Walkthroughs

Step-by-step configuration walkthroughs, organized by CCIE Collaboration v3.1 blueprint domain — find the topic you're stuck on and go straight to it.

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All 7 Blueprint Domains

Every domain of the CCIE Collaboration v3.1 lab exam blueprint, weighted by percentage of the exam. Topics below come from the published UCPros content plan — posts publish weekly and link here as they go live.

10%

Protocols and APIs

Coming soon

Topics for this domain are still being scoped.

10%

Infrastructure and Quality of Services

Coming soon — 2 walkthroughs planned

How the CCIE Collaboration certificate trust chain works (Root CA → Expressway → CUCM → CUC)
How to use Windows Server CA (ADCS) to sign Expressway and CUCM certificates

20%

Call Control and Dial Plan

Coming soon — 8 walkthroughs planned

How to configure ILS between CUCM clusters
How to set up Global Dial Plan Replication (GDPR)
How to route inter-site calls through SME (no direct cluster-to-cluster)
How to assign DIDs and configure dial plans in Webex Calling
How to design an enterprise abbreviated dialing plan (8+5 digits on-net)
How to configure E.164 normalization on CUCM (calling & called party transforms)
How to set up PSTN access codes with route patterns and route lists
How to globalize and localize numbers on CUBE (inbound and outbound)

10%

Endpoints and User Management

Coming soon — 3 walkthroughs planned

How to integrate CUCM with Active Directory over LDAP
How to configure CUCM end-users from LDAP sync (DN assignment, primary extension)
How to set up CSF device registration on CUCM for Webex App

20%

Edge Services

Coming soon — 10 walkthroughs planned

How to create a Local Gateway trunk in Control Hub
How to deploy CUBE and configure basic SIP dial-peers
How to configure CUBE High Availability (box-to-box redundancy)
How to deploy a Webex Calling Local Gateway on CUBE (registration-based trunk)
How to implement TEHO call routing (Toll Elimination via Hop-Off)
How to configure CUBE dial-peers for E.164 PSTN breakout
How to cluster Expressway-C and Expressway-E
How to configure MRA on Expressway (traversal zones, search rules, transforms)
How to issue and trust certificates for MRA (CA hierarchy, CSR, trust chain)
How to set up DNS for Expressway edge service discovery

15%

Media Resources and Meetings

Coming soon

Topics for this domain are still being scoped.

15%

Collaboration Applications and Services

Coming soon — 6 walkthroughs planned

How Webex hybrid calling works: Webex for IM&P + CUCM for call control
How to deploy Unity Connection HA (pub + sub clustering)
How to sync Unity Connection with Active Directory over LDAP
How to integrate CUCM and Unity Connection over SIP for voicemail
How to configure call forward no answer to voicemail (CFNA timer, hunt pilot)
How to provision Webex Calling users and locations in Control Hub

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