[cisco-voip] Collaboration Suite v9 with AD2008 with AD2012 schema update (mixed mode)

[Matthew Loraditch]

As a guy with plenty of AD experience, I can tell you, you aren’t going to have a problem with this. My internal systems were running this way at some point.
The Cisco BUs however are very cautious with this kind of thing and won’t list it unless they test it.

The only time this could ever come up is if you somehow have an AD synchronization issue, Cisco points the finger at AD and then you have to say you are syncing with 2012 servers.

It’s a risk calculation you have to make.

Matthew G. Loraditch – CCNP-Voice, CCNA-R&S, CCDA
Network Engineer
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From: cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Lelio Fulgenzi
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 10:35 AM
To: Cisco VOIP
Subject: [cisco-voip] Collaboration Suite v9 with AD2008 with AD2012 schema update (mixed mode)


Hi everyone,

Our identity management team has asked about running our AD in mixed mode, which would allow them to have 2012 controllers along with 2008 controllers. However, this requires the 2008 controllers to have the 2012 schema updates applied.

The data sheets show only AD 2008 support, and nothing about mixed mode support.

I've got a call into our account team to try and see what support options (if any) are available, but I wanted to ask the list about this.

Is anyone out there running v9 software, e.g. CUCM, Connection, CUPS/IM&P, etc, and synchronizing/authenticating against a mixed mode AD environment, specifically that which I mention above?

Was anyone able to get "engineering approval" or whatever they call special approval for special configs for this?

Thanks!

Lelio

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Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
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Computing and Communications Services (CCS)
University of Guelph

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