Cisco MeetingPlace Express 2.0 Integration with UC Manager 6

With the introduction of MeetingPlace Express 2.0, now you can collaborate using video, voice and web conference with a single box. The integration between MPE and UC is quite simple.

Step 1 Go to http://ccm-server/ccmadmin/main.asp, where ccm-server is the fully qualified domain name or IP address of the Cisco Unified CallManager server.
Step 2 Log in with your Cisco Unified CallManager administrator username and password.
Step 3 Add the gateway to the Cisco Unified CallManager database by completing the following actions:
a. Click Device > Gateway.
b. In the top right corner, click Add a New Gateway.
c. Select the H.323 Gateway type.

d. Select the H.225 device protocol.
e. Click Next.

Step 4 Add the route pattern to the Cisco Unified CallManager database by completing the following actions:
a. Click Route Plan > Route/Hunt > Route Pattern.
b. In the top right corner, click Add a New Route Pattern.

Step 5 Log in to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express and click Administration.
Step 6 Click System Configuration > Call Configuration > H.323 Configuration.

Step 7 Click System Configuration > Call Configuration > Dial Configuration.

Step 8 For external directory authentication, firstly create an application user mpexal from Communications Manager.

Step 9 Make sure you have the “Standard AXL API access” role.

Step 10 Create new user group “Standard AXL User”, and assign the “Standard AXL API Access” role to this group.

Step 11 Log in to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express and click Administration.
Step 12 Click System Configuration > Usage Configuration.



Step 13 To allow scheduling a video meeting, you have to enable it from either user profile settings or user group settings.

Then you will see video options in the schedule meetings page: