With LDAP authentication enabled, passwords of users imported from LDAP are checked against the corporate directory by a simple bind, while passwords of local end users, application user passwords and end user PINs are checked against the Unified CM database.
Checked 2026-09-30
End user passwords of users imported from LDAP are authenticated against the corporate directory by a simple bind operation
- Vendor
- Cisco
- Product
- Unified Communications Manager
- Subsystem
- LDAP Authentication
- Deployment
- on-premises
- Region
- not restricted
- Release range
- Collaboration System Release 12.x design guidance
- Checked
- 2026-09-30
Sources
- Preferred Architecture for Cisco Collaboration 12.x Enterprise On-Premises Deployments, CVD - Call Control — Cisco Systems · tier 2 current vendor documentation · section: User Authentication with LDAP
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, September 30). Setting up LDAP directory sync and authentication in Unified CM: source note cucm-ldap-sync-setup-auth-who-is-checked-where. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cucm-ldap-sync-setup-auth-who-is-checked-where
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-cucm-ldap-sync-setup-auth-who-is-checked-where,
title = {Setting up LDAP directory sync and authentication in Unified CM: source note cucm-ldap-sync-setup-auth-who-is-checked-where},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cucm-ldap-sync-setup-auth-who-is-checked-where},
note = {Source note cucm-ldap-sync-setup-auth-who-is-checked-where, checked 2026-09-30}
}