Polycom 3725-77601-001H Users and Groups Overview, Overview of Groups, Users, and User Roles

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Users and Groups Overview

This chapter provides an overview of the Polycom® Converged Management Application™ (CMA®) system users and groups management structure. It includes these topics:

•Overview of Groups, Users, and User Roles

•Roles and Permissions

•Device Associations and Presence

Overview of Groups, Users, and User Roles

The CMA system allows users assigned the Administrator role to manage users, groups, user roles, permissions, and areas (if applicable).

Most often, a CMA system is integrated with an enterprise directory from which users are imported. However, the CMA system also allows administrators to add local users (that is, users added manually to the system) and associate them with endpoints, groups, and roles.

Users

Local Users

When you manually add local users, the CMA system manages all user information and associations.

At a minimum, when you manually add users, you must enter a user’s First Name or Last Name, User ID, and Password. When you enter the minimum information, the CMA system automatically assigns local users the basic Scheduler role, unless you remove that assignment. They can then schedule conferences, be scheduled into conferences, and call into conferences. However, the system cannot call out to them until they are associated with endpoints.

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