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Presence Group Configuration
When you configure Presence in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Admi nistration, an interested
party, known as a watcher, can monitor the real-time status of a directory number or SIP URI, a presence
entity, from the device of the watcher.
Cisco Unified Communications Manager controls which destinations a watcher can monitor with
presence groups. A presence group contains watchers and the destinations that can be mo nitored by the
watchers in the group. To allow watchers in one group to monitor directory numbers in other group s, you
specify permission settings to allow or block (disallow) the presence request. Presence authorization
works with the presence groups that are configured to ensure that a watcher has permission to monitor
the status of a destination.
After you configure the presence groups, you apply a presence group to the fol lowing i tem s in Cisc o
Unified Communications Manager Administration:
• Directory number—Presence entity for which you want status
• SIP trunk—Watcher
• Phone that is running SIP—Watcher
• Phone that is running SCCP—Watcher
• Application user—Watcher
• End user—Watcher
For information about configuring presence groups, refer to the “Presence” chapter i n the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.