Activating Standard Edition Server (Command Line)

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.

Standard Edition server is activated by specifying the server context with a Role of SE. Here is the syntax to activate a Standard Edition server.

LCSCmd.exe /Server[:<Server FQDN>] /Role:SE /Action:Activate /Password:<Account password> [/RefDomain:<Domain FQDN>] [/PDCRequired[:{TRUE|FALSE}]] [/GlobalSettingsDC:<FQDN of domain controller>] [/DC:<domain controller FQDN>] [/GC:<Global Catalog FQDN>] [/Global:{Configuration | System}] [/GroupDomain:<Group Domain FQDN>] [/GroupDomainDC:<Group Domain domain controller FQDN>] [/User:<Account Name>][/UnRegSPN[:{TRUE|FALSE}]] [/NoStart[:{TRUE|FALSE}]]
[/ArchServer:<Archiving Server computer host name>]
[/MonServer:<Monitoring Server computer name>]
[/EnableArch[:{TRUE|FALSE}]] [/EnableCDR[:{TRUE|FALSE}]] [/EnableQoE[:{TRUE|FALSE}]] [/Force[:{TRUE|FALSE}]]
[/L:<log file path>] [/XML[:{TRUE|FALSE}]] [/?[:{TRUE|FALSE}]]

Such as:

LCSCmd.exe /Server:SEServer.contoso.com /Role:SE /Action:Activate /Password:My$tr0ngPwd

Where:

Parameter Description

/Server

Executes the action for the specified server FQDN.

/server - activates the local server.

/server:<remoteComputerFQDN> - activates a role on the remote computer.

/Role

Specifies the role of the server.

/Action

Takes a string that specifies the action name. Valid action names include CheckLCServerState, Activate, and Deactivate.

/Password

Specifies the service account password for the server.

/RefDomain

Specifies the reference domain FQDN.

/Global

Specifies the global setting location.

/User

Specifies the service account name for the server. It defaults to RTCService. If the specified user account does not exist, Office Communications Server 2007 R2 automatically creates the account.

/GroupDomain

Specifies the FQDN of the domain where Office Communications Server universal groups are located.

/UnRegSPN

Specifies whether to delete all existing service principal names registered for the service on the specified computer.

/NoStart

Specifies whether to start the service on the server during activation.

/ArchServer

Specifies the computer name of the IM Archiving service that the IM Archiving agent will use.

/MonServer

Specifies the computer name of the Monitoring Server.

/EnableArch

Specifies whether to enable archiving. Default is False.

/EnableCDR

Specifies whether to enable Call Detail Record (CDR). Default is False.

/EnableQoE

Specifies whether to enable QoE. Default is False.

/QueueName

Specifies the name of the queue on the Archiving Server that the Archiving Agent will use.

/Force

Specifies whether to force task execution.