Overview of the Upgrade Process

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.

Server.msi provides the syntax for the upgrade process using this command line:

MsiExec.exe /i Server.msi EVALTOFULL=1 [/l*v C:\Upgrade.log] [/q[n|b|r]+]

Table 1 Parameters for Server.msi

Parameters Description

EVALTOFULL

Parameter which specifies the action to perform (upgrade Evaluation to Full version)

/l*v

This writes a complete log file of the operation. This is an optional MsiExec.exe parameter.

/q[n|b|r][+]

This sets user interface level.  This is an optional MsiExec.exe parameter. Display[no|basic|reduced][completion notice] UI.