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Webex Cloud-Connected UC is recommended in the Preferred Architectures as the platform of choice for application management and visibility. Cisco Smart Software Manager Although not a collaboration service, the Cisco Smart Software Manager is an Internet-based web portal that provides simplified and flexible enterprise-wide management of software licensing including collaboration software. It is required for licensing collaboration on-premises deployments. Cisco Smart Software Manager simplifies licenses and software activation as well as reconciliation of licenses across supported products, and it provides enterprise-level reporting of usage and entitlement. Cisco Smart Software Manager also supports deployments with multiple clusters. Cisco Smart Software Manager supports the following applications in the Cisco Collaboration on-premises Preferred Architecture: • Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) • Cisco Unity Connection • Cisco Meeting Server • Cisco Expressway Recommended Deployment We recommend direct or proxy communications between the web-based Cisco Smart Software Manager and your on-premises Unified CM and Unity Connection, Cisco Meeting Management, and Expressway nodes. This does require outbound HTTPS communications from collaboration application’s nodes through your organization’s firewall to the web-based Cisco Smart Software Manager service. If your organization does not enable direct outbound web