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Overview
Cisco Webex is a cloud-based business collaboration service that allows employees to message, meet, and call instantly in order to strengthen relationships and increase productivity.
Cisco Webex combines mobile devices and other communications tools to provide instant communications and live meetings to ensure a professional and effective collaboration experience.
The table describes the main Cisco Webex features:
Feature | Description |
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Messaging | Business messaging allows users to prepare, share, and repeat content, and it facilitates one-on-one or team messaging facilities in virtual rooms. |
Meeting | Connect teams and meet customers easily with the added benefits of messaging and content sharing before, during, and after a meeting. |
Call | The service enables voice and video communications via mobile, desktop, and room-based devices. Connect your existing PSTN1 services to Cisco Webex to enjoy one-touch directory dialing and join meetings from anywhere on any device. Mobile users get features such as single number reach, single voicemail service, video services, and the ability to seamlessly move between devices during a call. |
Cisco Webex Workflow
To access the flowcharts, view the topic via the release documentation at: https://documentation.voss-solutions.com/automate.html
Note
Only step 1 is mandatory for Cisco Webex to function in VOSS Automate. The other steps are dependent on your particular requirements.
Related Topics
The high-level Cisco Webex workflow steps outlined in the flowchart above are detailed below:
(Mandatory) Create Cisco Webex service.
(Optional) Enable Cisco Webex in Entitlement.
Relevant only when using entitlement profiles.
Select the Webex App checkbox (at the appropriate hierarchy level), in the entitlement catalog and entitlement profile:
Sync existing Cisco Webex users for the customer
Two methods for syncs:
Important: To properly sync in calling behavior settings, ensure the sync setting, Quick Import, is set to False (disabled), and Refresh Existing (Changed) Data is set to True (enabled) on all data syncs that include the device/Spark/user model. By default, these are:
These are the default settings for the device/spark/User syncs, but it is important to ensure they correctly configured before syncing in users.
Webex numbers are synced in and maintained in device/spark/Number and the Number Inventory.
Numbers of synced Cisco Webex users have: status: Used, usage: User and vendor: Webex Calling in the Number Inventory. See Number Status and Usage.
Licenses are synced and maintained in device/spark/License.
Locations are synced - see: Webex Locations.
Rooms, Teams and Groups details are synced in as read-only data to device/spark/Room, device/spark/Team and device/spark/Group respectively.
Calling is synced in to device/spark/UserConfig, where the settings can be managed per user if the assigned license of which is "Webex Calling - Professional".
Add a Cisco Webex user in VOSS Automate
Methods to add Webex users:
Via Webex Teams Quick Add Subscriber (view/WebexTeamsSubscriberQas)
See Webex Teams Quick Add Subscriber.
Via Subscriber Management > Subscribers
Via Subscriber Management > Quick Add Subscriber
To add a Cisco Webex user using Quick Add Subscriber (QAS), choose the Webex Teams User Template to use for the user. This selection overrides the default user template referenced in the Quick Add Subscriber Groups* associated with the user.
If a Webex Teams User Template is not selected from the drop-down, selection falls back to the Webex Teams User Template referenced in the associated Quick Add Subscriber Groups. If you want customized values, clone the Webex Teams User Template (via Customizations > Configuration Templates), and edit as required.
Via Webex App > Users
See Add Webex App User.
Provision Cisco Webex for an existing user
See: Provision Webex App
Webex Teams Quick Subscriber
This procedure adds a Webex Teams user via a standalone view called view/WebexTeamsSubscriberQas.
In the Admin Portal, go to (default menus) Cisco Webex App > Quick Subscriber.
Select the checkbox to define whether to include users at a higher hierarchy.
Fill out (new user) or select a username (existing user).
Note
Once you select a username, to add a new Webex Control Hub user or to update an existing Webex Control Hub user, some details display in read-only fields on the page.
When adding new users (typing a name into Username field), user details, phone number and Quick Add Group can be entered.
Adding a new user is not possible for a Webex Control Hub that is directory synced, that is, the associated Spark Customer details show the Directory Synchronization Enabled checkbox active.
If a Webex Control Hub is directory synced, only an existing user can be configured by selecting the user's Email address and then for example update the phone number or Quick Add Group.
Select a Quick Add Group, which provides Cisco Webex settings.
If the Webex Calling group is selected, this allows for the user is to be assigned a "Webex Calling - Professional" license that enables the management of calling settings. In this Quick Add Group, the configuration template selected in the Default Webex App Calling Template is "Default Webex Teams User Calling Template".
Note
If this Quick Add Group is available in a Subscriber Profile, then the Add Subscriber from Profile subscriber management option will also allow for the management of calling settings.
Select a phone number, or select the Use next available line checkbox.
Note
If the user is LDAP-synced, updated phone number details are written back to the LDAP user.
Save your changes.
An email notification may be sent to the user (provided the required email setup is configured).
Add a Cisco Webex User
This procedure adds a new Cisco Webex user in VOSS Automate.
Log in to the Admin Portal as a Provider, Reseller, Customer, or Site administrator.
Go to (default menus) Cisco Webex App > Users.
View existing Cisco Webex users (synced, or added in VOSS Automate).
Click Add.
Choose the hierarchy where you want to add the Cisco Webex user.
Fill out fields on the Account Details & Calling Settings tab/panel:
(Mandatory). Email Address
Note
The email address is used to match users when they're moved during an overbuild.
First name and last name
Manager ID: to select the email address of the manager.
Location: the Location selected from those specified on the Webex Control Hub - as synced in.
Calling Behavior. Options are auto-populated, and display as one of the following:
Calling in Webex App
Calling in Webex App (Unified CM)
Fields for device creation (Iphone, Android, CSF, Tablet) are displayed and checked by default.
Cisco Jabber App
Third Party App
Phone Numbers: The fields: Type (e.g. "Work") and Number are available for each entry.
Extension: Webex Calling extension is available if a user has a Webex Calling license.
Assigned Licenses: selected from licenses available on the Cisco Webex service as synced in from the Webex Control Hub.
Depending on a user's license, services such as Collaboration, Conferencing are available.
If Webex calling is enabled and a user is assigned a Webex Calling - Professional license, a Calling Settings panel on the form allows for the user management of Calling Settings (such as Barge In, Caller ID, Call Forward, Call Recording, Call Waiting, Intercept).
Note
If a user has Calling Settings available, these need to be removed and to be reprovisioned if it is necessary to move the subscriber to another site. For move steps, see: Move Users.
On the Roles tab/panel, select relevant roles:
Click Save. The Cisco Webex user is added and can be viewed in the summary list view.
Note
The list view for Cisco Webex users also displays data (if available), for the following fields, by default:
Delete a Cisco Webex User
This procedure deletes an existing Cisco Webex user (synced, or added via VOSS Automate).
Provisioning Subscribers with Cisco Webex
This section describes how to provision Cisco Webex for a subscriber, either via the Subscriber list view, or via Quick Add Subscriber (QAS).
Related Topics
This procedure provisions a subscriber with Cisco Webex, via the Subscriber list view.
Prerequisite:
The users entitlement profile must have Cisco Webex enabled (Webex App checkbox must be selected).
Unless Cisco Webex service assigned is Message only, new users must have an input line specified, and existing users must have either a primary extension, or an input line must be specified.
See Add Webex App User
To provision a subscriber with Webex:
In the Admin Portal, go to (default menus) Subscriber Management > Subscribers.
From the Subscribers list, click on a subscriber you wish to provision with Cisco Webex.
On the subscriber configuration screen, select the Webex App panel (or if selected as display option, the tab).
In the Webex App User field, expand the Webex App User configuration fields.
Note
The following Invite Pending checkbox is read-only, indicating the user's status (whether their Webex account is active).
Options in the Manager ID and Location fields depend on the Cisco Webex Server to which the Cisco Webex Service is synced.
The Calling Behaviour field can be "Calling in Webex App", "Calling in Webex App (Unified CM)", "Cisco Jabber app" or "Third-Party app".
In the Assigned License section, the available licenses depend on the Cisco Webex Server to which the Cisco Webex Service is synced.
In the Roles section, select the relevant check boxes to configure the required roles:
No administrator privileges | . |
Full administrator privileges | Access to all of Portal features, including:
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Read-only administrator privileges | View only access to privileges available to a full administrator. |
Support Administrator | Access to user information and support logs. |
User and Device Administrator | . |
Device Administrator | . |
Click OK. Cisco Webex is provisioned for the subscriber.
To verify that Cisco Webex is enabled for the subscriber, ensure the Webex App column in the Subscribers list view displays the text, Enabled.
This procedure enables Cisco Webex for a subscriber via Quick Add Subscriber.
Prerequisite:
The user's entitlement profile must have Cisco Webex enabled (Webex App checkbox must be selected).
Unless Cisco Webex service assigned is Message only, new users must have an input line specified, and existing users must have either a primary extension, or an input line must be specified.
See Add Webex App User and Webex Teams Quick Add
Perform these steps:
Go to (default menus) Subscriber Management > Quick Add Subscriber.
From the Username drop-down list, choose the name of the subscriber to be provisioned with Cisco Webex.
Select the Webex App checkbox to enable Cisco Webex for the subscriber.
From the Webex Teams User Template drop-down list, choose the template you want to assign to the user.
Click Save. Cisco Webex is provisioned for the subscriber.
To verify that Cisco Webex is enabled for the subscriber, ensure the Webex App column in the Subscribers list view displays the text, Enabled.
Note
When Cisco Webex Calling (with CUCM) is removed from a Webex User, the 'On-Prem UCM Calling' license is removed from the Webex User.
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Country | The two-letter country code of the location. |
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