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Introduction to Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access (2007 Release)

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 will reach end of support on January 9, 2018. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.

Microsoft® Office Communicator Web Access (2007 release) is a server that provides access through a browser-based client to Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. Office Communications Server 2007 and Office Communicator Web Access (2007 release) build upon the foundation that was established by Live Communications Server 2005 with SP1 and Communicator Web Access (2005 release).

This guide helps you to plan and deploy Communicator Web Access (2007 release) for your organization. The guide covers the following topics:

  • An overview of Communicator Web Access and requirements for deployment

  • Planning for deployment of Communicator Web Access

  • Planning for high availability

  • Deploying Communicator Web Access

  • Configuring for capacity and availability

  • Migrating to the 2007 release

Except where noted, this guide applies to Communicator Web Access (2007 release). For information about environments in which both the 2005 and 2007 releases are deployed, see Migrating to the 2007 Release.