Client Technical Reference

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.

Depending on the size and complexity of a Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 organization, administrators must set, maintain, and manage various standard configurations for computers using the unified communications clients. Client computers at times must be configured for specific purposes ranging from limited to full use.

These topics concentrate on common scenarios encountered when managing unified communications clients. Most enterprise networks that deploy Office Communications Server 2007 R2 also deploy Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 and Microsoft Live Meeting 2007 clients to their desktops. Depending on the client access license (CAL) that an organization has purchased, there are varying degrees of client function available to users. The topics in this section outline how to manage the combination of unified communication clients in your organization so that you get the most from each client.