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Step 2.1 Deploy Standard Edition Server or Enterprise Pool

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.

If you have already installed a Director, you have prepared Active Directory as part of this process. If you did not deploy a Director, you must prepare Active Directory as the initial step in deploying an Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition server or Enterprise pool. For step-by-step instructions, see the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Active Directory Guide.

After the necessary Active Directory objects are in place, you are ready to deploy an Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition server or Enterprise Edition pool. For details, see the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition Deployment Guide or the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide.

Supporting a Pool with a Single Enterprise Edition Server

If you deploy Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise pool with a single Enterprise Edition server without a load balancer, to support coexistence you must use a separate IP address for the Enterprise server and the Enterprise pool.

Note

If you are using a pool with a single Enterprise Edition Server, you still must use a separate computer for the SQL database. Installing the back-end database on a computer with Enterprise Edition Server installed is not supported.

To do so, the following steps are required:

  • Add a second IP address on the Enterprise Edition server

  • Point the DNS record for the Enterprise pool to the second IP address

This requirement exists because Live Communications Server 2005 SP1 servers cannot successfully communicate if the Enterprise Edition server and the Enterprise pool have the same IP address.

After your deployment is moved completely to Office Communications Server, you can remove the new IP and use a single IP address for the pool (and the pools DNS record) and the Enterprise Edition server.