.. _bottom-up_user_management:

Bottom-Up User Management
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A bottom-up approach to user management means users are configured on
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and synced into 
VOSS-4-UC. Two possible methods for bottom-up user management are:

* Sync LDAP directory into Unified CM. Do not configure the LDAP
  directory sync in Unified CM to use a line mask or DN pool to create
  the user's primary extension. Instead, the user's primary extension
  and self-service ID are generated in VOSS-4-UC, using a line mask,
  universal line template, and self-provisioning user profile at the
  site level.

  Note:

  During LDAP sync to Unified CM, the user is assigned a User Profile
  via the Feature Group Template associated with the LDAP directory. In
  order for the line mask configured at the site on VOSS-4-UC to get
  applied, the User Profile assigned previously must be empty or it must
  be named the 'Standard (Factory Default) User Profile'.

* Use Unified CM Quick User/Phone Add to create a user and the user's
  primary extension.