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Installing and Using Administrative Tools in Office Communications Server

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.

Office Communications Server 2007 administrative tools are available on Office Communications Server 2007 servers. You can also install and use the administrative tools on other computers, such as a computer that you use as a central administrative console.

If you are managing Office Communications Server 2007 from a server that is running Office Communications Server 2007, administrative tools are installed and available for use. If you want to install the administrative tools on another computer, such as a management console from which you want to centrally manage Office Communications Server 2007 servers and users, you can use the Deployment Wizard to install the following administrative tools:

  • Office Communications Server 2007 administrative snap-in.

  • Office Communications Server 2007 management components for Active Directory Users and Computers (available only on computers running Active Directory Users and Computers).

  • Office Communications Server 2007 snap-in extension for the Computer Management console (to use the Connect to another computer option in Computer Management to connect to a server running Office Communications Server 2007 and manage it remotely).

  • LcsCmd.exe command-line tool.

For more detailed information about installing and using the administrative tools and the Office Communications Server user management functionality in Active Directory Users and Computers, see the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Administration Guide. This document, as well as the other Office Communications Server 2007 documentation, is available from the Office Communications Server Web site at https://r.office.microsoft.com/r/rlidOCS?clid=1033&p1=library.