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Ensim Unify™ Lync (OCS) Manager

Lync (formerly Office Communication Server - OCS) is a key component of your unified communications (UC) strategy. Microsoft Lync offers significant business value both in terms of cost savings and employee productivity - particularily for larger organizations, but you must provision and manage Lync / OCS efficiently before you can reap the benefits. Most organizations will need software tools for Lync / OCS provisioning, Lync / OCS management and/or Lync / OCS administration because provisioning and managing users through the native Lync interface is complicated, time consuming, and often creates security problems. Other critical compliance functions such as information or ethical walling simply can't be accomplished through the native interface. Ensim Unify Lync Manager is your solution for Lync / OCS provisioning tools as well as Lync / OCS management & administration tools. If you would like to see the product in action, please review our on-line demo or webinar introducing the advantages of Microsoft Lync. Here is a quick summary of the key issues that we solve:

• Integration with Existing Provisioning Policies
  • provisioning overlay that integrates quickly with existing ID management solutions, HR portals, existing Intranet and ERP solutions
• Multiple Provisioning Workflows
  • provides full support for different types of employees with different access requirements, SLA's or in different regions (critical for regulated environments)
• Maintenance Task Automation
  • any changes made to entitlements or access (e.g. an employee changes departments) are compliant with IT policy or change management rules
• Multi-level Help Desk Support
  • administrative permissions can be set at different levels through role-based, delegated administration (enduser self-service also supported)
• Full Audit and Reporting
  • any changes made at any time in the provisioning / de-provisioning or modification process are captured for audit / compliance review (changes to employee status are instantly updated and available)

Ensim provides full support for delegated management, provisioning automation, IT policy enforcement, and administration of Lync / OCS (R2), offering a guaranteed way to dramatically simplify, secure, and automate access management and user provisioning across the communications infrastructure.

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Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition Lync / OCS Manager enables business to realize the promise of unified communications without the headache of increased IT overhead for user provisioning and application level access control required to support these additional capabilities in Lync.

It’s complicated and expensive to manually provision users as well as manage access to the full range of Lync / OCS features while strictly adhering to IT compliance and security policy. This is particularly true for organizations in regulated environments. The Lync / OCS Manager let’s you take full advantage of new Lync features without imposing a burden on IT. Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition is a complete, role-based access management solution that can be deployed just for Lync or across the entire unified communications infrastructure - from system administrators defining resource pools all the way down to end user, self-service for management of group chat lists.

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Features	Benefits
» Role based delegated adminstration	» Simple integration with business processes
» Automated provisioning & de-provisioning	» System Activity and Transaction Logging
» Office Communicator Configuration tool	» Full Diagnostic and Usage Reportin
» Full self-service portal	» Customizable and extensible workflows

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