#SAML is nice in theory, but in practice it's pretty painful to work around the various different implementations. Currently we're troubleshooting a #Shibboleth IDP metadata file that #Webex was perfectly happy with, but which #Cisco #CUCM and #CUC don't seem to like.

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Unified Communications Team Manager

The role is split between providing strategic leadership for #UnifiedCommunications services within the wider IT Platforms section, supporting systems, and hands on technical development for these services. This includes: #Cisco Telephony #CUCM, Microsoft Teams Telephony, Annual Clearing & Accommodation #CallCentre, #MicrosoftTeams for Staff, and #MicrosoftExchange & #Groupware.

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It’s a Saturday, but that didn’t keep me from adding the voicemail integration today. Weird that #CUCM uses SOAP and #CUC uses REST!

Today I achieved something in a matter of hours that had eluded me for 10 years.
I wrote a #Python script with #zeep that takes as input a username and a list of phone types. It then looks up all other necessary data in LDAP and uses AXL to create the phone devices in #Cisco #CUCM, including the line, display names and device ownership.
Next up: also create the voicemail user in #CUC. Then hook up the script to our IDM.