Appendix A: How Server Settings Affect Client Functionality

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.

Table A-1 explains how server settings map to client functionality.

Table A-1. Server Settings Mapped to Client Effect

Doing this on the server Does this on the client

Office Communications Server Global Properties page

 

   General tab settings

No effect

   Search tab settings

No effect

   User tab settings

No effect

   Meetings tab settings

Policies set on this tab determine whether or not a user can invite anonymous participants to a meeting using the Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 client and how policies are applied to meetings.

   Edge Servers tab settings

No effect on the client, but settings on this tab determine the Access Edge Servers and A/V Edge Servers that are available to users for communications with external users.

   Federation tab settings

No effect on the client, but settings on this tab determine whether federation and public IM connectivity are supported.

   Archiving tab settings

No effect on client. Enables or disables archiving of instant messages that are stored on the server.

   Call Detail Records tab settings

No effect

Voice Properties page

 

   Location profiles tab settings

Profiles on this tab determine how numbers that a client dials are translated when dialed from a specific location.

   Phone usages tab settings

Phone usage records on this tab specify which routes a user is authorized to use.

   Policy tab settings

Policies set on this tab determine how policies are applied to Voice users.

   Routes tab settings

Routes on this tab specify how outgoing calls placed by Enterprise Voice users are routed.

Front End Properties page

 

   General tab settings

Regulates number of contacts per user.

   Routing tab settings

No effect

   Compression tab settings

Enables or disables compression for server and client connections.

   Authentication tab settings

Determines how a client is authenticated.

   Federation tab settings

No effect

   Host Authorization tab settings

No effect

   Archiving tab settings

No effect

   Voice tab settings

Determines the default location profile for users in the pool, as well as the phone lock, Quality of Service, and SIP security mode settings that are applied to users in a pool.

Front End Server Properties page

 

   General tab settings

No effect

   IM Conferencing tab settings

No effect

   Telephony Conferencing tab settings

No effect

   Certificate tab settings

No effect

Web Conferencing Properties page

 

   Meeting Compliance tab settings

Logs meeting activities, including content that clients upload and activities they perform during the meeting.

   Web Conferencing Edge Server tab settings

No effect on the client, but settings on this tab determine the Web Conferencing support for communications with external users.

Web Conferencing Server Properties page

 

   General tab settings

No effect

   Certificate tab settings

No effect

A/V Conferencing Properties page

 

   General tab settings

Determines the encryption level to be used for A/V Conferencing.

A/V Conferencing Server Properties page

 

   General tab settings

No effect

   Certificate tab settings

No effect

Web Components Properties page

 

   General tab settings

No effect

   Meeting Invites tab settings

No effect

   Group Expansion tab settings

When you enable group expansion, users can send instant messages or meeting invitations to a distribution group that is subsequently expanded to individual members.

Maximum group size defines the maximum group size to which an instant message or meeting invitation can be sent.

Intelligent IM Filter Configuration Application and Client Version Filter Application

 

   Selecting the Enable URL filtering check box on the URL Filter tab

Enables IM Filtering for clients.

   Selecting the Block all hyperlinks, both intranet and internet check box on the URL Filter tab

Blocks both Internet and intranet URLs in IMs between users.

   Selecting the Allow local intranet URLs check box on the URL Filter tab

Blocks Internet URLs but allows intranet URLs in IMs between users.

   Selecting Block instant messages that contain hyperlinks on the URL Filter tab

Blocks the entire user instant message if it contains a URL.

   Selecting Allow instant messages that contain hyperlinks, but convert on the URL Filter tab

Removes the hyperlink from any instant message containing a hyperlink, but incorporates a note before forwarding the instant message to the user.

   Selecting Allow instant messages that contain hyperlinks. Enter the warning on the URL Filter tab

Forwards any instant message containing a hyperlink with the hyperlink intact, but adds a user warning in the instant message.

   Entering a prefix in the Enter the prefixes, separated box on the URL Filter tab

Entering a prefix in this box blocks URLs in user instant messages that start with that entered prefix.

   Selecting the Enable file transfer filtering check box on the File Transfer Filter tab

Enables file transfer filtering based on file extension for user instant messages.

   Selecting the Block all file extensions radio button on the File Transfer Filter tab

Blocks file transfer extensions from user instant messages.

   Selecting the Block only file extensions in the list below radio button on the File Transfer Filter tab

Blocks file transfer only of files with the entered file extensions from user instant messages.

   Selecting the Enable Version Control check box on the Client Version Check tab.

Enables filtering (allowing or blocking) based of the client versions that can be used.

   Client versions in the Client application version control list on the Client Version Check tab.

Blocks or allows signing in of the client versions in the list, which includes versions that you add, as well as any default versions that you have not removed.

   Default behavior if no match on the Client Version Check tab.

Allows or prevents clients signing in that are using any client version other than the ones specified in the list, based on the action you specify in the Action drop-down-list box. If you choose the option to Block with URL, blocks sign in and provides a message to the client using the URL you specify for the message.