Welcome to Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 will reach end of support on January 9, 2018. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 offers instant messaging (IM), presence, Web conferencing, audio/video (A/V) conferencing, and telephony solutions that can support enterprise-level collaboration requirements. Office Communications Server 2007 R2 builds on the IM, enhanced presence, on-premises conferencing, and Enterprise Voice features that are provided by Office Communications Server 2007, providing chat room as well as additional IM, conferencing, and telephony functionality, such as interactive voice response (IVR) and conferencing auto-attendant.

In This Section

• Getting Started
  Describes the Office Communications Server and client features that are new in this release, and provides a technical overview of many of the new server features.

• Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Supportability Guide
  Identifies the topologies, configurations, and system requirements for Office Communications Server 2007 R2.

• Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Planning Guide
  Describes how to plan for a smooth, successful Office Communications Server 2007 R2 deployment. Provides planning information to help you map your organization’s requirements to the Office Communications Server features and functionality that are appropriate for your organization.

• Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2
  Provides deployment information for administrators to get Office Communications Server 2007 R2 up and running.

• Client Planning and Deployment
  Describes how to plan and deploy Office Communications Server 2007 R2 clients in your organization.

• Migration
  Describes how to migrate to Office Communications Server 2007 R2 from previous versions of Office Communications Server.

• Operations
  Provides step-by-step instructions for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tasks.

• Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Security Guide
  Provides a general overview of the security framework of Office Communications Server, the security enhancements in this release, and guidelines for addressing potential threats to your deployment.

• Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Technical Reference Guide
  Provides additional details and drilldowns about the architecture and other technical aspects of Office Communications Server 2007 R2.

• Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Command Line Reference Guide
  Provides detailed instructions about using the LcsCmd.exe tool, especially in regards to automating setup and deployment tasks.

• Troubleshooting Enterprise Voice: Approaches, Procedures, and Tools
  Provides information to help you troubleshoot issues with your Enterprise Voice deployment, including call quality problems, and network configuration and connectivity issues.

• Development
  Provides high-level overviews of the wide variety of Office and unified communications SDKs and API sets available. Includes links to the documentation and resources that are hosted by the MSDN developer program.

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