Configurable User Account Settings

Topic Last Modified: 2009-02-19

Some user account settings that have global settings require you to configure the global settings before you configure settings on specific user accounts. The following table describes which methods can be used to configure each of the specific user settings, as well as the global configuration requirements.

Table 1. Configurable User Settings That Use Global Settings

User setting	Description	Global configuration	Configurable in the Configure Office Communications Server Users Wizard	Configurable in the Properties, Communications tab
Federation	Controls whether an Office Communications Server 2007 R2 user can communicate with users from other organizations that have an Office Communications Server 2007 R2 deployment and a federated link.	Users cannot be enabled for federation unless federation and public IM connectivity are enabled at the global level. For details about how to configure the global policy for federation, see Enabling Federation and Public IM Connectivity and Configuring Routing of Inbound and Outbound SIP Traffic.	Yes, but takes effect only if federation and public IM connectivity are enabled at the global level.	Yes, but takes effect only if federation and public IM connectivity are enabled at the global level.
Public IM connectivity	Controls whether an Office Communications Server 2007 R2 user can communicate with users who are hosted on AOL, Yahoo!, or the MSN network of Internet services.	Users cannot be enabled for public IM connectivity unless federation and public IM connectivity are enabled at the global level. For details about how to configure the global policy for federation, see Enabling Federation and Public IM Connectivity and Configuring Routing of Inbound and Outbound SIP Traffic.	Yes, but takes effect only if federation and public IM connectivity are enabled at the global level.	Yes, but takes effect only if federation and public IM connectivity are enabled at the global level.
Archiving	Enables or disables archiving of IM conversations of the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 user. This control can be enabled independently for internal conversations and for conversations with users outside your organization.	Yes. At the global level, you can choose to enable archiving for all users, disable archiving for all users, or archive according to user settings. For details about enabling archiving, see Administering IM Archiving.	Yes, but only if the global setting is configured to archive according to user settings.	Yes, but only if the global setting is configured to archive according to user settings.
Invite anonymous participants to meetings	Controls whether Office Communications Server 2007 R2 meeting organizers within your organization can invite participants from outside your organization.	Yes. At the global level, you can choose to allow users to invite anonymous participants, prevent users from inviting anonymous participants, or enforce settings at a per-user level. For details about how to enable anonymous participation in meetings, see Enabling and Configuring Anonymous Participation in Meetings.	Yes, but only if the global setting is configured to allow configuration of anonymous participation on a per-user basis.	Yes, but only if the global setting is configured to allow configuration of anonymous participation on a per-user basis.
Meeting policy	Enforces a meeting policy for an Office Communications Server 2007 R2 user who is allowed to organize meetings. The policy specifies aspects of meetings that the organizer can create. The policy name is used to specify which meeting policy to apply.	Yes. At the global level, you can set up one or more meeting policies for specific uses and either select a single global meeting policy to be applied to all users in the forest or specify that the meeting policy is to be applied on a per-user basis.	Yes, if you specify at the global level to apply the meeting policy on a per-user basis.	Yes, if you specify at the global level to apply the meeting policy on a per-user basis.
Enterprise Voice policy	Associates phone usage records with users.	Yes. At the global level, you can set up one or more Voice policies for specific uses and either select a single global Voice policy to be applied to all users in the forest or specify that the Voice policy is to be applied on a per-user basis.	Yes, but only if the global policy is configured to specify Voice policy on a per-user basis.	Yes, but only if the global policy is configured to specify Voice policy on a per-user basis.

The user settings that do not have global settings are configured only at the user level. The following table shows the configurable user settings that do not use global settings and the configuration methods available for each setting.

Table 2. Configurable User Settings That Do Not Use Global Settings

User setting	Description	Configurable in the Configure Office Communications Server Users Wizard	Configurable in the Properties, Communications tab
Enable user for Office Communications Server 2007 R2	Enables or disables an Active Directory Domain Services user for Office Communications Server 2007 R2. For details, see Enabling or Disabling an Individual User Account.	No	Yes. If an account has been initially enabled in Active Directory Users and Computers and then disabled, it can be re-enabled in the Properties, Communications tab.
Sign-in name	Uniquely defines the user’s SIP address as a SIP URI. The sign-in name is similar to a user’s e-mail address. For details, see Changing the Sign-in Name for Individual Users.	No	Yes
Server or pool	Defines the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the Standard Edition server or Enterprise pool where a user is homed. For details, see Changing the Server or Pool for Individual Users.	No, but you can use the Move Users Wizard to assign a user to a different pool.	Yes
Enhanced presence	Enables or disables enhanced presence, which enables users to control their presence with more granularity. Enhanced presence enables users to create different presence categories and assign data items to the categories. Different views on the categories can be created. By using enhanced presence, users can expose different presence states for different categories of contacts. Enhanced presence is disabled for users who moved from Live Communications Server 2005 to Office Communications Server 2007 R2, because Live Communications Server 2005 uses legacy presence.	Yes, but after it is enabled, it cannot be disabled for a user.	Yes, but after it is enabled, it cannot be disabled for a user.
Remote user access	Controls whether a user can sign in to Office Communications Server 2007 R2 from outside the perimeter network of the organization without the use of a virtual private network (VPN).	Yes	Yes, as an additional option.
PC-to-PC communications only	Enables or disables only PC-to-PC audio communications for the user, but it does not affect not remote call control or Enterprise Voice. This option does not require deployment of a remote call control server or unified communications.	No	Yes, as an additional option.
Remote call control	Enables or disables user control of a PBX desktop phone by using Office Communicator 2007 R2. This option also enables PC-to-PC audio communications.	No	Yes, as an additional option.
Enterprise Voice	Enables or disables Enterprise Voice for the user. This option also enables PC-to-PC audio communications.	Yes	Yes, as an additional option.
Enable PBX integration	Enables or disables PBX integration for an Enterprise Voice user. This option requires first enabling Enterprise Voice for the user.	No	Yes, as an additional option.
Line URI (user’s phone/device)	Uniquely identifies the user’s phone line. This URI can be of the form of a SIP URI or a Tel URI.	No	Yes, as an additional option.
Remote call control server URI	Uniquely identifies the remote call control gateway that controls the phone line.	No	Yes, as an additional option.
Location Profile	Specifies the user's location profile, which is a named set of normalization rules that translate phone numbers for a location to a single standard (E.164) format for purposes of phone authorization and call routing. Location profiles are defined globally and can be assigned to users individually.	Yes	Yes