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Welcome to my blog about Cisco Collaboration, voice, and contact center technologies.

I’m Dmytro Benda, a Cisco instructor (CCSI#33268) and collaboration specialist. Here I share practical articles, lab notes, configuration tips, and troubleshooting ideas based on real work with Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Unified CME, gateways, CUBE, and contact center solutions.

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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Presence for Сall Manager Express

Hi folks,

Today we are talking about how to set up Presence feature on the CUCME (Call Manager Express). Presence allows a user (watcher) to monitor the real-time status of another user at a directory number or SIP URI from the device of the watcher. Before making a call, one can visually see whether the other party is busy or whether it is free. Viewing the status of the DN can be configured for speed-dial buttons (Speed ​​Dials) or for call lists (Placed Calls, Missed Calls, Personal and Corporate Directories). Moreover, you can also view subsriber's status of the remote PBX. It is possible if you have a trunk with SIP signaling between those PBXs.