Effortless Deployment & Configuration – Automate key workflows and eliminate manual tasks with Ansible Playbooks, integrated directly within VQ Conference Manager.
Built-In & Customizable Playbooks – Leverage VQ’s prebuilt playbooks, including configurations like WebApp3 setup, or create customized automation workflows tailored to your environment.
Command Line & API-Based Automation – Streamline device configurations, system updates, and policy enforcement with automated command-line and API-based actions.
Expert Support for Custom Playbooks – VQ’s support team ensures seamless execution and best practices, helping you maximize automation efficiency while mitigating risks.
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Meeting Services – Analytics
Proactive Troubleshooting and Trend Monitoring – Gain real-time and historical insights into meetings, participant activity, and platform performance.
Data-Driven Decision Making – Visualize key metrics with intuitive dashboards powered by Elasticsearch and Kibana.
Comprehensive Data Sources – Aggregates data from Cisco Meeting Server and Expressway CDRs, with options to build custom dashboards.
End of Support Announcement for VQ Conference Manager 3.x
From 30th June 2025, VQ Conference Manager 3.x will no longer be supported by VQ
Communications.
The operating system that underpins the VQ Conference Manager 3.x platform is called CentOS.
The formal end of support for CentOS was 30th June 2024 by the Open Source community that
maintains it.
This means that VQ Conference Manager 3.12 was the last major release on the 3.x platform. All
further VQ Conference Manager and DMA development will take place on the VQ Conference
Manager 4.x platform only.
Please be aware that no new feature work will be performed on 3.12.
As there is a real risk that vulnerabilities are found within the CentOS Operating System and
because of the end of support and declining activities of the CentOS community, we strongly advise customers to start planning to migrate to the VQ Conference Manager 4.x platform as soon as
possible.
The migration to VQ Conference Manager 4.x is included in your VQ Conference Manager subscription. Your 3.x license will be converted by our licensing team to a 4.x license.
Please read the full End of Support announcement for further details and migration information.
VQ Conference Manager – at a glance
VQ Conference Manager enables organisations to securely deliver on-premise, mission-critical video conferencing services on Cisco collaboration devices and Cisco Meeting Server infrastructure.
There are 5 components of VQ Conference Manager:
- Service Configuration: Configure your Cisco Meeting Servers and conferencing to deliver the right services and meeting types for your teams, including in highly secure environments. VQ Conference Manager automates key setup and maintenance tasks, provides tools to customise and lock down your unified communications service, and integrates with other enterprise systems.
- Meeting Services: VQ Conference Manager puts powerful scheduling and call-management controls at your operators’ fingertips, so they can ensure your most important meetings run well.
- Self Service Conferencing: Metro is the on-premise VQ app that empowers hybrid workers to collaborate flexibly and securely, using your Cisco infrastructure. VQ Conference Manager Metro gives employees the freedom to communicate from just about anywhere, using virtually any device.
- Device Management and Automation: VQ Conference Manager DMA provides a modern way to manage Cisco collaboration devices across your enterprise. It’s also the Cisco recommended on-premises replacement for TelePresence Management Suite (TMS).
- Analytics: VQ Conference Manager’s built in analytics bring together data from across your unified communications system, including your Cisco Meeting Servers, collaboration devices, VQ Conference Manager, and wider UC infrastructure.
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VQ Conference Manager Brochure
This brochure includes…
- VQ Conference Manager features overview
- Pricing information
- Details of system requirements
- Licensing structure
- A summary of our professional services and training packages
VQ DMA and Cisco TMS comparison
VQ DMA is the Cisco recommended replacement for Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) which is now End of Life and End of Sale. Developed through close co-operation with Cisco, VQ DMA provides a migration path to customers who do not want to or, are unable to migrate to the Webex cloud.
DMA has been designed from the outset as the replacement for Cisco TMS, and is available to
purchase via Cisco partners globally.
How to migrate from Cisco TMS to VQ DMA
The migration path, planning and support provided by the VQ Support team will ensure you have a smooth migration from Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS).
We expect customers will want to migrate their services in phases and DMA has been developed to enable this.
This document outlines the migration process from Cisco TMS to VQ DMA.
VQ DMA and CUCM Functionality Comparison
This document provides a high level comparison on VQ DMA and Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) functionality.
If you have any specific questions about comparing these two products, please contact the VQ team.
VQCM and Cisco CMM Comparison Chart
This document provides a comparison between the capabilities of VQCM and CMM.
This is a high-level overview and we recommend further discussion if you have specific areas of interest. CMM is a is always required for license management for CMS, but VQ Conference Manager has a greater depth and breadth of capabilities.
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