Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

• Describe the components of a Cisco Unified Communications solution and identify call signaling and media stream flows
• Provide an overview of administrator and end-user interface options in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unified  Communications Manager Express, Cisco Unity Express, Cisco Unity Connection, and Cisco Unified Presence
• Understand call flows in Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express
• Perform endpoint and end-user administration tasks in Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express
• Describe the telephony features supported in Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express
• Administer users in Cisco Unity Connection and Cisco Unified Presence, and enable the most commonly used features for both applications
• Describe how to maintain a Cisco Unified Communications solution

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

• Network administrators and network engineers
• CCNA Voice candidates

The secondary audience for this course is as follows:

• Systems engineers

The course prepares the candidate for the Cisco exam 640-461. Passing the exam leads to official Cisco CCNA Voice certification.

Introducing Cisco Voice and Unified Communications Administration (ICOMM) v8.0 teaches learners how to maintain and operate a Cisco Unified Communications solution that is based on Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Express, Cisco Unity Connection, and Cisco Unified Presence. This course provides the learners with the knowledge and skills to achieve associate-level competency in Cisco Unified Communications.

This course introduces the architecture, components, functionalities, and features of Cisco Unified Communications solutions and describes how daily job tasks, such as system monitoring, moves, adds, and changes are performed on Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express, Cisco Unity Connection, and Cisco Unified Presence.

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:

• Working knowledge of converged voice and data networks
• Basic knowledge of Cisco IOS gateways
• Basic knowledge of Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Unity Connection