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Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Planning Guide

Brief Description
This guide describes how to plan a successful Office Communications Server 2007 deployment.

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File Name:OCS_Planning_Guide.doc
Version:1.3
Date Published:4/23/2008
Language:English
Download Size:5.4 MB
Estimated Download Time: 14 min 56K

Overview

This guide describes how to plan a smooth, successful Office Communications Server 2007 deployment for organizations of all sizes and levels of complexity, from large, geographically dispersed global enterprises to small, local businesses.

This guide divides the planning process into the following steps:

  • Key planning decisions to consider before selecting a topology.

  • Sample deployment options based on size and functionality.

  • Overview of the deployment process.

  • Prerequisites for Active Directory® Domain Services and for supported topologies, including certificate and DNS requirements.

  • Hardware and software requirements for server roles and clients.

  • Guidelines for supporting messaging, presence, and conferencing with users connecting from outside your organization firewall.

  • Requirements for supporting the Address Book Server.

  • Guidelines for assuring high availability and describes Office Communications Server 2007 features for optimizing availability and fault tolerance.

  • Storage requirements for the various databases and file shares that are required by Office Communications Server 2007.

  • How to meet compliance requirements for archiving and call data recording.

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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows Vista; Windows XP

  • This download works with the following Office applications:
    • Microsoft Office Word 2003
    • Microsoft Word 2002

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