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Changing the Domain View and Server View

Topic Last Modified: 2009-02-27

You can specify how the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 topology information is displayed and organized. By default, Office Communications Server 2007 R2 is configured to hide the Active Directory view of your topology and organize servers by role. Use the Advanced View Settings dialog box and the procedures in this section to change these settings.

In the Advanced View Settings dialog box, in View, you have the following domain view options:

  • Show Active Directory domains. Use this option if you want to view domain information for each server. This option provides more information, but it degrades performance.
  • Hide Active Directory domains. Use this option if you do not want to view domain information. This option provides less information, but it improves performance.

In the Advanced View Settings dialog box, in Filter, you have two organization options for displaying servers in an Enterprise pool:

  • Organize servers by role. Use this option to organize Office Communications Server 2007 R2 servers into separate lists, based on the server roles. This option is generally most appropriate for administering servers in an Enterprise pool, expanded configuration. The role view of servers provides a better representation of such a deployment because the servers associated with the Enterprise pool are differentiated based on roles.
  • Organize servers as list. Use this option to organize servers in an Enterprise pool as an alphabetical list, without indication of the server role. Other servers are still organized by role. This option is generally most appropriate for administering Enterprise pools, consolidated configuration. The list view of servers provides is better suited to display your server information for such a deployment because all Front End Servers are configured the same, with the same server roles configured on each Front End Server.

The Filter options for server organization do not affect Standard Edition servers.

Important

The procedures documented in this document generally use the default View option (Hide Active Directory domains) and default Filter option (Organize servers as list). If you change either of these options, modify the steps in the affected procedures, as appropriate.

To change the domain view option

  1. Open the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 snap-in.

  2. In the console tree, right-click Office Communications Server 2007 R2, and then click View Options.

  3. In the Advanced View Settings dialog box, under View, click the appropriate option, and then click OK.

  4. To make the change effective, close the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 snap-in, and then reopen it.

To change the server organization option for Enterprise pools

  1. Open the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 snap-in.

  2. In the console tree, right-click Office Communications Server 2007 R2, and then click View Options.

  3. In the Advanced View Settings dialog box, under Filter, click the appropriate option, and then click OK.

  4. To make the change effective, close the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 snap-in, and then reopen it.