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Collaboration Management Services

Module Component Description Collaboration Management Services Cisco Unified CM cluster with IM and Presence Service and a Cisco Unity Connection cluster Webex Cloud-Connected UC Webex Cloud-Connected UC (CCUC) is a suite of cloud services providing centralized administrative services within Webex Control Hub for on-premises collaboration applications. Services include system health checks, troubleshooting, operational activities and analytics Software Licensing Cisco Smart Software Manager Internet-based Cisco web portal that provides administrators with a single management point for the Cisco Unified CM, Cisco Unity Connection, Cisco Meeting Server and Cisco Expressway licenses used in a deployment Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment assists the administrator by automating many of the primary steps necessary to configure and install Cisco Collaboration applications. Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment supports the following applications in the Cisco Collaboration on-premises Preferred Architecture: • Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) • Cisco IM and Presence Service • Cisco Unity Connection

Recommended Deployment Figure 17 illustrates the following recommended architecture for Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment: • Install Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment on a dedicated virtual machine (VM) and not co-resident with any other applications. • Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment uses the collaboration application installation ISO files (available from Cisco.com) to install and deploy the Collaboration applications (see Figure 17).