Topic Last Modified: 2009-08-21
In Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, the Unified Messaging server role is one of several server roles that you can install and then configure on a computer running Exchange 2010. Unified Messaging combines voice messaging and e-mail messaging into one store that users can access from a telephone and a computer.
There are several post-installation tasks that must be performed to successfully deploy an Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging (UM) server. After you verify that you successfully installed the Unified Messaging server role on a computer running Exchange 2010, you must do the following:
- Verify or create and then configure several UM components.
- Associate the Unified Messaging server with a UM dial plan.
- Configure and deploy an IP gateway.
After you install the Unified Messaging (UM) server role, verify that the following UM components are created:
- Verify that a UM dial plan has been created. When you create a
new UM dial plan, a new UM mailbox policy will also be created. For
more information about how to create a new UM dial plan, see
Create a UM Dial
Plan.
- Verify that a UM mailbox policy has been created. By default,
when you create a UM dial plan, a UM mailbox policy is also
created. However, you may want to create additional UM mailbox
policies. For more information about how to create a new UM mailbox
policy, see Create a UM Mailbox
Policy.
- Verify that a UM IP gateway has been created. When you create a
new UM IP gateway and associate it with a UM dial plan, a UM hunt
group will also be created. For more information about how to
create a new UM IP gateway, see Create a UM IP
Gateway.
- Verify that a UM hunt group has been created. This may be
optional if you created a UM IP gateway and associated it with a UM
dial plan. However, you may also need to create additional UM hunt
groups. For more information about how to create a new UM hunt
group, see Create a UM Hunt
Group.
- Optionally, you may want to create a new UM auto attendant. For
more information about how to create a new Unified Messaging auto
attendant, see Create a UM Auto
Attendant.
After you create all the required UM components, you must associate the Unified Messaging server with a UM dial plan. For more information about how to associate a Unified Messaging server with a UM dial plan, see Add a UM Server to a Dial Plan.