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CallManager 7 training is coming, and anyone thinking of installing the latest product from Cisco needs to be aware of it.

From July ‘09 CCIE Voice labs will be based on CallManager 7 and related products.

Any Cisco partners wanting to achieve “Cisco Advanced Unified Communications Specialization” requires CallManager 7 knowledge and exam certification.

The “Cisco Advanced Unified Communications Specialization” recognizes partners for their knowledge and expertise in Unified Communications solution based on version 7.  This specialization is designed to help partners meet customer needs.  It empowers partners to support a whole range of customers – from small to medium-sized businesses all the way up to enterprise-scale organizations.  CallManager 7 simplifies solutions required to run over multiple sites and geographies.

This specialisation includes the following Unified Communications Solutions:
•    IP Telephony
•    Video conferencing
•    Integrated voice and Web conferencing
•    Mobile IP soft phones
•    Voicemail / Unified Messaging

Classes available to prepare for CallManager 7 include:

Administering Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.0 (ACUCM70)
This new, 3 day course will replace the Administering Cisco CallManager (ACCM) course which has been very popular among Cisco customers. The new course updates the content to reflect the latest release of Cisco Unified Communications Manager version 7.0.
This course covers: Introducing IP Telephony; Defining Cisco Unified Communications Manager Basic Configuration; Configuring Basic Route Plans; Route Filters and Digit Manipulation; Class of Control; CAC and Cisco Unified SRST; Media Resources; Features; Moves, Adds, Changes and Administration

Implementing Cisco Unified Communications Manager v7.0 (UCM70) V1.0
Implementing Cisco Unified Communications Manager Version 7.0 (UCM70) v1.0 is designed to provide learners with necessary knowledge and skills to install and upgrade Cisco Unified Communications Manager version 7 and to implement the new features introduced with this new release in large, multisite Cisco Unified Communications Manager deployments.

Implementing Cisco Unity Connection 7.0 (IUC 7.0)
IUC is a new course which is based on Unity Connection 7.0. This Course is designed to provide learners with necessary knowledge and skills to manage and administer Cisco Unity Connections v7.

So I have another CCNP class coming up in a few weeks.  Cisco has really started to ramp up the difficulty of all their exams, CCNP included.  It will be interesting to see how the students in my next batch are able to adapt to the additional complexity of these tests.  It almost seems one in particular the ISCW exam is starting to ask questions which are greatly outside the Cisco official curriculum which concerns me greatly.  How is it Cisco can sell at great expense a course which in no way prepares you for their exam process?

As I continue to teach new Cisco courses I find it will be even less useful to attempt to follow their prescribed class flow and lab guides.  Too bad they were really quite well done. Perhaps they are redeveloping their CCNP class content.