Overview of Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition

Overview of Office Communications S...

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Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007

Office Communications Server offers a Standard Edition and an Enterprise Edition:

Standard Edition is designed for use in small or medium-sized organizations. Standard Edition is also recommended for organizations that do not require the performance, scalability, and high availability that Enterprise Edition provides.
Enterprise Edition is designed for large-scale deployments that are typical of large organizations. In an Enterprise Edition deployment, multiple Office Communications Server Enterprise Edition servers are deployed as a pool behind a load balancer. Servers in the pool share a central Microsoft SQL Server database that stores user data.

Office Communications Server Standard Edition Server Roles

In Office Communications Server Standard Edition, the following components run on a single physical computer:

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Front End Server, which houses instant messaging, presence, telephony conferencing servers, and all essential user services.
Web Conferencing Server, which enables on-premise conferencing.
A/V (Audio/Video) Conferencing Server, which enables users to share audio and video streams.
Web Components Server, which enables users to do the following:
- Access meeting presentations and other content from Web conferences.
- Download Address Book Server files, which provide the Microsoft Office Communicator client with global address list information.
- Expand distribution groups in order to communicate with individual members.