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Step 1. Deploy the Software Update Service

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.

Deploying the Software Update Service involves two processes:

  • Installing Software Update Service files on the local computer

  • Activating the Software Update Service on the local computer

Installing the Software Update Service on Office Communications Server

Use the following procedure to install the files locally on the server where you plan to deploy the Software Update Service.

To install the Update Server

  1. Log on to your Office Communications Server with an account that is a member of the local administrators group or has equivalent permissions.

  2. Access the Microsoft Web site to download the Software Update Service.

  3. Double-click OCSSoftwareUpdateService.msi.

  4. On the Welcome page, click Next.

  5. On the License Agreement page, if you agree to the terms, click I accept the terms in the license agreement, and then click Next.

  6. On the Confirm Installation page, click Next.

  7. Click Close to complete the installation.

Activating the Software Update Service

Use the following procedure to activate the Software Update Service.

Note

If you are installing the Software Update Service on a computer that is running the 64-bit version of the Windows Server® 2003 operating system, you must use the 32-bit version of cscript in order for the command to complete successfully. The 32-bit version of cscript is located in <drive letter>:\windows\syswow64 directory. For details, see “Running ConfigUpdatesServer.vbs on Windows Server 2003 64-bit Operating System.”

To activate the Software Update Service

  1. Log on to your server with an account that is a member of the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group and the local administrators group.

  2. Open a command prompt.

  3. Navigate to the \Program Files\ Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007\Web Components\UC Device Updates\CommonFiles directory.

  4. Type the following command

    • For a Standard Edition Server:

      cscript ConfigUpdatesServer.vbs /Action:Activate /InternalUpdatesStoreURL:http://<Internal SharePointFQDN>/sites/ucupdateserver /ExternalUpdatesStoreURL:http://<externalSharePointFQDN>/sites/ucupdateserver
/user:RTCComponentService /Password:<password>
/ExternalWebfqdn:<External FQDN of Web farm>

    • For an Enterprise pool:

      cscript ConfigUpdatesServer.vbs /Action:Activate /InternalUpdatesStoreURL:http://<internalSharePointFQDN>/sites/ucupdateserver /ExternalUpdatesStoreURL:http://<externalSharePointFQDN>/sites/ucupdateserver /user:RTCComponentService /Password:<password>
/ExternalWebfqdn:<External FQDN of Web farm>
/guest:<RTCGuestAcccess User Account> /guestpassword:<password>

    where:

    • InternalUpdatesStoreURL is the internal URL used to access the SharePoint Update site from inside the intranet.

    • ExternalUpdatesStoreURL is the external URL link to the SharePoint Update site from inside the intranet. Use the following format: https://<ExternalFQDN>/sites/ucupdateserver.

    • ExternalWebfqdn is the FQDN that devices use to connect to the Software Update Service from outside the intranet. Use the following format: <external server FQDN>.

    • User identifies the service account under which Office Communications Server 2007 Web Components is run. The default service account is RTCComponentService.

    • Password is the password for the service account.

    • guest is the guest user account used in Office Communications Server (the default account is RTCGuestAccessUser) or it can be any domain user.

    • guestpassword is the password for the guest user account.

The settings that are configured for your Software Update Server are stored in the MSFT_SIPUpdatesServerSetting WMI class:

  • Backend is the Back-End Database of the Standard Edition server or Enterprise pool where the Software Update Service is installed. This setting is automatically configured during setup. For a Standard Edition server, the database will be (local)\rtc. For an Enterprise pool, this value will be <server name of backend>\<database instance>

  • Enabled is set to true if the Software Update Service is activated.

  • ExternalUpdatesDownloadURL is the external FQDN of the Web farm that was specified during setup.

  • ExternalUpdatesStoreURL is the same parameter specified during setup.

  • InternalUpdatesStoreURL maps to the same parameter that you specified during setup.

  • InternalUpdatesDownloadURL is the FQDN of the Web Components Server on which you run the activation script.

  • MgmtConsoleURL is the following URL on the Web Components Server: https://<FQDN of the Web Components Sever>/MgmtConsole.