The Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 online documentation is organized to follow a typical deployment process for Office Communications Server 2007 R2. The documentation includes an overview of features and technologies, a discussion of the planning considerations, detailed steps for configuration and deployment, and a list of development resources.
The following table, organized by section, provides a more detailed description of the information included in the online documentation, including a summary and links to important topics for each section.
Table 1. Online Documentation
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Getting Started
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Provides a high-level survey and summary of the features, architecture, and protocols of Office Communications Server 2007 R2. This section includes the following topic areas:
Technical Overview includes detailed descriptions of feature architecture in the following topics: Conferencing Architecture, VoIP Architecture,
Application Server Architecture, Desktop Sharing Architecture, Group Chat Architecture and Monitoring Server Architecture.
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Supported Topologies and Infrastructure Requirements
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Describes the supported topologies, hardware, software, and other infrastructure and platform prerequisites. This section includes the following topic areas:
Supported Topologies includes a series of topics describing topologies for deploying components both internally and externally.
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Planning and Architecture
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Provides detailed information to facilitate planning your deployment, including features and functionality, topology design, technical requirements, and deployment steps. This section includes the following topic areas:
Planning for Internal Deployment of Office Communications Server 2007 R2 contains information on deployment in the following topics: Internal IM and Conferencing, Group Chat, Archiving Support, Monitoring Support, and Administration and Management Tools.
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Deployment
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Provides procedures and information required to set up Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and its components. This section includes the following topic areas:
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Client Planning and Deployment
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Contains planning and deployment topics to help you successfully deploy Office Communications Server 2007 R2 clients in your organization. This section includes the following topic areas:
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Migration
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Provides procedures and information required to migrate to Office Communications Server 2007 R2 from Office Communications Server 2007. This section includes the following topic area:
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Operations
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Provides procedures and information required to administer Office Communications Server 2007 R2 servers and users, to administer related technologies, and to configure settings. This section includes the following topic areas:
Backup and Restoration specifically describes the administrative process of backing up and restoring service for Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
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Security
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Provides guidelines for identifying and managing security risks to Office Communications Server 2007 R2. This section includes the following topic areas:
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Reference
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Provides in-depth technical details for and information about using the primary command-line tool included with Office Communications Server 2007 R2. This section includes the following topic areas:
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Troubleshooting
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Provides information to help you troubleshoot during day-to-day operations. This section includes the following topic areas:
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Development
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Provides references to a wide variety of Microsoft Office and Unified Communications SDKs and API sets. This section includes the following topic areas:
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