[cisco-voip] Exchange 2007 UM and CUCM

[Matthew Saskin]

I've run it with both 4.x and 6.x and would not recommend using EXUM 
with CM4.x.  For some reason (that I never dug into) the voice quality 
ends up being absolutely terrible when using Exchange with windows based 
CallManager.

Internally my organization uses CM 6.0 with Exchange 2007, and we have 
multiple clients running with various CM5/6 versions.

No matter which version of callmanager you're running, you need to use 
3rd party software for MWI to function.

-matt

Tim Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I think it would definitely be worth a pilot run...
>  
> 3rd party products handle the MWI for you.. you would just have to 
> factor this in..
> http://www.mwi2007.com <http://www.mwi2007.com/>
>  
> Loving Cisco myself, but if you look at Unity UM - it's backend is 
> Exchange and AD. So it would definitely make sense to see a more 
> "Unified" solution.. where front and back end are the same 
> manufacturer... and you dont run into any funny moments where you are 
> waiting for 1 party to certify the other...
>  
> There is a good gartner report that discusses Exch 2007 as UM solution.
>  
> Of course the first thing I would think about is how many users.. and 
> whether you really need Unified Messaging....
> And do you need Unified Messaging for everybody?
>  
> No reason you cant run a standard voicemail solution, and also have an 
> advanced option for people that really require the Unified solution.
>  
> Unity connection is great for dedicated voicemail, plus a few fruity 
> extras... and I believe some basic resilience is on the way in version 
> 7. This was probably the main thing it was lacking. But as the CUCM 
> appliance model.. it is nice and simple to manage.
>  
> Just my 2 cents...
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> Tim
> 
> 
>  
> On 7/3/08, *Mayte Cantillo* <mayte at fiu.edu <mailto:mayte at fiu.edu>> wrote:
> 
>     Good morning,
>     We have been asked to look into Microsoft's Exchange Server 2007
>     Unified Messaging for our environment.  We have two clusters, one
>     with CUCM 4.2.3 and the other one CUCM 6.1.2
>     Has any of you tried to do this?  I see from Microsoft's own website
>     that with 4.2.3 it is not recommended because it does not do MWI. 
>     Should we even consider it?  What other features will we lose?
>     Any insight is appreciated.
>     Thanks!
>     -Mayte.
>      
>      
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