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Installing Administrative Tools

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.

In Office Communications Server 2007 R2, the Office Communications Server administrative tools are not installed by default. To install the administrative tools on a computer running Office Communications Server 2007 R2 or on another computer, such as a management console from which you want to centrally manage Office Communications Server 2007 R2 servers and users, you can use the Deployment Wizard to install the administrative tools, including Response Group Service and Communicator Web Access. For a description of each of these tools, see Administrative Consoles in the Planning and Architecture documentation.

Important

Before installing the administrative tools, verify that all prerequisites have been met, including operating system requirements and installation of required updates. For details, see Administrative Tools Software Requirements in the Supported Topologies and Infrastructure Requirements documentation.

Use one of the following two procedures to install the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools on a computer running a 64-bit version of the operating system or a 32-bit version of the operating system.

Note

This topic covers the installation of the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools, which are the primary tools for managing Office Communications Server. For information about other tools for managing other optional Office Communications Server 2007 R2 components, see the Communicator Web Access (2007 R2 Release) Administration Guide documentation and the Administering Group Chat documentation.

To install the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools on a computer running a 64-bit version of the operating system

  1. On the computer on which you want to install the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools, log on using an account that is a member of the Administrators group (or an account with equivalent privileges) and the Domain Admins group.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Insert the Microsoft Office Communications Server CD, and then click Enterprise Edition.

    • Insert the Microsoft Office Communications Server CD, and then click Standard Edition.

    • If you are installing from a network share to a 64-bit computer, browse to the \setup\amd64 folder on the network share, and then double-click setupEE.exe or setupSE.exe.

  3. On the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Deployment Wizard page, click Administrative Tools.

  4. Review the license agreement, click I accept the terms in the license agreement to proceed, and then click OK.

  5. Take the appropriate action on each page of the wizard to complete the installation.

    Note

    Installing or removing the administrative tools on a computer running the Windows Vista operating system on which the Security Center service is running with the startup mode set to Automatic may result in the following error message: "Error stopping service since one or more dependent services failed to stop. Please try again." If you close the error message, the process should complete successfully.

To install the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools on a computer running a 32-bit version of the operating system

  1. On the computer on which you want to install the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools, log on using an account that is a member of the Administrators group (or an account with equivalent privileges) and the Domain Admins group.

  2. On the Microsoft Office Communications Server CD or a network share containing the installation files, browse to the \support\i86 folder.

  3. Run vcredist_x86.exe to start the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Setup wizard. Take the appropriate action on each page of the wizard to complete the installation.

  4. Run SQLServer2005_BC.msi to start the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Backward Compatibility Setup Wizard. Take the appropriate action on each page of the wizard, including using the default for Feature Selection, to complete the installation.

  5. Run sqlncli.msi to start the wizard for Microsoft SQL Server Native Client. Take the appropriate action on each page of the wizard, including using the default for Feature Selection, to complete the installation.

  6. Run OCSCore.msi to start the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Core Components Setup Wizard. Take the appropriate action on each page of the wizard to complete the installation.

  7. Run AdminTools.msi to start the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Administrative Tools Setup Wizard. Take the appropriate action on each page of the wizard to complete the installation.

    Note

    Installing or removing the administrative tools on a computer running Windows Vista on which the Security Center service is running with the startup mode set to Automatic may result in the following error message: "Error stopping service since one or more dependent services failed to stop. Please try again." If you close the error message, the process should complete successfully.