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6. Click Set on Systems. The job of applying the template to systems occurs in the background on
the Cisco TMS server. You can view the progress in the Provisioning Activity Status page under
Systems > Provisioning.
Phone books
One of the key features of Cisco TMS is the ability to offer centralized phone books for managed
systems. As part of the initial configuration, it is recommended you familiarize yourself with how Phone
books are assigned to systems.
There are four main concepts:
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Phone book – A listing of contacts. Contacts can include ISDN, IP, SIP, and Telephone
numbers for each entry. Multiple phone books can be created in Cisco TMS and each one
can be assigned to different users-groups and systems. Phone books are created/managed
from Phone books > Manage Phone books.
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Local vs. Server Phone Books – Local Phone Books are the directories stored and
available on most endpoints. These are normally set up and edited from the local endpoint.
Server Phone Books are the phone books are created and managed in Cisco TMS, not the
endpoint or system.
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Phone Book Sources – A phone book in Cisco TMS can be populated from one or more
phone book sources. Cisco TMS can create phone books from a variety of sources including
Active Directory, H.350 Servers, Gatekeepers and files. Phone book sources are
created/managed from Phone Books > Manage Phone Book Sources.
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Setting on System - This is the process that associates a system with a phone book so that
the system can read and display the phone book contents. Phone books can be set on any
number of systems, and each system can have multiple phone books associated with it. This
allows you to create multiple phone books for different purposes and assign them to the
specific systems that need them. Setting on Systems is done via the Phone book page at
Phonebooks > Manage Phonebooks. It is also possible to assign phone books to an
individual system in System Navigator using the Phone Book tab when viewing a system.
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Access Control – Utilize ‘TMS User Groups’ to define which user groups are to have read
access to each phone book. While, if the Cisco TMS Agent is enabled, utilize ‘Provisioning
Directory Groups’ to define which Provisioning Directory Groups shall have access to each
phone book.
The default ‘all systems’ phone book
As part of the initial installation, there are two default phone books that are created. The first is a
simple phone book that contains all the systems that are managed by Cisco TMS, and this phone
book is assigned to all the systems that Cisco TMS automatically discovered. The phone book starts
with a list of all the current Cisco TMS systems and this list is from a phone book source that was
created during installation.
The second default phone book created during initial installation is the Provisioning Phone Book. If the
Cisco TMS Agent is enabled, this phone book contains all the users that are found in the
Provisioning Directory. This phone book is created from the Provisioning Phone Book source. Note
that if FindMe is not being used, and only the Device URI is being used in the Provisioning Directory,
then the Provisioning Phone Book Source will not be populated until users begin to log into their
devices.
Scheduled conferencing
With your server in place, and systems added into Cisco TMS, you can now look to add new
functionality to your network via automated call launching and control. When scheduling conferences
with Cisco TMS users do not need to worry about network protocols, MCUs, or gateways: Cisco TMS
