How This Guide Is Structured
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.
This guide contains the following sections:
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Explains the necessary prerequisites for Active Directory preparation.
Overview of Active Directory Preparation
Presents a high-level description of the procedures involved in preparing Active Directory for Office Communications Server 2007 and describes the purpose and actions performed by each Active Directory preparation step. This section explains the core steps required in every domain and forest in which the servers running Office Communications Server are deployed.
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Provides step-by-step instructions for required Active Directory preparation tasks using the GUI deployment tool (Setup.exe) and the command-line tool (LcsCmd.exe).
Setup and Administration Delegation
Explains how to use the deployment tool or the command line to delegate setup or administration tasks. You can use the deployment tool or the command line to delegate setup credentials to a particular group, so that Domain Admin tasks are not required. You can also delegate user or server permissions on a specific pool or server, or read-only user or server administration permissions.
Active Directory Schema Reference
Details the attributes and classes added by Office Communications Server 2007.
Appendix A: How to Prepare a Locked Down Active Directory
Explains how to prepare an Active Directory where permissions inheritance has been disabled or authenticated user access control entries (ACEs) have been disabled.