Choosing Which Features to Implement
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.
Communicator 2007 provides instant messaging, enhanced presence, and conferencing for the users in your organization who are connecting from inside your firewall. Communicator 2007 also provides several other features that you can offer by deploying additional Office Communications Server 2007 server roles, as described in Table 2.
Table 2. Communicator 2007 features and required server roles
| Communicator 2007 Feature | Server Role Required |
|---|---|
Instant messaging Enhanced presence On-premise conferencing Address Book Server |
No additional server roles required |
Archiving and call detail records |
Archiving Service |
External user access Federation Public IM connectivity |
Access Edge Server |
Web conferencing with external users |
Web Conferencing Edge Server |
Audio/video conferencing with external users |
A/V Conferencing Edge Server |
Unified Communications Enterprise Voice |
One of the following:
|
Office Communications Server 2007 also supports conferencing using the Microsoft® Office Live Meeting client. For more information, see Deploying the Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 Client with Office Communications Server 2007. For a more detailed discussion of Office Communications Server 2007 server roles and architecture, see Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Technical Overview.
Configuring Voice Features
In addition to deploying specific server roles, you might also be required to enable voice or conferencing features using Group Policies or in-band provisioning. The required settings depend on the type of Client Access License (CAL) you have.
Table 3 below summarizes these settings. For more information about Office Communicator 2007 group policies, see Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Group Policies. For more information about meeting policies, see the section titled, "Configuring Meeting Policy" in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Administration Guide.
Table 3. Group Policies for Telephony
| License Type | Server Setting | Group Policy Setting |
|---|---|---|
Standard |
None (TelephonyMode 0) |
Not present, or TelephonyMode 0 |
Voice (also called Standard with Voice) |
TelephonyMode 1, 2, or 3
|
TelephonyMode 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5
|
Enterprise |
In the Meeting section of Global Policies:* EnableIPAudio = True EnableIPVideo = True EnableDataCollaboration = True |
DisableAVConferencing = 0 DisableDataConferencing = 0 |
Enterprise with Voice |
Settings in both the Voice and Enterprise rows above |
Settings in both the Voice and Enterprise rows above |
* Using the Office Communications Server 2007 Administrative Tools snap-in
Hardware and Software Requirements
Table 4 shows hardware and software requirements for Communicator 2007.
Table 4. Minimum system requirements for Office Communicator 2007
| System Component | Minimum Requirement |
|---|---|
Display Resolution |
Required: Super VGA 800x600 Recommended: Super VGA 1024x768 or higher Note Microsoft® Windows® Tablet PC portrait mode is supported. |
Operating System |
Windows Vista® 32-bit (RTM) operating system Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2 Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4 (requires Microsoft® Windows Media® technologies player, version 9, and Microsoft® Windows® Installer, version 3.0 or later) |
Computer/Processor |
Data and Voice: 500-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor, Intel Pentium-compatible For video: 1 GHz or higher For Microsoft® Office RoundTable™ communications and archival system: 1.8 GHz or higher |
Memory |
512 megabytes (MB) of RAM |
Install Space |
1.5 MB |
Video Memory |
Video card with 64 MB of RAM (video RAM or VRAM) and Microsoft® DirectX® application programming interface |
Telephony |
Microphone and speakers, headset with microphone, or equivalent device |
Video |
Video camera or Office RoundTable device |
Bandwidth Requirements |
|
Data |
56 kbps (Minimum1), 56 kbps (High Quality1) |
Voice |
50 kbps (Minimum1), 80 kbps (High Quality1) |
Video |
50 kbps (Minimum1), 350 kbps (High Quality1) |
Office RoundTable |
50 kbps (Minimum1), 350 kbps (High Quality1) |
Security |
Administrator privileges, or, in Windows Vista® Standard User Mode, administrator credentials. |
Other Requirements |
Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007 and Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 are required for Outlook integration options. See the section titled, Outlook 2007 Integration, later in this document. |
1 The required and recommended bandwidth speeds are cumulative. For example, if you want to use voice, webcam, and RoundTable, the minimum bandwidth would be 50+50+50=150 kbps.
Note
For Office integration to work properly, you may need to install an update to Outlook 2007. For more information, go to https:office.microsoft.com.
Before deploying Communicator 2007 on desktops that are running Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4, ensure that Windows Media® technologies player, version 9, and Microsoft Windows® Installer, version 3.0 or later, are already installed.
Localized Versions of Communicator 2007
Communicator 2007 is available in several languages, each with its own installer package. In addition, a Multilanguage User Interface (MUI) package is available. With an MUI package installed, users can easily switch languages. To switch languages, in the Office Communicator Title bar, click the down arrow, click Tools, click Options, click the General tab, and then in the Language area, select the Communicator language you want to use, as shown below in Figure 1 (German interface shown).
Figure 1. Communicator 2007 with the Multilanguage User Interface Package installed
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