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Manual Configuration of Group Chat

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.

If the Domain Name System (DNS) has not been configured to return the appropriate SRV records, manually enter the account configuration information used to install the servers.

To manually enter the account configuration information to connect

  1. Open Group Chat. Click Start, point to All Programs, and then click Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat.

  2. In the Group Chat Login dialog box, in the Account box, click Edit Accounts.

    Note

    If the Edit Accounts dialog box is read-only, the system administrator has configured an account by using GPOs, setting the account so it is the only account available.

  3. In the Edit Accounts dialog box, click Add.

  4. In Display Name, type a name for the new account. This name is used on the Accounts menu of the Group Chat Login dialog box the next time that you sign in to Group Chat.

  5. To use single sign on (SSO), select the Use my Windows credentials to log in automatically check box.

  6. Specify the Office Communications Server host name. If you are installing Group Chat in a Group Chat Server environment that is running Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Enterprise Edition, specify the pool name. If you are installing Group Chat in a Group Chat Server environment that is running Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition, enter the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the Standard Edition server. Port defaults to the correct value.

  7. In Chat Room Domain, specify the domain portion of the Lookup Server's SIP URI.

  8. If using the default SIP URI (chat@domain.com), select the Use Default Server Address check box. Otherwise, enter the SIP URI of the Lookup Server (specified during server installation).

  9. When all the settings are as you want them, click OK.

The name of the newly-created configuration is added to the Accounts box.