An Active Directory Global Catalog does not carry the employeeNumber attribute by default, so a deployment that uses employeeNumber as the user ID must either authenticate against domain controllers or add employeeNumber to the Global Catalog.

Checked 2026-09-30

A Global Catalog does not carry the employeeNumber attribute by default.
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Unified Communications Manager
Subsystem
LDAP Authentication
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
Collaboration System Release 12.x design guidance; Microsoft Active Directory
Checked
2026-09-30

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 30). Setting up LDAP directory sync and authentication in Unified CM: source note cucm-ldap-sync-setup-gc-employeenumber. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cucm-ldap-sync-setup-gc-employeenumber

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@misc{warmtransfer-claim-cucm-ldap-sync-setup-gc-employeenumber,
  title  = {Setting up LDAP directory sync and authentication in Unified CM: source note cucm-ldap-sync-setup-gc-employeenumber},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cucm-ldap-sync-setup-gc-employeenumber},
  note   = {Source note cucm-ldap-sync-setup-gc-employeenumber, checked 2026-09-30}
}

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