What is new in 2.8 for administrators

This is an overview of new features and changes that are relevant for administrators.

Lock or unlock a meeting

In this release you can lock a meeting so new participants with Activee profile (for some users known as guest profile) will stay in the lobby and not enter the meeting. Also, you can use Meeting Management to let all lobby participants into the meeting at a convenient time. For instructions and information about limitations, see the User Guide for Video Operators.

Change display name for participants

In this version you can change display name for connected participants.

See the User Guide for Video Operators for instructions.

Smart licensing

Cisco Meeting Management can now be connected to the Cisco Smart Software Manager (Cisco SSM) so you can change to Cisco Smart Software Licensing.

Instructions on how to set up and use Smart Licensing with Meeting Management have been included in the Installation and Configuration Guide and in the User Guide for Administrators. For general information on Smart Licensing, see the Smart Licensing information page.

Note: There is no CLI (command line interface) for the Meeting Management integration with Smart Licensing. All configuration of the connection to the Cisco Smart Software Manager is via the Meeting Management user interface.

Note: License reservation is not supported for Meeting Management 2.8.

Check certificate revocation lists

In this version, you can choose to use CRLs (certificate revocation lists) for any TLS connections to:

  • Your LDAP server
  • Your Call Bridges
  • The TMS Booking API
  • The Cisco Smart Software Manager
  • Your log servers

If you use CRL checks, then Meeting Management will look for CRLs from the CA for each certificate in a given chain. If Meeting Management cannot access a CRL, or if the CRL says that a certificate has been revoked, then Meeting Management will reject connection to the device that presented it.

Note: Only certificates with HTTP Certificate Distribution points (CDPs) are supported. If you are using CRL checks, and a certificate has no CDP, or if a CDP is not reachable via HTTP, then the connection is rejected.

Also, Meeting Management must be set up so it can connect to external addresses via HTTP.

The Installation and Configuration Guide and the User Guide for Administrators have been updated to reflect this.

Use TMS phonebooks to look up contacts

You can now add TMS phonebooks to Meeting Management so video operators can look up contacts when they add participants to a meeting.

See instructions for adding participants in the User Guide for Video Operators. See how to set it up in the Installation and Configuration Guide.

Changes to requirements

Meeting Management supports Meeting Server version 2.6 or later. We recommend using version 2.8, which is required for changing display name for participants. We recommend using TMS version 15.9 or later, as this is required if you want to use TMS phonebooks to look up contacts.

Meeting Management can now run on ESXI 6.7.

Elliptical Curve base keys are now supported.

For previous versions of Meeting Management, TLS 1.2 was required but not enforced. In this version, use of TLS 1.2 is enforced.

CAUTION: If your LDAP server supports TLS versions older than TLS 1.2 then you can lose connection to your LDAP server when you upgrade to 2.8. If you have no local users you could be locked out of Meeting Management. Make sure that all TLS connections use TLS 1.2 before you upgrade.

For all requirements and prerequisites for Meeting Management 2.8, see the Installation and Configuration Guide.

 

 

 

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