Release Notes

New features
Cisco TelePresence Management Suite Release Notes Software Release Notes (14.4.1) Page 14 of 61
n Make TelePresence Conductor the preferred MCU in routing.
n Configure TelePresence Conductor alias patterns in Cisco TMS and view the regular expression for use on
the TelePresence Conductor and VCS.
n Free choice of alias in booking. Create your own conference address by modifying the variable part.
n Automatic generation of conference address unless modified during booking.
n Cisco TMS will reserve conference addresses it has generated from alias patterns.
n Check availability of your chosen conference address during the booking process.
n Configure a maximum number of concurrent scheduled calls bookable on the TelePresence Conductor
from Cisco TMS – does not affect the resource allocation on the TelePresence Conductor, but allows the
administrator to save some TelePresence Conductor resources for ad hoc calls.
n CDRs from MCUs managed by a TelePresence Conductor if the MCUs are added into Cisco TMS. Note
that the CDRs will not contain a ConferenceID.
n Monitoring of scheduled and ad hoc calls in Conference Control Center.
New endpoint upgrade API
Cisco endpoints running software version TC 6.0 have a new API for use in software upgrades. Endpoints on
earlier TC software use the previous upgrade API.
n It is now the endpoint that retrieves the software package from Cisco TMS. The upgrade will start when the
endpoint itself initiates it.
n The System Upgrade Status page in Cisco TMS has also been improved. The endpoint itself sends
continuous feedback throughout the process. To see the upgrade status, see Systems > System
Upgrade > System Upgrade Activity Status.
Cisco Unified CM phonebook sources
It is now possible to create a phone book source from a Cisco Unified CM list of users and their associated
devices through Phone Books > Manage Phone Book Sources. This applies only to Cisco Unified CMs
running software version 8.6.2 or later.
Cisco TelePresence Server
When booking a new conference, the Password/PIN field is now also applied to conferences booked using
TelePresence Server version 2.3 or later.
Cisco TMS can now limit the number of ports used when scheduling a TelePresence Server 2.2 and later.
Two fields have been added:
n A TelePresence Server-wide setting, Port Reservation in Systems > Navigator > select TelePresence
Server > Settings > Extended Settings, has been added.
n The setting can be altered on a per conference basis in Booking > New Conference > Add some
participants including a TelePresence Server > MCU Settings tab > Port Reservation.
New Administrator Guide and web help
Improvements to the Cisco TMS documentation for this release include:
n The Administrator Guide and web help have been merged and updated. All information is now available
both in PDF on cisco.com and HTML format inside the application.
n New chapters explain routing and systems management.