Communicator Web Access Server Requirements
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The infrastructure, hardware, and software that are required to install the 2007 R2 version of Communicator Web Access server are described in this topic.
Required Infrastructure
The network in which the Communicator Web Access server will reside must include a Domain Name System (DNS) server and a public key infrastructure (PKI).
The server where you will install Communicator Web Access must be a member server in the same Active Directory forest as an Office Communications Server 2007 R2 server.
Note
Installing Communicator Web Access on a workgroup computer is not supported and will cause an error during setup.
The root certification authority (CA) chain is trusted by the server, and a certificate from the trusted root CA is located in the trusted root CA store of the server. For details about how the certificate should be configured, see Preparing Certificates for Communicator Web Access.
Required Hardware
The minimum hardware requirements for the Communicator Web Access server are as follows:
- Processor
- PC with dual Quad-Core 2.0 gigahertz (GHz) or higher processor
- PC with 4-way Dual-Core 2.0 GHz or higher processor
- Memory
- 8 gigabyte (GB) double data rate (DDR) RAM
- Disks
- 2 x 72 GB 15K or 10K RPM disk drives, RAID 0 (striped) or equivalent
- Network card
- 2 x gigabit (1 gigabit per second) Ethernet network adapter
Required Software
The following software must be installed on the computer on which you will be installing Communicator Web Access:
Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2 (64-bit edition), Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise Edition R2 SP2 (64-bit edition), or Windows Server 2008 Standard or Enterprise Edition (64-bit edition)
Windows Installer 3 (included in Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 or later)
.NET Framework 3.5, including ASP.NET 2.0
Note
ASP.NET is automatically registered with IIS if the .NET Framework is installed after IIS is installed. If you install the .NET Framework first, you must manually register ASP.NET. For details, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=125678.
IIS 6.0 or IIS 7.0 running in IIS 6.0 compatibility mode
If you use IIS 7.0 with Communicator Web Access, you must enable the following IIS 7.0 features:Table 1. Common HTTP features
Feature Name Enabled by default? Static Content
Yes
Default Document
Yes
Directory Browsing
Yes
HTTP Errors
Yes
HTTP Redirection
Yes
Table 2. Application development features
Feature Name Enabled by default? ASP.NET
No
.NET Extensibility
Yes
Internet Server API (ISAPI) Extensions
No
ISAPI Filters
No
Table 3. Health and diagnostics features
Feature Name Enabled by default? HTTP Logging
Yes
Logging Tools
Yes
Request Monitor
Yes
Tracing
Yes
Table 4. Security features
Feature Name Enabled by default? Basic Authentication
No
Windows Authentication
No
Request Filtering
Yes
Table 5. Performance features
Feature Name Enabled by default? Static Content Compression
Yes
Table 6. Management tools
Feature Name Enabled by default? IIS Management Console
Yes
IIS Management Scripts and Tools
No
IIS 6.0 Management Compatibility
No
IIS Metabase Compatibility
No
IIS 6 Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Compatibility
No
Table 7. Windows Process Activation Service features
Feature Name Enabled by default? Process Model
Yes
.NET Environment
No
In addition, the following hotfix and security updates must be installed:
- Microsoft Knowledge Base article 913297, "FIX: Error message when you try to run a Web application that was built by using the .NET Framework 2.0: Overwhelming changes have occurred," at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=125679.
- Microsoft Knowledge Base article 917283, "MS06-033: A vulnerability in ASP.NET could allow information disclosure," at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=125680.
- Microsoft Knowledge Base article 922770, "MS06-056: Vulnerability in ASP.NET 2.0 could allow for information disclosure," at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=125681.