Enabling the Lookup Server Account for Federation (2007 R2 Beta)

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If you want users of a federated domain to be able to participate in group chat sessions, use the following procedure to enable the Lookup Server account for federation.

To enable the Lookup Server account for federation

  1. On a server running Office Communications Server 2007, sign in by using an account that is a member of the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group or the Domain Admins group, or an account with equivalent permissions.

  2. Open Office Communications Server 2007 by clicking Start, pointing to All Programs, pointing to Administrative Tools, and then clicking Office Communications Server 2007.

  3. In the console tree, expand the forest node, and then navigate to the Standard Edition Server or Enterprise pool that contains the user account that you want to configure.

  4. Expand the pool name for the Enterprise pool or the Standard Edition Server, and then expand Users.

  5. In the details pane, right-click the user account name, and then click Properties.

  6. In the Communications tab, next to Additional options, click Configure.

  7. In the User Options dialog box, under Federation, select the Enable federation check box.

    If support for public IM and remote user access is required, configure it in Office Communications Server. For more information, see the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Administration Guide.