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Opening the Group Chat Administration Tool

Topic Last Modified: 2009-02-27

The following procedures describe how to sign in to the Group Chat Administration Tool by using both automatic and manual configuration. The manner with which you sign in depends on how Group Chat is installed and configured. If automatic configuration is enabled on your network, you can sign in using automatic configuration. Otherwise you will need to use manual configuration. If you are not sure how Group Chat Server is configured, try using automatic configuration first.

Important

In order to sign in to the Group Chat Administration Tool, you must have Chat Room Administrator rights, or you must be a chat room manager on the root category. If you only have rights for an individual chat room, or for a category below the root category, you can only manage the chat room from the Group Chat client. You cannot access the Group Chat Administration Tool. For details about administrator permissions, see Managing Group Chat User Access.

To sign in for the first time by using automatic configuration

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

    You can also open the Group Chat Administration Tool by using the shortcut on your desktop.

  2. In the Group Chat Administration Tool Login dialog box, in the Account box, click Automatic Configuration.

  3. In the URI box, type your SIP URI. For example, type sip:lolaj@contoso.com.

  4. In the Login box, type your complete user name, including domain name. For example, type domain\username or user@domain.com.

  5. In the Password box, type your password, and then click Log In.

To sign in for the first time by using manual configuration

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

    You can also open the Group Chat Administration Tool by using the shortcut on your desktop.

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

  3. To open the Edit Accounts dialog box, which you use to define the connection settings that you will use for future logins, click Add.

  4. To make the new account your default sign-in account, in the Edit Accounts dialog box, select the check box next to the temporary name (such as “New Login Domain 1”) that appears in the Accounts box.

  5. In the Display Name box, type a new name for the account. This name will be used when you use this account for future sign-ins.

  6. In the Login Settings tab, do the following:

    • In the Host box, type the host name. The Port box fills in automatically.
    • In the Group Chat Domain box, type the domain name of the Lookup Server.
    • If you are using the default server address, select Use default server address. Otherwise, clear Use default server address, and in Server Address, type the SIP URI of the Group Chat Functionality Lookup Server.

  7. Click the Active Directory tab, and then do the following:

    • Under Global Catalog, select either the Automatic connection configuration check box or the Manual connection configuration check box. If you select the Manual connection configuration check box, in Host, type the name of the global catalog host.
    • To use a secure SSL connection to connect to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), select the Use secure connection only check box.
    • If the user account you use to log in to the Group Chat Administration does not have access to Active Directory Domain Services, click Connect As and then type the name of an account that has Active Directory access.
    • In the Maximum number of search result items returned box, type the maximum number of objects to return when a search is performed, such as a search for users and groups. You can type 0 to allow an unlimited number of returns, but doing so can cause performance issues.

  8. Click OK to save these settings.

  9. In the Group Chat Administration Tool Login dialog box, in the URI box, type your SIP URI. For example, type sip:lolaj@contoso.com.

  10. In the Login box, type your complete user name, including domain name. For example, type domain\username or user@domain.com.

  11. In the Password box, type your password, and then click Log In.

For subsequent sign-ins, in the Group Chat Administration Tool Login dialog box, in the Account box, click the account you just created, and then type your password. The other boxes are filled in automatically.