Activating Proxy 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.

Use the following syntax example to activate a Proxy Server.

LCSCmd.exe /Server[:<Server FQDN>] /Role:Proxy /Action:Activate /Password:<Account Password> [/User:<Account Name>] [/RefDomain:<Domain FQDN>] [/PDCRequired[:{TRUE|FALSE}]] [/GlobalSettingsDC:<FQDN of a global settings 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>]  [/NoStart[:{TRUE|FALSE}]] [/Force[:{TRUE|FALSE}]] [/L:<log file path>] [/XML[:{TRUE|FALSE}]] [/?[:{TRUE|FALSE}]]

Such as:

LCSCmd.exe /Server:srvPS.contoso.com /Role:Proxy /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.

/User

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

/Global

Specifies the global setting location.

/GroupDomain

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

/NoStart

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

/Force

Specifies whether to force task execution.

/L

Specifies the log file path. If not specified, %TEMP%\<ActionName>[<Date>][<Time>].html is used. To disable logging, use a dash character (-) as the log file name.

/XML

Specifies whether the log file to be generated should be in XML format instead of HTML.

/?

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