Terminology in Migrating to Office Communications Server 2007
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.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Anonymous user |
An external user who does not have credentials in the Active Directory® Domain Services. |
A/V |
Audio/video |
Direct federation |
In Live Communications Server 2005, a form of federation in which two organizations explicitly designate each other as trusted federated partners. In Office Communications Server 2007, this term is not used; you achieve the same functionality by not configuring your Access Edge Server to automatically discover federated partners by using DNS. |
Edge server |
An Office Communications Server 2007 server that resides in the perimeter network and provides connectivity for external users, federated partners, and public IM connections. Each edge server has one or more of the following roles: Access Edge Server, Web Conferencing Edge Server, or A/V Edge Server. |
Enhanced federation |
In Live Communications Server 2005, an organization-to-organization federation that uses DNS-SRV resolution to identify the Access Proxy for each partner. In Office Communications Server 2007, this term is not used. You can achieve this functionality to configure your Access Edge Server to use DNS to automatically discover federated partners. |
External user |
A user who connects from outside the organizations firewall. External users include anonymous users, federated users, and remote users. |
External IP address |
An IP address that is accessible from the Internet or from another network that is outside the organization. |
Federated user |
An external user who possesses valid credentials with a federated partner and who is therefore treated as authenticated by Office Communications Server. |
Internal IP address |
An IP address that is accessible from the internal network of an organization. |
PSOM |
Persistent Shared Object Model A custom protocol for transporting Web conferencing content. |
Remote user |
An external user with a persistent Active Directory identity within the organization. |
Side-by-side migration |
Deploying an upgraded software version on a separate computer from the one that is running the original version, transferring essential data to the new computer, making the new computer operational, and then taking the legacy computer offline. Note: Side-by-side migration is not supported for Access Proxy and an Office Communications Server 2007 Access Edge Server. |
SIP |
Session Initiation Protocol, a signaling protocol for Internet telephony. |
Web farm |
A collection of server computers that host a single Web site. |