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How to have the Cisco Jabber software installed on a computer.

Contract users supported by DoIT should have a case sent to General Departmental Support to have Jabber downloaded to their computer. You may also contact your local IT support to help you install the client. If you have adminstrator rights to your computer, you can follow the instructions below.

  1. The Cisco Jabber Plugin is a call control integration module, which enables interfacing USB audio devices seamlessly with Cisco Jabber UC client. With the Cisco Jabber Plugin, you benefit from a fully tested solution making use of Cisco Jabber™ together with our headsets.
  2. Cisco Jabber Software. Cisco Jabber is a unified communication software solution designed to facilitate the collaboration and communication needs of any business. With Jabber, users are able to utilize video and voice conferencing, messaging, and screen sharing capabilities on any mobile device such as iPhone or Ipad to work anytime, anywhere.
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Jabber is available in the Campus Software Library. It can be installed on either Windows or Mac computers. There is no Linux client. For more about Jabber, please see Cisco VoIP - Jabber for Voice Only Overview and Sign in Information.

Please note that a Jabber account must be requested specifically for a phone number when it is set up. To use Jabber, you must have a personal phone number assigned to you. To see if your phone number has a Jabber account, you can go to the Self Care Portal

Provided by Cisco. For Students, Faculty, Staff, Grad Students, TSPs. Cisco Jabber is a software offering for departments to use for remote phone services. View on the provider's website. LOG IN TO DOWNLOAD. Published on 4/22/2020. Software › Software Catalog › Cisco Jabber Client Cisco Jabber Client Cisco Jabber is a communication tool that allows you access to presence, instant messaging (IM), voice, video, voice messaging, desktop sharing, and conferencing. Cisco Jabber version: 12.9.5 (March 2021), MAC/Android 12.9.6/12.9.7 (March 2021) Caution: It is always recommended to download Jabber from 'Software Center' console available on your Windows PC (only).

Cisco VoIP - Self Care Portal. Look under My Phones. If you see Cisco Jabber for Desktop, that means you have an account. If you do not have account, you may have your authorized user place an order. Cisco VoIP Request Forms

Due to many users working off-campus due to the COVID19 pandemic, you may now download Jabber to your personally owned laptop. After campus resumes normal operations, this permission may be revoked. There is no need to install the E911 Softphone Locator on personal devices. If you are working off-campus, do not use Jabber to call 911. Please use your personally-owned telephone for 911 calls. If you deal with sensitive information, please clear use of Jabber with a Cybersecurity expert in your unit.

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  1. Navigate to the Campus Software Library to acquire the Cisco Jabber and E911 Softphone Locator for Windows OS installation files.
    1. Download Cisco Jabber for Windows
    2. Download E911 Softphone Locator for Windows
  2. Navigate to where the downloaded files were placed and double click the Cisco Jabber installer.
    1. Select 'Accept and Install'.
      1. If you are not an administrator on your machine, you will be prompted to enter administrator credentials after performing this step.
    2. Select 'Finish'.
  3. Navigate to where the downloaded files were placed and double click the E911 Softphone Locator installer.
    1. Select 'Next'.
    2. Please note, settings prompted for during installation should already be included, however, to ensure this is in fact the case, please perform the following.
      1. Select 'SSL/TLS (Encrypted)' and then select 'Next'.
      2. Provide the following values and then select 'Next'.
        1. Primary EGW: e911egw1.doit.wisc.edu
        2. Primary Port: 443
        3. Secondary EGW: e911egw2.doit.wisc.edu
        4. Secondary Port: 443
      3. Provide the following value and then select 'Next'.
        1. IP-PBX ID: 1
      4. Select 'Everyone' then select 'Next'.
      5. Select 'Next'.
        1. If you are not an administrator on your machine, you will be prompted to enter administrator credentials after performing this step.
      6. Select 'Close'.
  4. For instructions on signing in, see Cisco VoIP - Jabber for Voice Only Overview and Sign in Information.

Mac

  1. Navigate to the Campus Software Library to acquire the Cisco Jabber for Mac OS installation files.
    1. Download Cisco Jabber for Mac
  2. Navigate to where the downloaded files were placed and double click the Cisco Jabber installer.
  3. Double click the Cisco Jabber .pkg file.
    1. Select 'Continue'.
    2. Select 'Continue' and then 'Agree'.
    3. Select 'Install'.
      1. If you are not an administrator on your machine, you will be prompted to enter administrator credentials after performing this step.
    4. Select 'Close'.
  4. For instructions on signing in, see Cisco VoIP - Jabber for Voice Only Overview and Sign in Information .
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