Planning Your Deployment

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 planning your deployment of Communicator Web Access, you will need to consider the following issues:

• Communicator Web Access and Active Directory

• Supported Topologies in Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access (2007 Release)

• Communicator Web Access Requirements

• Planning for Certificates

• Authorization and Authentication

• Increasing Capacity

• Evaluating Network Performance

Additionally, you need to consider high availability requirements. For more information, see Planning for High Availability.

The following sections cover only a new deployment of Communicator Web Access (2007 release). If you will be upgrading from the 2005 release or your environment will contain a mix of the 2005 and 2007 releases of Communicator Web Access, see Migrating to the 2007 Release.