In this post we will investigate how to overcome these challenges and how you can use a single certificate for our exchange ocs deployment. Microsoft goes voip part 2 if you would like to be notified when ted wallingford releases the next part of this article series please sign up to the real time article update newsletter. Office communications server 2007 r2 enterprise deployment 1 part1 now that office communications server ocs 2007 r2 is rtm, i thought it would be nice to create an article on how to deploy. Office communications server 2007 adds new classes and attributes and objects to the active directory schema. Ocs 2007 standard edition standard edition includes that all front end roles and the back.
Migration from office communications server 2007 r2 to lync server 20. Ww folder with the uninstall switch, problem is that now, it wants to reboot, even with the norestart switch applied, but thats okay with us because with best practice, we like to reboot after certain program installuninstalls. Fixes a problem in which office communications server 2007 r2, office communications server 2007 or live communications server 2005 does not work correctly. Ocs 2007 r2 topology ocs 2007 r2 hardware and software requirements deployment of ocs 2007 r2 migration from ocs 2007 and lcs 2005 sp1 takeaways what are the available r2 topology options. Enable browsing active directory to select computers for deploying agent multiple select allowed add option to install windows agent plugins at the same time.
Part 4 having migrated the rest of our users and legacy resources across and started getting ready to decommission ocs 2007 r2, this final article in the series explains how to complete the migration, reconfigure the federation traffic, and remove the ocs 2007 r2 environment. Deploy software through ad groups linked to collections in. Deploying packages or executing commands on client hosts ocs. Its not that the software knows whether its on a physical or virtual host, as it functions the same. The ocs 2007 deployment includes the frontend roles, the backend roles as well as the conferencing, data and voice roles. This article covers the unified messaging um integration configuration between lync server 2010 release candidate and exchange server 2010 sp1. Avaya branch office solution for microsoft ocs 2007 and 2007 r2 quick start guide nn47263107 is a new document for release 10. Office communications server 2007 r2 enterprise deployment 1 part1 now that office communications server ocs 2007 r2 is rtm, i thought it would be nice to create an article on how to deploy a single enterprise edition ocs server which is connected to an x64 sql server 2008 rtm backend server. In the increasing race of deploying voip solutions, microsoft announced new release of its office communication server 2007 at voicecon.
That goal is how to deploy a single enterprise edition ocs 2007 r2 server which is connected to an x64 sql server 2008 backend server. Deployment guide for the polycom cx300 desktop phone 2 setting up the users system. The topics in this section describe how to use and customize the office 20 windows installer to deploy lync 20. This feature has been tested with ocs inventory ng agent for windows service only. Deploying ocs 2007 standard solutions experts exchange.
I ended up just running the proplus in the proplus. For information about connecting cisco vcs x5 or x6. Microsoft goes voip part 1 office communications server 2007. Ocs 2007 client for bes virtual information technology. Not always is there a msi installer and i want to be able to install such software, too.
Microsoft office communications server 2007 r2 part i. Office communications server 2007 r2, ocs 2007 or lcs 2005. Installing a newer version of software on a server or client computer. Jul 20, 2016 my organisation is using ocs 2007 r2 environment having roughly 1700 users and exchange 2010. Cisco vcs and microsoft ocs 2007 r2, lync 2010 deployment guide. Software deployment is the process of installing software on multiple or all the computers within a network from a central location. Jul 08, 2008 uninstalling ocs 2007 july 8, 2008 by jeff schertz 11 comments the most common reasons i have seen for uninstalling office communications server 2007 from an environment are typically to remove a prerelease beta version or test deployment, or to start from scratch after a botched deployment. The forest prep and domain prep for ocs can be backed out provided you. This gives the ability for endpoints office communicator and a variety of phone devices to utilize the services provided by ocs backend. Migration from office communications server 2007 r2 to lync. Coexistence with office communications server 2007 r2 and lync server. Aug 06, 2008 key deployment considerations for microsoft ocs 2007 speak to an analyst the release of microsofts office communications server ocs 2007 represented a landmark launch for the company, positioning the software vendor as a major competitor in the enterprise unified communications uc space.
Aug 07, 2008 the application is now ready for deployment. Migrating from ocs 2007 r2 to lync part 3 so far, johan has walked us through the whole process of preparing our new lync server 2010 environment, stepbystep. Oct 19, 2012 moving your production deployment from a previous version of office communications server 2007 r2 to lync server 20. Did you run ocs 2007 r2s ad prep domain for your child domain as well. Software deployment tools make the process of distributing software and updates as easy as possible. May 22, 2015 this feature is not available right now. Microsoft office communications server ocs 2007 has been out for quite a. Enable ocs 2007 coexistence in addition to an existing ippbx phone, provide software. Load balancing ocs 2007 the basics a hardware load balancer is required in an enterprise pool with more than one enterprise edition server. Chocolatey is software management automation for windows that wraps installers, executables, zips, and scripts into compiled packages. Im at home, so bear with me on doing this from memory. Personal experience and pain points migrating ocs 2007 r2 to lync 20 october 14, 20 alessio giombini english, lync, microsoft i was recently involved in an ocs 2007 r2 to lync server 20 migration and i thought it would be a good idea to share my experience, with a specific focus on what went wrong, unexpected, or undocumented. As software installation requires administrator privileges, agent. Arquitecture, implementing and migrating to office.
One front end pool server in the deployment run the cms central management server, which manages the master copy of the configuration data. The correct order of steps to completely uninstall ocs 2007 are. Thats all i hope this helps anyone who ran into the application deployment situation like i did. Creating and maintaining uptodate and readytoinstall software packages configuring the target computers. Jan 11, 2010 i put together an ocs 2007 r2 services document for our support teams. The simplest deployment will have ad and fep on a single server, with no hardware load balancer needed as ocs. Four components of the ocs deployment do require hardware loadbalancers for larger and scalable configuration. Find answers to ocs 2007 deployment access is denied from the expert community at experts exchange ocs 2007 deployment 0x80070005 access is denied solutions experts. Patch, specify this in the command line msiexec p 3. Find answers to microsoft ocs 2007 r2 deploying on vmware vsphere 4 esx. Deploying exchange server 2007 and office communications.
Hi phil, there is an easier way to deploy software packages out to a single computer. Hi all trying to deploy office communicator 2007 and also drop in the reg key to stop the first run tour from playing. Administrators can customize installation by using the office deployment. Users configure personal call forwarding between systems. If using gateway, trunk expense rises as size of deployment. I was working through a transform using wises and it kept throwing a wobbly saying it was not licensed and had to be uninstalled and reinstalled.
Office 20 clicktorun is an installation program that streams office setup files to the user from the microsoft office 365 portal. After deploying active directory infrastructure, exchange server and ocs server components, the next stage is to start deploying ocs clients. Ocs 2007 standard edition web conferencing deployment figure 3. Mar 30, 2010 exchange and ocs heavily rely on certificates as a key element of secure infrastructure deployment by using mtls and tls. In this post we will see how to deploy lync 2010 client using sccm 2012 r2. And the best tools work with a variety of platforms and types of infrastructures, making it easy to streamline your. Designing a microsoft office communications server 2007 deployment with the. Office communication server 2007 deployment might be easier than you think what is the value of ocs and presence in general.
Chocolatey software microsoft office communicator 2007. Ocs 2007 standard deployment three way im conferencing. Ocs will modify the active directory schema as the first step in the installation process. Also note these instructions were tested various times with both rc and. Apr 09, 2020 fixes a problem in which office communications server 2007 r2, office communications server 2007 or live communications server 2005 does not work correctly after you upgrade a domain controller to the windows server 2008 r2 operating system. Microsofts software assurance program, you can get ocs 2007 r2 for. Building a highly available unified communications. Software deployment package development microsoft office communicator 2007 1 hi all trying to deploy office communicator 2007 and also drop in the reg key to stop the first run tour. Key deployment considerations for microsoft ocs 2007 speak to an analyst the release of microsofts office communications server ocs 2007 represented a landmark launch for the company, positioning the software.
One front end pool server in the deployment run the cms central management server. Office communications server enterprise edition in a. Configure with sippstn gateway or direct sip to ippbx. Personal experience and pain points migrating ocs 2007 r2 to. Jul 23, 2010 lync 2010 and ocs planning and deployment s. Hey i would like to verify that an ocs 2007 r2 implementation together with an ocs 2007 r2 edge deployment can be used to. Office communications server 2007 r2 enterprise deployment 1. Ocs 2007 r2 service dependencies ocs 2007 r2 startupshutdown order quick troubleshooting ocs 2007 r2 services tips ocs 2007 r2 service dependencies ocs 2007 r2 frontend servers. The following diagram provides a simply illustration to indicate how the load balancer is deployed with multiple frontend. A smaller deployment may not use ocs director servers, but may just use a hardware load balancer in front of a set of front end processors. The purpose of this article is to take a look at what the installation process actually does in order to generate a deeper understanding of the product. Jun 28, 2016 my ocs installation is working fine and im also able to deploy software. Wow, ms need a good kicking for their ocs 2007 r2 group chat client install. Migration from office communications server 2007 r2 to.
Office communications server 2007 r2 is the microsoft platform for presence, instant messaging, conferencing, and enterprise voice. Designing a microsoft office communications server 2007. Load balancing for microsoft office communication server. In spite of having all the deployment and installation guides for ocs server, many people are clueless about its installation. We are trying to get the firmware updated, and installed the ocs sus software on a new sharepoint server and the ocs server. Net websites, but nfig on this site specifies up to 50 mb on the maxrequestlength and the execution timeout is also high enough 20 minutes. Till now we still used the ocs 2007 r2 edge server for federation traffic. Thats all i hope this helps anyone who ran into the application deployment. Hi all, ive been trying to figure this out for a while but keep failing totally and in utter dispair i need to ask how i can do this i want to deploy software through ad groups linked. Coexistence with office communications server 2007 r2 and lync. Office communications server 2007 r2 enterprise deployment. I am already successfully deploying the group chat client without the hotfix via configmgr by running clientsetup.
Last, but not least, ocs inventory ng includes package deployment feature on client computers. The support statements boils down to whether microsoft will official support that particular deployment. Deploy application and then after deploy update to application. How to deploy lync 2010 client using sccm 2012 r2 in this post we will see how to deploy lync 2010 client using sccm 2012 r2. Please start a new thread if you have a similar issue. In part 1, we started off by discussing the goal of this lab.
For this you will need a monitoring service deployed in your ocs environment. What are migration options from existing ocs 2007 deployments to r2. Sccm 2007 deploy software to single machine solutions. Now because im impatient i went into the users area and right clicked on myself and said assign software configuration and selected ocs2007 and low and behold ocs 2007 client is now on my phone and working. Now that the general public has access to the release candidate software for lync server 2010 it is now appropriate to cover the deployment process in depth. My ocs installation is working fine and im also able to deploy software.
This is the first procedure run to prepare your environment for your office communications server 2007 deployment. As ocs is not supported for direct migration to office 365, i am left with two options. However, right now im looking into ways to distribute software for windows. First take all users to cloud, this is atleast cost effective solution but involves risks. Ive tried upping the ram on the sp virtual machine but still no good. Deployment of the ocs updates failed and therefore the frontend service didnt start. Ocs 2007 enterprise edition web conferencing deployment internal users of the organization can schedule and participate in meeting sessions using the office communicator 2007 and live meeting 2007 client software. Moving your production deployment from a previous version of office communications server 2007 r2 to lync server 20. Software deployment package development i have a package of office communicator 2007 that installs fine using radiamsi i communicator. Migrating from ocs 2007 r2 to lync part 3 simple talk. Im doing some research trying to find a os deployment software that meets my companys needs and was hoping someone out there could help me find it. This gives the ability for endpoints office communicator and a variety of phone devices to utilize the services provided by ocs. Office communications server 2007 r2 group chat deployment. Anyone else here tried deploying this software via configmgrgpoetc.
Due to the lack of response to this thread, it has been locked and marked as closed. Microsofts is an all software strategy that weaves voice, email, instant messaging, presence, and video conferencing into a suite of communication tools anchored by office communications. If correct version of microsoft office communicator software is not installed on the computer. Now that office communications server ocs 2007 r2 is rtm, and that i have already created an article series on how to deploy ocs r2 enterprise edition front end servers and edge servers here, i thought it would be nice to create an article on how to deploy a group chat server with compliance which.
I have formatted and installed win 2008 64 bit server and installed ocs 2007 r2. Software deployment comprises of the following activities. This procedure is required and run only once in the active directory forest. Deploying ocs 2007 now takes the crown from exchange server as the most complex piece of microsoft software to install. Features and capabilities with different versions of software. Microsoft ocs 2007 r2 deploying on vmware vsphere 4 esx.
Key deployment considerations for microsoft ocs 2007 info. It does not address every possible legacy deployment topology or every. Often, these tasks are automatic or scheduled to enable software developers to focus on what they do best writing code. The challenge is that implementing the certificate is confusing and comes with a price. Aug 16, 2011 in the second part of this series, we discussed how to merge the legacy ocs settings with the new lync server configuration. Deploy ocs 2007 r2 import buddy list back in with dbimpexp. For deployments that integrate lync server 2010 or 20, users can be. Figure 1 below illustrates a sample ocs 2007 standard edition deployment.
Le deploiement du serveur comprend plusieurs etapes. Key deployment considerations for microsoft ocs 2007. Weve had a few customers that have ocs 2007 r2 standard edition implemented for a proof of concept environment. Installation doffice communications server ocs 2007 r2 standard. Filed under lync tagged with cx, deployment, lpe, software. Ocs 2007 r2 group chat client issues packaging and updating for deployment. Unlike software or dns roundrobin technique, hardware loadbalancing is not native or integrated as part of the application.
Things were going fine until step 6 in the sus deployment guide test. Part 4 having migrated the rest of our users and legacy resources across and started getting ready to decommission ocs 2007 r2, this final article in. I have an opening and the closing on the config, but not sure if those other items need to be closed. Fixes a problem in which office communications server 2007 r2, office communications server 2007 or live communications server 2005 does not work correctly after you upgrade a domain controller to the windows server 2008 r2 operating system. I could not see active directory users and computer under administrative tools. Rcc was a key lcs 2005 scenario but with the introduction of ocs 2007 either simultaneous ringing or office communicator only are favorites. Although the process is basically the same as it was in exchange 2007 and ocs 2007 r2 there are a few important changes. Planning guide for deploying microsoft office communications server 2007 r2 in a juniper. Ocs 2007 r2 installation error while deploying server. Follow these steps to get started with using office communications server 2007 r2 device update service to manage device updates. R2 topology options similar to the current release of ocs there are three topologies to consider for your schools r2 deployment.