This article contains general explanations about where UCMA should be installed and how "Trusted Application" worksworks.
UCMA
UCMA is a software component by Microsoft that we install on certain servers (typically the Access Portal web serverServer).
This component allows for developers and 3rd party apps to get for3rd party developers to access and take control over certain aspects of the following aspects of Skype for Bussiness internal functionalities:
- Microsoft's Enhanced Presence information
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- Impersonating messages.
- Telephone and video calls
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- Audio/video conferencing.
This component together integration combined with setting the "CsTrustedApplciation" Trusted Application configurations allow us to perform manipulations and use the SfB/Lync environment in order to do the following:
- Ethical Wall policies based on Contact list - Use Contact list information pulled from the SfB environment to set certain Ethical wall policies that apply according to contact list memebersmembers.
- User/Admin notification - Send IMs to users and admins from the local SfB environment in order to notify them about Ethical wall/DLP/etc. actions that were performed.
- Escalate conference: wheמ a conversation starts and we want to join it in a hidden way to make it a conference we will use UCMA.
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- Organized conference for MDM registration - Create a conference after device registration when using 3rd generation MDM to ease the registration process.
Trusted Application
As part of the installation of the UCMA certain configuration in the SfB/Lync topology. These configurations allow the environment to identify and authenticate the 3rd party application that are trying to access them (Access Portal Web App/SIP Filter).
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You can list the existing Application pools by by running the following command in Powershell on the Front-End
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You can list the existing Application pools by by running the following command in Powershell on the Front-End
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You can list the existing Application pools by by running the following command in Powershell on the Front-End
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Trusted Application computer
Not used by Sphereshield
SkypeShield's trusted application installation
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