12-10-2011 12:54 PM - edited 03-21-2019 05:03 AM
With Shahryar Talukder
Welcome to the Cisco Support Community Ask the Expert conversation. This is an opportunity to get expert insights and learn about the Cisco® Smart CallConnector Suite of collaboration applications for the Small Business platforms from Shahryar Talukder. Shahryar is a team lead in the Small Business Technology Group at Cisco and he has been working on unified communications, collaboration, and mobility solutions for more than 15 years. He has lead the development team that has provided the Smart CallConnector suite of unified communication solutions for the Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series (UC500) and the Communications Manager Express bundle for the Cisco ISR Integrated Services Router (CME-ISR.) The Cisco Smart CallConnector Suite delivers productivity improvements for main answering positions and employee desktops with click-to-dial and click-to-send from presence-enabled directories, as well as integration with Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer. Easy to sell and install, the Cisco Smart CallConnector Suite gives partners an opportunity to expand their applications business.
The Cisco Smart CallConnector Suite delivers productivity improvements for main answering positions and employee desktops with click-to-dial and click-to-send from presence-enabled directories, as well as integration with Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer. Easy to sell and install, the Cisco Smart CallConnector Suite gives partners an opportunity to expand their applications business.
The Smart CallConnector Suite includes:
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12-16-2011 01:15 PM
Hi Jeremy:
The SCC performs lookup against the contacts in the SCC directories and the Personal Outlook contact folder. Therefore the GAL contacts are not looked-up for the caller ID name resolution. You can import external contact data from other sources to the SCC Server directories. This is a manual process.
From the SCC Server->Configuration Manager you can import contacts from Active Directory and from Exchange. We currently do not have the Global Address as a selection option. However you can import from Exchange Contact folders. To import:
1. Start the Conifguration Manager on the SCC Server, login and select the Manage Users/Contacts tab.
2. Click on the Import button in the toolbar, form the menu select contacts. This opens the Import Wizard.
3. Select the Import Source. This can be one of UC500 (CME); Outlook Contacts, Text file (CSV format) or Active Directory.
4. If you have specified Outlook, it will try to connect to Outlook and allow you to select the contact folder for import.
5. Select the import target directory -- Corporate or External directory.
6. Then run import.
Until GAL lookup is available, the import method is the only option. It has limitations as it has to be repeated to keep the contact information current.
Thanks
Shahryar
12-13-2011 07:52 AM
Hello, I would like to know if the difference between Smart CallConnector and Unified CallConnector, other than cost. Can you also explain the main benefits of the Smart CallConnertor Toolbar?
Thank you, John
12-13-2011 10:35 AM
Hi John:
This question comes up quite frequently. The differences are in the composition of the products in the two suites, how support is delivered, SKUs and cost and name branding. The Smart CallConnector products are for the UC500 and supported by S-TAC. The Unified CallConnector products are for the CUCME and supported by TAC. But the common products (such as Operator, Server or Advanced Client) are identical in functionality, only the name is different.
The Smart CallConnector (SCC) suite is comprised of:
The Unified CallConnector suite is comprised of:
Thanks
Shahryar
12-13-2011 10:40 AM
The second question related to the features and value of the Smart CallConnector Toolbar.
The Smart CallConnector Toolbar is a freely-downloadable component that is integrated in Outlook and the Internet Explorer as call control toolbars. Users can see the incoming call information popup in a notification window on their Windows computers, they can click to answer the call.
The basic call handling features are available from either the Outlook and Internet Explorer windows.To make a call the user can enter or paste a number in the toolbar, add in the dial out codes and click on the dial button to make the call.
12-13-2011 05:24 PM
Can you please clarify or expand on the following.
12-16-2011 11:55 AM
Hi Marcus:
SCC integration with applications using TAPI
Two points to make are:
1. UC500 allows one IP Phone control connection (commonly refered to as TAPI connection to the UC500). When the SCC is running, it uses this connection and therefore other applications that want to use the Windows TAPI driver to control the phone cannot do so. The reverse is also true. If a TAPI session is setup to a phone, then the SCC application will not work for that phone. YOu can have only one of them running.
2. We have a roadmap item to allow support Salesforce, CRM and other TAPI applications concurrently with SCC. Timing is dependent on the demand from the field.
12-16-2011 12:09 PM
Hi Marcus:
How many operator's can you have with one SCC Server?
The SCC Operator connects as a client to the SCC Server. The Server itself does not limit the number of Operator connections. However, the documentation does call out for a maximum numbers of ten (10) operators per server.
Deployments with more than a couple of Operators should use the UC500 hunt groups to route/distribute the calls between the operators.
Thanks
Shahryar
12-16-2011 12:26 PM
Hi Marcus:
Does SCC affect the way the Office Manager operates?
The SCC Server reads the configuration information from the UC500 and writes only two sets of information -- a) Radius configuration during the initial setup and b) if call forward changes are made by the operator, the user's phone forward settings can be changed.
So we do not see any way in which the Office Manager operations can be affected by the SCC solution.
12-14-2011 02:38 AM
How do i get SCC Server to see my Global Address List in exchange? primarily for Caller ID name resolution
12-16-2011 01:15 PM
Hi Jeremy:
The SCC performs lookup against the contacts in the SCC directories and the Personal Outlook contact folder. Therefore the GAL contacts are not looked-up for the caller ID name resolution. You can import external contact data from other sources to the SCC Server directories. This is a manual process.
From the SCC Server->Configuration Manager you can import contacts from Active Directory and from Exchange. We currently do not have the Global Address as a selection option. However you can import from Exchange Contact folders. To import:
1. Start the Conifguration Manager on the SCC Server, login and select the Manage Users/Contacts tab.
2. Click on the Import button in the toolbar, form the menu select contacts. This opens the Import Wizard.
3. Select the Import Source. This can be one of UC500 (CME); Outlook Contacts, Text file (CSV format) or Active Directory.
4. If you have specified Outlook, it will try to connect to Outlook and allow you to select the contact folder for import.
5. Select the import target directory -- Corporate or External directory.
6. Then run import.
Until GAL lookup is available, the import method is the only option. It has limitations as it has to be repeated to keep the contact information current.
Thanks
Shahryar
12-16-2011 06:46 AM
Thank you for your answer, Shahryar. I have other question: What are the advantages of the Smart CallConnector Advance Client and Server? How do I download this? Any pointer will be useful. Thanks.
John.
12-16-2011 12:38 PM
Hi John:
The key features of the Smart CallConnector Advanced Client include presence, instant messaging with federation, visual voicemail access, PC-based click-to-call, employee directory, communications history, and Outlook contact integration. Users can access communication services (call handling, IM, Presence) directly from toolbars within Outlook and Internet Explorer. The Advanced Client can improve communication efficiency in the following ways:
The SCC applications can be downloaded from http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10865/index.html; select the Download Software link.
Thanks
Shahryar
12-20-2011 12:26 PM
Hello, How can I get support for the SCC Operator installation? Any pointed will be useful. Thank you
- Daniel
12-22-2011 05:18 AM
Hi, I have a question, Does the SCC Toolbar support multiple directory integration, such as LDAP Active Directory?
Julio
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