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Configuring Federation, Remote User Access, and Public IM Connectivity for Individual Users

Topic Last Modified: 2009-05-22

Federation, remote user access, and public IM connectivity for an individual user account can be configured from the Communications tab of Properties for the user, if the individual user has been enabled for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and your organization supports the functionality. These settings control the following types of Office Communications Server 2007 R2 communications:

  • Communication with users in organizations that are federated with your organization. This setting controls whether a user can communicate with users in another organization over a federated partner connection.
  • Communications with users of public IM service providers. This setting controls whether a user can communicate with users of public instant messaging (IM) networks. Public IM connectivity requires additional licenses. A user does not need to be enabled for federation to be enabled for public IM connectivity.
  • Remote user access to Office Communications Server 2007 R2. This setting controls whether a user in your organization can connect through an Edge Server to Office Communications Server 2007 R2 when the user is outside of the internal network.

In order to use federation, public IM connectivity, and remote user access features, you must first deploy the appropriate Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Edge Server topology. For details about deploying an Edge Server, see the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Edge Server Deployment Guide documentation. To use federation and public IM connectivity, you must enable federation and public IM connectivity at the global level.

To configure federation, remote user access, or public IM connectivity for a specific user account

  1. Open the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 snap-in.

  2. In the console tree, expand the forest node, and then navigate to the Standard Edition server or Enterprise pool that contains the user account that you want to configure.

  3. Expand the pool name for the Enterprise pool or the Standard Edition server, and then expand Users.

  4. In the details pane, right-click the user account name, and then click Properties.

  5. On the Communications tab, next to Other settings, click Configure.

  6. In the Other Options dialog box, under Federation, do the following:

    • To enable or disable federation for the user, select or clear the Enable federation check box.
    • To enable or disable remote user access for the user, select or clear the Enable remote user access check box.
    • To enable or disable public IM connectivity for the user, select or clear the Enable public IM connectivity check box.