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6.1 Deploy the Live Meeting Client

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.

You deploy the Microsoft Office Live Meeting client by using a Windows Installer package (.msi file). To deploy the meeting client, run the package by using your organizations preferred deployment method; for example, Systems Management Server (SMS), an Active Directory Domain Services Group Policy, a scripted deployment, or any other third-party software that supports .msi-based deployment.

Note

End users who are installing the Live Meeting client manually should use LMSetup.exe instead of the Windows Installer package. On Windows Vista, the .Installer package will not work correctly unless the user runs Windows Installer as a member of the Administrators group, for example, from an administrative command line prompt.

Extracting the Installer Package

You can extract the installer package (.msi) from the LMSetup.exe application.

To extract the installer package (.msi)

  1. Copy the file LMSetup.exe to a folder on your local hard disk. You can download the Live Meeting 2007 client from the Microsoft Web site at: https://r.office.microsoft.com/r/rlidOCS?clid=1033&p1=LiveMeeting.

  2. Open a command prompt window: Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK.

  3. Change the directory to the folder to which you copied the .exe.

  4. To extract the LMConsole.msi file, at the command prompt, type the following command:

    LMSetup.exe -out <drive>:\<folder path>

Installing the Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 Client

When you use Windows Installer to install the meeting client on user's computers, you can use the "silent installation" option, so that the users do not see it or interact with the installation. To install the meeting client silently, use the /qn switch.

To install the Live Meeting client

  • At the command prompt, type the following command:

    msiexec /qn /I LMConsole.msi

To verify installation of the client

  1. Click Start, and then click All Programs. Point to Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007, and then click Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007.

  2. Click the title bar down arrow, and then click Open User Accounts.

  3. Under Server, type a sign-in name or verify that the sign-in name that appears in the Sign-in name box is valid.

  4. Click Test Connection and verify that your Live Meeting sign-in information is successfully verified. If you are using an account that is authorized to organize meetings, the Welcome to Microsoft Office Live Meeting page contains a Meet Now button. Click Meet Now, and then click Continue.

  5. In the Live Meeting client, click Meeting, and then verify that the status is Connected.

  6. In the Voice & Video pane, click the More button (>>), click Options, and then click Set Up Audio and Video. Use the wizard to select audio and video settings. Verify that you can use audio and video.

  7. Click Content, click Share, and then click Upload File (View Only). Select a document, and then click Open. Verify that the file is added to the Live Meeting.