000 employees to host 10 shared conference rooms. Am I right?
Your response is much appreciated. Thank You.
Thanks,
Vaijanath S
09-12-2016 07:33 AM
Yes, that is absolutely possible.
The only oddity is with PMP+ which enforces slightly differently than Conductor/vTS. This doesn't seem to be relevant to your use case since you intend to purchase solely SMP+ licenses. As of the CMS 2.0(1) release, PMP+ licenses - which are cheaper than SMP+ - are only consumed if: a) the Space is owned by an LDAP user with a PMP+ license assigned to them; or, b) if an LDAP user with PMP+ assigned to them joins a space from the Cisco Meeting App as an authenticated user. In all other scenarios, including ad-hoc escalation with CUCM an SMP+ license is consumed. This is different than Conductor/vTS which were also able to figure out the user entitlement for ad-hoc calls.
09-12-2016 07:33 AM
Thanks Jonathan.
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