CMAD6 - Cisco MeetingPlace Administrator

Virtual Classroom e-Learning

Who Needs to Attend

Those who must administer the Cisco Meeting Place system and those who are responsible for monitoring and capacity planning for the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace audio/video/web-conferencing solution
Students who intend to take CMIM (Cisco MeetingPlace Installation and Maintenance)

Prerequisites

CMBU6/7 - Cisco MeetingPlace Basic User

Follow-On Courses

There are no follow-ons for this course.

Cisco MeetingPlace - System Administrator Training

Gain the skills needed to perform "back-office" scheduling and user profile management and to generate reports and perform capacity planning tasks. This web-based, instructor-led course is facilitated through MeetingPlace-you take it from the comfort of your own home or office.

Please note: The start time for this course depends upon the location of the majority of students, is subject to change, and will be confirmed one week prior to class session start date. Course delivered through MeetingPlace conferencing and audio bridge.

What You'll Learn

MeetingTime client application and its use
Eight mandatory elements that comprise a user profile
The MeetingTime application to create and modify a user or group profile
The mechanism to bulk import user profiles from other databases
The MeetingTime application to verify the configuration settings for a previously scheduled meeting
Timers associated with scheduled meetings
Scheduling a meeting using a groupware application, such as Outlook
Overview of the MeetingPlace system architecture
Different types of ports, such as floater and contingency, and their use during a MeetingPlace conference
Generation of common reports
Use of the MeetingTime application to display the capacity management path
Use of capacity management displays for trend identification in MeetingPlace system utilization

Course Outline

1. System Administrator Responsibilities

Maintain system configuration
Establish backup procedures
Create system reports

2. System Administrator Tools

MeetingPlace Application Servers Administration Center
MeetingPlace Web Conferencing Servers Administration Center
MeetingPlace Conference Manager

3. System Configuration

Understanding meeting timers
Scheduling Guard Times

4. Manage End User Profiles

MeetingPlace access options
Users and groups
Configuration and profile demonstration

5. System Maintenance

Using Administration Center
Importing profiles
System maintenance demonstration

6. Reports

Categories of reports
Raw meeting details

7. Capacity Management

Daily analysis charts
Monthly trending
Port utilization
Calculating "No Show" percentages
Billback procedures

Course Schedule

Please note, the start time for this course depends upon the location of the majority of students, is subject to change, and will be confirmed one week prior to class session start date.

Approximate start time: 1:00 - 1:30 PM EST.