Introduction to the Office Communications Server 2007 Active Directory Guide

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.

To deploy and operate Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007, you must extend the Microsoft Active Directory® directory service Domain Services schema and then create and configure objects in Active Directory. These extensions add the new Active Directory attributes and classes necessary for Office Communications Server 2007 to operate.

This guide describes the extensions and focuses on the following areas:

• How to prepare Active Directory so that you can deploy and operate Office Communications Server 2007

• How to delegate setup and administration permissions

• Active Directory schema reference