Standard Edition
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.
Topic Last Modified: 2016-12-01
This topic describes the prerequisites and requirements for the deployment of Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition.
You can deploy Standard Edition in your network after your Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) has been prepared for Office Communications Server 2007 R2. We recommend that you deploy at least one Office Communications Server 2007 R2 pool or server in your internal network before you deploy any other servers in an Office Communications Server 2007 R2 topology. At any time, you can deploy new Standard Edition servers in your environment by creating a new pool for each new server.
In this release, unified communications applications are automatically installed. The applications can be activated when you deploy Standard Edition, but you can also deploy unified communications applications later.
If you plan to deploy Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Archiving Server or Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Monitoring Server to enable archiving or monitoring, you can deploy either server before you deploy Standard Edition. If you deploy Archiving Server or Monitoring Server before you configure your server, you can configure the archiving and monitoring settings during server configuration.
You can deploy unified communications clients and devices in your environment before or after you deploy Office Communications Server, but we recommend that you deploy clients after you deploy at least one Office Communications Server or pool to host users. Clients cannot be used until servers are configured and running and user accounts have been enabled for Office Communications Server.
Prerequisites for Standard Edition
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 is available only in a 64-bit edition, which requires 64-bit hardware and the 64-bit edition of Windows Server. A 32-bit edition is not available with this release. The exception is Office Communications Server Administrative Tools, which is available both in a 64-bit and a 32-bit edition.
The following operating system updates are prerequisites for deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2:
Microsoft Knowledge Base article 953582, "You may be unable to install a program that tries to register extensions under the IQueryForm registry entry in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista" at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131392.
This update must be installed before you install Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Administrative Tools only in the following situations:
On computers running Windows Vista, on which you install Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT).
On computers running Windows Server 2008, if the server role Active Directory Domain Services role is added.
Microsoft Knowledge Base article 953990, “AV at mscorwks!SetAsyncResultProperties” at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131394.
This update applies to Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Windows Server 2008.
For details about Standard Edition operating system and hardware requirements, see Office Communications Server Infrastructure Requirements.
AD DS must be prepared for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 before you can deploy Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition. Standard Edition also requires that the following be deployed in your environment:
Domain Name System (DNS)
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (64-bit)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 redistributable
IPv4 addresses and networking protocols
You must prepare certificates using the PKI so that you can configure mutual TLS (MTLS) between Office Communications Server servers. Setup prompts you to install the .NET Framework and the Visual C++ 2008 redistributable, and it automatically installs them if they are not already installed on the computer.
For details about these prerequisites, see Environmental Requirements.
Best Practices
We strongly recommend that you read Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Planning Guide to determine the features, functionality, and topology required by your organization before you begin deploying Standard Edition.
Deployment Process
The deployment process for Standard Edition is described in the following table.
Table 1. Standard Edition Deployment Process
| Phase | Steps | Permissions | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|
Install prerequisite software. |
Automatically install prerequisite software using Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Setup. |
RTCUniversalServerAdmins group DomainAdmins group |
Internal Office Communications Server Component Requirements |
Prepare AD DS. |
Prepare the schema, forest, and domain for Office Communications Server 2007 R2. |
Member of Schema Admins group and Administrator rights on the schema master Member of EnterpriseAdmins group for the forest root domain Member of EnterpriseAdmins or DomainAdmins group |
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Active Directory Guide in the Deployment documentation |
Prepare Windows for Setup. |
Install required Windows Updates, configure Windows Firewall, and then disable all services not required by Office Communications Server. |
Administrators group |
Prepare Windows for Setup in Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 for Internal User Access in the Deployment documentation |
Create and verify DNS records. |
Configure DNS A and SRV records as described in DNS Requirements for Servers. |
DNS Admins group |
Domain Name System (DNS) Requirements Create and Verify DNS Records for Your Server or Pool in Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 for Internal User Access, Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition, in the Deployment documentation |
Install and activate Standard Edition server and applications. |
Run Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Setup to install and activate Standard Edition server and, optionally, any unified communications applications that you want to deploy. |
RTCUniversalServerAdmins group DomainAdmins group |
Install Standard Edition Server in Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition |
Configure Standard Edition server. |
Configure settings for the server, including SIP domain, unified communications applications, and client logon settings. |
RTCUniversalServerAdmins group |
Configure Standard Edition Server in Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition |
Configure certificates for Office Communications Server. |
Request an MTLS certificate for Office Communications Server, and then assign the certificate to the server by using both Setup and Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. |
Administrators group RTCUniversalServerAdmins group |
Assign an Existing Certificate Configure the Web Components Server IIS Certificate topics in Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition |
Start the services. |
Confirm that AD DS replication has completed, and then start Office Communications Server services. |
RTCUniversalServerAdmins group |
Start the Services in Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition |
Validate your server configuration. |
With the services running, run the validation wizard to verify the configuration of the server. |
RTCUniversalServerAdmins group |
Validate Your Standard Edition Server Configuration in Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition |
Optionally, configure audio/video and Web conferencing. |
Configure one or more meeting policies to enable users to organize and invite other users to Web conferences that are hosted on your own on-premises servers. |
RTCUniversalServerAdmins group |
Configure Audio/Video Conferencing and Web Conferencing in Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition |
Create and enable users. |
Enable users in AD DS so that they can connect to Office Communications Server 2007 R2, and then configure user settings to enable access to features of Office Communications Server. |
To create users, DomainAdmins group To enable users and configure user accounts for Office Communications Server, RTCUniversalServerAdmins group |
Create and Enable Users for Office Communications Server Configure Users in Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition |
Deploy clients. |
Deploy the unified communications clients that will connect to Office Communications Server 2007 R2. |
Administrators group |
Deploy Clients and Additional Features in Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition |