[cisco-voip] Voicemail vs. Unified Messaging

[Ed Leatherman]

Not 100% sure about this, but I think if you used separate accounts for your
email vs voicemail, you wouldnt have to upgrade to UM. As long as you were
still using it as "voicemail only" and not using the same accounts for
email, I would think you'd be OK. I would think the CALs for voicemail would
be included in your VM-only user licenses from cisco. Maybe one of the cisco
folks knows if that's permissible.

Not sure what kinda mojo you'd need to work to get them from your unity
exchange box to a new system and keep them separate from your standard user
accounts.



On 7/5/06, Brian Duncan <duncanw at otc.edu> wrote:
>
>  We are in talks on campus about migrating to an MS Exchange system for
> email.  We are currently running Unity voicemail.  I understand from my
> readings that if we purchase an exchange system from Microsoft with the
> proper client access licenses and move our current exchange mailboxes over
> we will be violating some license with Cisco and will need to migrate to
> Unified Messaging.
>
>
>
> The thing is I can't get anyone to explain to me what benefit I actually
> get (besides being able to listen to my voicemail in
> outlook…whoop-didee-doo) from the over $30,000 they are asking for the
> upgrade.
>
>
>
> Where is the additional cost to Cisco?  It seems to me like if I use an
> exchange server other then theirs I should be saving money.  What do we
> actually get?  Is anyone actually using UM?
>
>
>
> Any help you guys might be able to offer would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Brian Duncan
>
> Coordinator of Telecommunications
>
> Ozarks Technical Community College
>
> 1001 E. Chestnut Expressway
>
> Springfield, MO 65802
>
> 417-447-7505
>
> duncanw at otc.edu
>
>
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Ed Leatherman
IP Telephony Coordinator
West Virginia University
Telecommunications and Network Operations
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