How to Configure Unified Communications Manager Directory Integration in a Multi-Forest Environment

Publisher

Cisco Systems

URL

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/voice-unified-communications/unified-communications-manager-version-80/111979-ucm-multi-forest-00.html

Published

2017-04-18

Updated

unknown

Accessed

2026-09-25

HTTP status

200

License

Cisco documentation; all rights reserved; no-redistribution; short excerpts and locators only

Source notes citing this source

• Cisco's 2017 multi-forest tech note says CUCM cannot synchronize directly from multiple Active Directory forests and uses AD LDS (formerly ADAM) to aggregate users from each forest, with CUCM syncing from the AD LDS instance. in context
• In the AD LDS multi-forest design, user IDs (sAMAccountName) must be unique across all forests, and AD LDS proxy objects redirect binds to the originating domain controllers without storing passwords. in context

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2017, April 18). How to Configure Unified Communications Manager Directory Integration in a Multi-Forest Environment. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/cisco-technote-111979-multi-forest

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-cisco-technote-111979-multi-forest,
  title  = {How to Configure Unified Communications Manager Directory Integration in a Multi-Forest Environment},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2017},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/cisco-technote-111979-multi-forest},
  note   = {Cisco Systems, accessed 2026-09-25}
}