This download package contains the Communicator.adm file and a spreadsheet that documents the Group Policy settings for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 clients, including Office Communicator 2007, Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Attendant, and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat.
Matt :: Jan.13.2010 :: 2007R2, Microsoft, OCS :: No Comments »
New feature: Cumulative Server Update Installer.
So no more applying updates one at a time. The new installer applies all updates for the appropriate server role in one click.
Click here for the October updates…
Here is one fix that I am particularly looking forward too.
975894 Event ID 44031 for trusted domains is logged frequently in Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
As part of the integration of OCS 2007 R2 with Exchange Unified Messaging, OCS 2007 R2 tries to obtain a list of the Exchange Unified Messaging dial plans and servers from all trusted domains. In this scenario, if a trusted domain cannot be reached or if the trust direction for a trusted domain is incoming only, OCS 2007 R2 cannot obtain the list from that domain. Event ID 44031 is logged in the event log for each such domain.
MS09-056: Vulnerabilities in CryptoAPI could allow spoofing
This security bulletin (KB974571) has been updated with a Known Issues section and FIX for OCS 2007 R2/ RTM, LCS 2005 / SP1 and Office Communicator 2007 / 2005.
Matt :: Nov.20.2009 :: 2007R2, Microsoft, OCS :: No Comments »
Hail patch Tuesday. I woke up this morning to discover that my Access Edge server was offline and federation was broken. After digging into the event logs this is what I found:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: OCS Server
Event Categeory: (1000)
Event ID: 12290
Description:
The evaluation period for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 has expired. Please upgrade from the evaluation version to the full released version of the product.
WHAT? Are you kidding me? So I did some digging on the Internet and quickly came across Doug’s post. He discovered that KB974571 is causing OCS/LCS servers to believe that they are running an evaluation version and have expired which in turn causes the services to shut down.
Until this patch is fixed I HIGHLY recommend that you delay the install of KB974571.
Matt :: Oct.14.2009 :: 2007R1, 2007R2, Microsoft, OCS :: 2 Comments »
The IM Notification Agent on the Access Edge is failing with the following Application Log events:
Event ID: 10162
Type: Error
Source: ForefrontNotificationAgent
Description:
“ERROR: Microsoft.FSO.IMClient.dll.IMClient.RaiseLoginDone(“<System.Boolean success><System.String message>”) – Error occured logging in to server: 80072746: .”
AND
Event ID: 10161
Type: Error
Source: ForefrontNotificationAgent
Description:
“ERROR: ForefrontNotificationAgent.exe.NotificationAgent.imClient_LoginDone(“<System.Object sender><FSOIMClient.ReportSuccessEventArgs e>”) – Failed to login.”
You have correctly setup the IM Notification Agent account per the instructions found here on TechNet for an Access Edge server. You have verified the notification account id and password are accurate by logging in with the notification account from a remote client. Your IM Notification Agent settings look as follows:
Use ForefrontRTCProxy Service Credentials: Unchecked
Transport: TLS
Username: domain\userid
Password: *****
SIP URI: sip:userid@company.com
Home or Pool Server: Director FQDN
SIP Logging on the director server shows a “SIP/2.0 301 Redirect request to Home Server” message with no response from the home pool. This tells us that the Director server is treating the Forefront Notification Agent as an inside client and thus is trying to redirect the “client” to the notification account’s home pool. The Director server should proxy the request, not redirect. Remote user connections cannot be redirected. Read here for more information on how a director behaves with internal vs. external clients. Changing the Home or Pool server settings to point to the notification account’s home pool FQDN does not solve the problem.
In the Home or Pool Server field add the FQDN entry for Access Edge external interface (sip.company.com). However just changing the entry is not enough, you’ll also want to specify the port as follows “sip.company.com:443”. This is of course assuming that your AE external interface FQDN is sip.company.com. Make sure the Access Edge server correctly identifies the external FQDN to the correct IP address. Changing to the AE FQDN will route the Forefront Notification Agent login request through the Access Edge service and then to the next hop server (Director). The Director will then properly process the login request as a remote client.
Further SIP logging on the Director reveals a successful “Routed a request on behalf of an application” followed by a successful response from the account’s home pool.
Use ForefrontRTCProxy Service Credentials: Unchecked
Transport: TLS
Username: domain\userid
Password: *****
SIP URI: sip:userid@company.com
Home or Pool Server: sip.company.com:443
Another recent fix that was brought to my attention was to enter the SIP URI without the “sip:” prefix. Your settings would be as follows:
Use ForefrontRTCProxy Service Credentials: Unchecked
Transport: TLS
Username: domain\userid
Password: *****
SIP URI: userid@company.com (without sip: prefix)
Home or Pool Server: sip.company.com:443
As for the cause, I cannot speak to what is specifically causing this issue as I feel this is either a bug in the Forefront notification agent OR an error in the documentation.
Matt :: Oct.05.2009 :: 2007R2, Microsoft, OCS, Security :: No Comments »
A couple of big changes were announced at the end of last week:
Click here to read the official announcement from the OCS Team…
Click here to download more information on the XMPP Gateway…
Connectivity to Jabber XCP 5.4…
Matt :: Oct.05.2009 :: 2007R2, Microsoft, OCS :: No Comments »
Came across this hiding in the Apps on the iPhone this afternoon. Not written by Microsoft or Apple but by a company called Modality.
Few tidbits…
Click here fore more information from Modality…
Matt :: Sep.17.2009 :: 2007, 2007R2, Microsoft, OCS :: No Comments »
This guide provides in-depth technical information on Office Communications Server 2007 R2 clients and devices. It covers the details behind device and client configuration, group policies, security and certificates, and device diagnostics and logging. It also discusses third-party integration, compatibility among clients, and interfaces with other products such as Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
Matt :: Jul.31.2009 :: 2007R2, Microsoft, OCS :: 1 Comment »
Overview
The Planning Tool for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 is a Windows Presentation Foundation standalone client application. The Planning Tool Wizard asks interview questions about features that the system administrator is interested in enabling in the Enterprise, as well as information about the Enterprise.
The Planning Tool uses the information gathered from the administrator to dynamically draw a recommended topology for every site that the administrator identifies. Additionally, the Planning Tool calculates the types and amounts of hardware needed across the entire Enterprise, as well as for each site. The Planning Tool also provides links to documentation of the specific planning and deployment tasks that the administrator will need in order to deploy the topology.
Matt :: Jun.05.2009 :: 2007R2, Microsoft, OCS :: No Comments »
Rui Silva over at the UCspotting blog on TechNet wrote up a great post (sprinkled with bits of humor) about an issue where a simple comma can make all the difference. I won’t spoil the story for you, but the good news is that it has a happy ending.
Matt :: May.28.2009 :: 2007R2, Microsoft, OCS :: No Comments »
MS just officially announced support for OCS 2007 R2 on a virtualized platform.
OCS 2007 R2 must be installed on Windows Server 2008 x64 running on Hyper-V or any SVVP certified partner solution.
|
Role |
Supported |
Supported features |
Unsupported features |
|
Enterprise front-end server |
Yes |
Presence, IM |
Enterprise Voice, audio/video |
|
Standard Edition Server |
No |
||
|
IM Conferencing Server |
Yes |
IM Conferencing |
|
|
Access Edge Server |
Yes |
Remote Access Federation, Public IM Connectivity |
|
|
SQL Server back-end server |
Yes |
Office Communications Server Backend |
|
|
Group Chat Channel Server |
Yes |
Channel Server |
|
|
Group Chat Look-up Server |
Yes |
Channel and Load balancing management |
|
|
Group Chat back-end server |
Yes |
Group Chat database |
|
|
Group Chat Compliance Server |
Yes |
Compliance |
|
|
Group Chat Compliance back-end server |
Yes |
Compliance database |
|
|
Director |
No |
||
|
Audio/Video Conferencing Server |
No |
||
|
Application Sharing Conferencing Server |
No |
||
|
Web Conferencing Server |
No |
||
|
Telephony Conferencing Server |
No |
||
|
Archiving Server |
No(1) |
||
|
Monitoring |
No(2) |
||
|
Web Conferencing Edge Server |
No |
||
|
A/V Edge Server |
No |
||
|
Mediation Server |
No |
||
|
Outside Voice Control Service |
No |
||
|
Conferencing Attendant Service |
No |
||
|
Response Group Service |
No |
||
|
Conferencing Announcement Service |
No |
||
|
Update Server |
No |
||
|
Communicator Web Access |
No |
(1) Archiving Server can perform archiving from a virtualized Enterprise pool, but must itself be deployed on a physical server. Virtualization of the Archiving Server is currently not supported.
(2) Monitoring Server can perform call detail record (CDR) collecting for a virtualized Enterprise pool, but must itself be deployed on a physical server. Virtualization of the Monitoring Server is currently not supported. Because voice workload is not supported with a virtualized Enterprise pool, the QoE Service (component of the Monitoring Server) was not tested and therefore is currently not supported in a virtualized Enterprise pool.
I highly recommend reading the following whitepaper on running OCS 2007 R2 in a virtualized topology.
Matt :: May.14.2009 :: 2007R2, Microsoft, OCS :: No Comments »
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