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Collaboration Management Services

Collaboration Management Services System management and software licensing are important functions in a collaboration system environment. The Cisco Collaboration on-premises Preferred Architecture includes the following Cisco core management applications that are considered to be a basic requirement and foundational to any collaboration solution (Figure 16): • Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment — Assists with installation, upgrade, replatform, and readdress of applications. • Cisco Webex Cloud-Connected UC (CCUC) – Provides a centralized cloud-based administrative interface to manage all on-premises UC application via analytics, troubleshooting and operational tools from Webex Control Hub. • Cisco Smart Software Manager — Internet-based Cisco cloud service with web portal for managing collaboration user licenses. Figure 16. Architecture for Collaboration Management Services

Table 10 lists the roles of the application components in this architecture and the services they provide. Table 10. Components for Collaboration Management Services Module Component Description Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment Assists the administrator by automating many of the steps necessary to install and maintain a