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Directory Operations
This chapter describes the Polycom
®
Converged Management Application™
(CMA®) enterprise directory integration and operations. It includes these
topics:
• Directory Management Overview
• Directory Management Supported Configurations
• Polycom CMA System and Windows Authentication
• Directory Management Operations
Directory Management Overview
In a large organization, integrating your CMA system with Microsoft Active
Directory greatly simplifies the task of managing conference system security.
Directory management provides the following features.
• Single sign-on capability. Users get the benefits of pass-through
authentication, allowing them to leverage their Active Directory user
name and password to login to the Polycom CMA Desktop system. This
happens without the user having to enter their credentials, creating
seamless integration for logins.
• Single management environment. After the initial setup of the CMA
system, adding groups into CMA system is no more complex than adding
a group to a file share or database. Continue to manage your group
memberships through Active Directory, then grant those groups rights
within the CMA system.
• Allows you to continue leveraging the existing role-based security model
that you have in place, though the CMA system only uses Universal
groups.