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Cisco Unified Communications Manager

CUCM Training: Cisco Unified Communications Manager

From day-to-day administration to multi-cluster dial plan design: hands-on CUCM 15 training for administrators, engineers and CCNP candidates.

Training built by working engineers

  • Real clusters

    Labs on CUCM 15 publisher/subscriber clusters with a second cluster for inter-cluster scenarios.

  • Job-ready

    The provisioning, change and troubleshooting tasks UC teams are measured on.

  • Path to CCNP

    Builds directly into CLCOR 350-801 and the CLACC 300-815 concentration.

Skills covered in our cucm training

  • Provision at scale with LDAP, templates and BAT
  • Design class of service with partitions and CSS
  • Build globalised +E.164 dial plans
  • Route between clusters with ILS and GDPR
  • Integrate Unity Connection and IM & Presence
  • Troubleshoot with RTMT and traces

Practise on real topologies

CUCM lab pod: three sites, two clustersNodes: Site A (Phones · Webex App), Site B (Phones · Webex App), CUCM Cluster A (Pub + Sub · v15), CUCM Cluster B (v15), Active Directory (LDAP), Gateway / CUBE (IOS XE 17), PSTN (Simulator). Connections: Site A to CUCM Cluster A via SIP; Site B to CUCM Cluster B via SIP; CUCM Cluster A to CUCM Cluster B via ILS · SIP trunk; CUCM Cluster A to Active Directory via LDAP; CUCM Cluster A to Gateway / CUBE via SIP; CUCM Cluster B to Gateway / CUBE; Gateway / CUBE to PSTN via SIP.SIPSIPILS · SIP trunkLDAPSIPSIPSite APhones · Webex AppSite BPhones · Webex AppCUCM Cluster APub + Sub · v15CUCM Cluster Bv15Active DirectoryLDAPGateway / CUBEIOS XE 17PSTNSimulator

CUCM Training courses

  • CiscoAssociate

    CUCM Administration & Dial Plan Mastery

    Practical Cisco Unified Communications Manager administration for the engineers who run it every day: provisioning, dial plans, features, upgrades and troubleshooting.

    Supports 350-801 CLCOR

    Video
    24 h
    Labs
    5
    Lab time
    26 h
    $299
  • CiscoAssociate

    Cisco Unity Connection & IM and Presence

    Deploy and manage Cisco Unity Connection voicemail and auto-attendants alongside IM & Presence for the Webex App, all integrated with CUCM.

    Supports 350-801 CLCOR

    Video
    16 h
    Labs
    4
    Lab time
    16 h
    $249
  • CiscoProfessional

    CCNP Collaboration Core: CLCOR 350-801 v2.0

    Complete preparation for the CCNP Collaboration core exam (v2.0, 2026), which is also the CCIE Collaboration qualifier. Covers on-premises and cloud calling with 40 hours of labs.

    350-801 CLCOR v2.0

    Video
    42 h
    Labs
    7
    Lab time
    40 h
    $449
  • CiscoProfessional

    Advanced Call Control On-Premises: CLACC 300-815 v2.0

    The on-premises CCNP Collaboration concentration: advanced CUCM dial plans, CUBE, mobility, call admission control and enterprise-scale call routing.

    300-815 CLACC v2.0

    Video
    30 h
    Labs
    5
    Lab time
    32 h
    $399

Labs you'll use

  • 5 exercises

    CUCM Labs

    Multi-site CUCM 15 environment for dial plan, features, globalisation and CAC, from first registration to CCIE-level scenarios.

    Three sites, two clusters, LDAP and gateway

    GuidedSelf-pacedRentalEnterprise
  • 4 exercises

    Unity Connection Labs

    Unity Connection integrated with CUCM and LDAP to practise voicemail, call handlers, auto-attendants and unified messaging.

    CUCM integrated with Unity Connection, IM & Presence and LDAP

    GuidedSelf-pacedEnterprise

CUCM Training: common questions

Which CUCM version do the labs use?

Launch pods run CUCM 15 with Unity Connection and IM & Presence 15.

I'm new to CUCM. Where should I start?

Start with Collaboration Foundations if you're new to UC, or CUCM Administration & Dial Plan Mastery if you already support phones and users.

Is CUCM still relevant with Webex Calling and Teams?

Yes. CUCM remains widely deployed, including as Webex Calling Dedicated Instance, and on-premises call control is the largest domain in CLCOR v2.0.

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