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Manageability

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.

Office Communicator 2007 offers improved manageability, including:

  • New server configuration settings and policies for better administrative control. Telephony modes, location profile (for outbound call routing), the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for the A/V Authentication Service, the voice mail URI, and the Exchange Unified Messaging (UM) URI can be configured in-band using server Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) settings.

  • Simplification of alerts. Status alerts and notification alerts are now combined into a single setting. The busy mode alert has been discontinued.

  • Configurable alerts. Users can now configure alerts so that they receive conversation alerts, but not notification alerts.

  • Options to enable logging. Users can now configure options in Communicator to enable logging and to document the behavior of the Office Communicator 2007 client. Communicator provides a Turn on Logging in Communicator option, which corresponds with the EnableTracing Group Policy. Communicator also provides a Turn on Windows Event Logging for Communicator option, which corresponds with the EnableEventLogging Group Policy. When the Turn on Windows Event Logging for Communicator option is turned on, errors are written to the system event log and can be viewed in the Windows Event Viewer. For more information about logging, see the "Troubleshooting" section of the Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Testing and Troubleshooting Guide.

  • Independent creation of call logs and IM logs. The auto-archiving (DisableAutoArchive) policy is now separated into two policies for greater control: the IMAutoarchiving policy and the CallLogAutoArchiving policy.

  • Telephony mode in-band setting. The settings to enable IPAudio, IPVideo and AVConferencing, which were previously available only as Group Policy objects, can now be set up and provisioned in-band to allow provisioning to outside clients that cannot be provisioned through Group Policy.

  • Bootstrapping Enhancements. Communicator now maximizes client connectivity to the server. During first-time log-in, the SIP URI of the user logging in is auto-populated. Also, Communicator now maximizes client connectivity to the server for various DNS configurations by retrying all servers returned by DNS.

  • Improved error message handling. Error message handling has been significantly improved throughout Communicator. Error message reporting for Enterprise Voice and Conferencing is now available, enabling users to click a link in the error message and open a Web page for additional details and resolution information.