Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 Resource Kit comments and corrections

This article contains comments, corrections, and information about known errors relating to the Microsoft Press book Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Resource Kit, 978-0-7356-2406-1.

The following topics are covered:

• Page 1: 2005 should be 2006
• Page 35: internal interface of the Web Conferencing Edge Servers must not be load balanced
• Page 39: Incorrect information regarding installation requirements of Communicator Web Access
• Pages 42 & 43: Collocation support for Standard, Enterprise and Web Components Server is incorrect
• Page 43: Collocation support for Communicator Web Access Server is incorrect
• Page 283: Incorrect link for provisioning site
• Page 353: User Datagram Protocol (UCP) should be Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
• Page 614: ClientLogReader not included

Page 1: 2005 should be 2006

On page 1, the 2nd sentence of the first paragraph contains an incorrect version of ISA Server.

Change:
"It leverages an organization's investment in Microsoft products by integrating with Active Directory, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, a public key infrastructure (PKI), the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), the Domain Name Service (DNS), Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2005, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and the 2007 Microsoft Office system."

To:
"It leverages an organization's investment in Microsoft products by integrating with Active Directory, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, a public key infrastructure (PKI), the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), the Domain Name Service (DNS), Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and the 2007 Microsoft Office system."

Page 35: internal interface of the Web Conferencing Edge Servers must not be load balanced

On page 35, the second sentence of the third paragraph incorrectly states that both the external and internal interface of a Web Conferencing Edge Server should be load balanced.

Change:
"An HLB must be configured on both sides of the Web Conferencing Edge Servers."

To:
"The external interfaces of multiple collocated Access Edge Servers and Web Conferencing Edge Servers must be load balanced; however, only the internal interface of the Access Edge Servers in this configuration should be load balanced. The internal interface of the Web Conferencing Edge Servers must not be load balanced."

Page 39: Incorrect information regarding installation requirements of Communicator Web Access

On page 39, the first sentence on the page contains incorrect information regarding installation requirements for Communicator Web Access.

Change:
"Communicator Web Access can be installed on a separate computer, or it can be installed on the same computer running a Standard Edition Server or front-end server or a standalone Web Components server."

To:
"Communicator Web Access can be installed on a separate computer. Collocation of Communicator Web Access and Office Communications Server on the same computer is not supported."

Pages 42 & 43: Collocation support for Standard, Enterprise and Web Components Server is incorrect

On pages 42 & 43, Table 2-10 contains incorrect entries in the Collocation Support column for Standard Edition Server, Enterprise pool, front-end server and Web Components Server.

The following entry should be removed from all 3 server roles:
Communicator Web Access Server

Page 43: Collocation support for Communicator Web Access Server is incorrect

On page 43, Table 2-10 contains incorrect server roles for Communicator Web Access Server.

Change:
"Standard Edition Server
Enterprise pool, front-end server
Web Components Server"

To:
"Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 administrative tools"

Page 283: Incorrect link for provisioning site

On page 283, the second sentence in the 3rd bullet point contains an incorrect link.

Change:
"You perform this exchange by connecting to a Microsoft-hosted provisioning site (http://r.office.microsoft.com/r/rlidOCS?clid=1033&p1=provision) and completing a form that initiates a provisioning request."

To:
"You perform this exchange by connecting to a Microsoft-hosted provisioning site (https://licensing.microsoft.com/eLicense/L1033/Default.asp) and completing a form that initiates a provisioning request."

Page 353: User Datagram Protocol (UDP) should be Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

On page 353, the second to last sentence of the first paragraph references UDP rather than TCP.

Change:
"Because most media gateways support only SIP over User Datagram Protocol (UDP), the Mediation Server converts SIP over the Transport Layer Security (TLS) used by Office Communications Server to SIP over UDP."

To:
"Because most media gateways support only SIP over Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), the Mediation Server converts SIP over the Transport Layer Security (TLS) used by Office Communications Server to SIP over TCP."

Page 614: ClientLogReader not included

On page 614, the top of the page references a tool called ClientLogReader that is located on the Companion CD. However, this tool is not included on the Companion CD.

The tool is not included in the final release of the Resource Kit. Please disregard this reference.
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