Tag Archive for: User Provisioning

Compare ShoreTel and CISCO - Extension Mobility Options!
Business Managers, Legacy Services, Multi-vendor Telephony, Technical ManagersDo you run a business in which the day shift and the night shift share the same telephone instrument? This is a very common feature requirement in call centers, help desks and order lines. In the Health Care Profession, a very common…

Compare ShoretTel and CISCO Part 3 – Users and phones
Business Managers, Legacy Services, Multi-vendor Telephony, Technical ManagersAll of the architecture "geek speak" aside, CISCO and ShoreTel have fundamental "cultural" differences that defines their approach to the entities of a "phone" and a "user". Simply stated in the ShoreTel world a phone can not exist…

ShoreTel Version 12 – Configuring Users Part 1
Legacy Services, ShoreTel & Mitel, Technical ManagersAdding Users in ShoreTel is among the most common tasks a system administrator will be expected to perform. We suspect once the ShoreTel solution is fully deployed, you will generally not have to tweak Trunks, Switches and Application Servers,…

Implementing Active Directory Integration with ShoreTel 11
Legacy Services, ShoreTel & Mitel, Technical ManagersHistorically I have recommended that the ShoreTel server not be a computer in your domain. To many times, an Active Directory administrator will create a new Group Policy and forget about the ShoreTel user account. The end result is a down…

Extension Number, Phone Device, or User?
Business Managers, Legacy Services, Multi-vendor Telephony, Technical ManagersIs a phone, an Extension Number (e.g. DN) and a User the same entity? Does the User define the Extension number? Does the User define the Phone? What is the difference and why would you care? You care when you have to separate…
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