Planning and Deploying Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007Johann KruseNational Technology SpecialistMicrosoft Australia

UNC310

OverviewPlan andDeploy

Do’sDon’t

Session Objectives and Agenda

Group IMEnhanced presenceImproved manageability, scalability, security and compliance

Ad-hoc and scheduled online meeting capabilities1:1 or multiparty IP audio and video conversations/meetingsRoundTable with panoramic view of room

Rich, integrated voice offeringPresence-enabled IP phone experienceControl of the desktop phone

EnterpriseVoice

Multi-Party On-Premise Conferencing

EnhancedEnterprise IM

Office Communications Server 2007Investment themes

Office Communicator 2007

demo

Deployment LCS 2005 SP1

OCS 2007

Enterprise Pool

Front End Server

Standard Edition Server

Director

Archiving Server

CWA

Address Book Server No separate role

Audio-Video Conferencing Server

Can be co-located on FE

Web Conferencing Server Can be co-located on FE

IM Conferencing Server Is always co-located on FE

Mediation Server Edge Server

Access Edge ServerAudio-Video Edge ServerWeb Conferencing Edge

Server

Access Proxy

Server Roles and Deployment Elements

Functionality Server Role ClientIM and Presence

Home Pool

OC 2007 for Enhanced Presence

On premise Conferencing OC 2007Live Meeting 2007 Client

Outlook Add-in

Address Book Server No requirement

IM Archiving and Call Detail Records

Archiving Server No requirement

External User AccessAccess Edge

Server DirectorOC 2007Federation

Public IM Connectivity (PIC)

Web Conferencing with external users

Web Conferencing Edge Server

OC 2007Live Meeting 2007 Client

Audio-Video Conferencing with external users

Audio/Video Conferencing Edge Server

OC 2007Live Meeting 2007 Client

IM and Presence thru Browser Client

Communicator Web Access Server

Communicator Web Access

Voice Basic or Collocated or Advanced Media Gateway

OC 2007OC 2007 Phone experience

Planning Step 1: Functionality Choices

Planning Step 2: Topology Choices

High AvailabilityStandard EditionEnterprise Edition

User baseMajor locationsNumber of datacentersBranch officesNumber of large branchesNumber of mission critical branchesGeographic distribution of user base

ComplianceArchiving IMCall detail recordsArchiving meeting content

External accessPrimary perimeter networkRegional perimeter networksIM/Presence, Web conference, voice, PIC, Federation

Enterprise VoiceRegional locationsBO locations

Planning Step 2: Topology Choices

Step 3: Understanding the Building Blocks A – Archiving and call detail records B – Browser-based access C – Clients and devices D – Director E – Edge servers F – File shares for meeting content and ABS G – Gateways and Media Servers H – Home Pool I – IT Infrastructure

(AD, DNS, CA, LB, Firewall…)A

B

C

Step 3: Understanding the Building BlocksA – Archiving and call detail records

(Optional)B – Browser-based access (Optional)C – Clients and devicesD – Director (Optional)E – Edge servers (Optional)F – File shares for meeting content and ABSG – Gateways and Media Servers (Optional)H – Home Pool I – IT Infrastructure

(AD, DNS, CA, LB, Firewall…)A

B

C

Build Your Topology with These Building Blocks

ABH

H

H

FE

CD

GG

Home Pool: Economy and Simplicity

Standard Edition

AD

Home Pool: Simplicity and High Availability

AD

Enterprise Edition Front-End Servers: Consolidated

Enterprise Pool: Consolidated

SQL

Home Pool: High Availability and High Scale

AD

Enterprise Pool: Expanded

Enterprise Edition Front-End Servers: Expanded

IIS Servers A/V Conferencing ServersWeb Conferencing Servers

Back-end Server

SQL

Back-end Server

SQL

Active Passive

Component Scenario PurposeActive Directory

AllEnterprise Directory:

Users and Configurations

Load Balancer Enterprise Home Pool and Edge Server

Third-Party for High Availability

Certificate Authority Multiple Servers TLS and MTLS-based secure communication

DNS Server All Locating Home Pool (Internal)Locating Edge Server (Outside)

SQL BE for Enterprise Home poolArchiving & CDR

User Buddy List & PermissionsContent Archiving

Firewall * Outside Access: IM, Presence, Conf & Voice

Securing Your Edge

HTTP Reverse Proxy * Outside User Access:a) CWA; b) Web Conferencing; c) ABS

for OC d) DL expansion

Reverse Proxy (e.g., ISA, Third-party like CheckPoint) in the DMZ, Hardware or

Software

Basic or Collocated or Advanced Media Gateway *

Voice Third-party gateway to connect enterprise IP network w/ PSTN, Hardware or Software

RCC Gateway * Voice Third-party SIP/CSTA gateway for Remote Call Control,Software

IT Infrastructure

Meeting presentations to be downloaded/streamed

Metadata used internally by Web Conferencing Server

Meeting content logged for compliance requirements

Information used by Address Book Server

File Share for Meeting Content & ABS

Clients and Devices for OCS 2007

Office Communicator 2007 Office Live Meeting 2007 clientConferencing Add-in for OutlookRoundTableOffice Communicator Web AccessCoMoPhone Devices

Putting It Together

Managing Filters and Client Versions

Automation of Entitlement Management

cscript LCSEnableConfigureUsers.wsf /usersFile:value /configFile:value

Archiving and CDR

Browser Access

Edge Servers

Putting It Together

Standard Edition

AD

AD

SQL

Enterprise Edition Front-End Servers: Consolidated

Enterprise Pool: Consolidated

Director

Basic Media Gateway

Gateways for Voice

UC ClientOCS ServersMediation ServerBasic Gateway

HybridMedia Gateway

Basic Hybrid Gateway

UC ClientOCS Servers

AdvancedMedia Gateway

Advanced Gateway

UC ClientOCS Servers

Voice Components

Putting It Together

Real-World OCS Experiences

Anthony VitnellSolutions ArchitectHP Services

Do's

For Enterprise Home Pool always use SQL clustering and HA file sharesPilot before your big rolloutCapacity planning Plan for delegation to install and manage serversPlan for user provisioning and entitlement automationExplore the Reskit toolsDo phone number normalization before rolling out Enterprise Voice

Don'ts

Don’t just pop-in the CD: Plan, Plan, PlanDon’t use System Container for distributed deployment – use Config instead Don’t roll out Enterprise Voice over flaky data networksDon’t jump to migration, go through migration guide for LCS 2005 SP1

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UNC311On-Premise Conferencing: Delivering Enterprise-Class Voice, Video, and Web Conferencing with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007

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Thursday 3:30PM

UNC313Voice and Video in Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007: Insights to Quality of Experience and Planning for Network Bandwidth Usage

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Thursday 9:45AM

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