This section provides a reference for all the available contexts, including the actions available to each context and a brief description of those actions. For each action associated with a context, there are several parameters you can specify. For details about these parameters, see Parameters.

AppServer

AppServer is new in Office Communications Server 2007 R2. You can perform actions on the Application Server, or even on an application on the server, by using the AppServer context.

Action	Description
Activate	Activates the Application Server.
ActivateApp	Activates the application with the specified application ID (such as Microsoft.Rtc.Applications.Acd).
CheckLCServerState	Checks the state of the server. Results are sent directly to a log file. (The name of the log file is provided as output to the command prompt. By default the file name is formatted as context_CheckLCServerState [yyyy_mm_dd][hh_mm_ss].html)
Deactivate	Deactivates the Application Server.
DeactivateApp	Deactivates the application with the specified application ID.
Diag	Runs a diagnostic on a particular application. You must specify an application ID in the /ApplicationIDparameter. Results are sent directly to a log file. (The name of the log file is provided as output to the command prompt. By default the file name is formatted as AppServer_Diag[yyyy_mm_dd][hh_mm_ss].html)

Archiving

This context provides actions you can perform on an Archiving Server.

Action	Description
Activate	Activates the Archiving Server.
CheckLCServerState	Checks the state of the server. Results are sent directly to a log file. (The name of the log file is provided as output to the command prompt. By default the file name is formatted as Archiving_CheckLCServerState[yyyy_mm_dd][hh_mm_ss].html)
Deactivate	Deactivates the Archiving Server.

Cert

In addition to AD DS and server roles, LCSCmd provides functionality for working with certificates. Here are the actions you can perform on certificates.

Action	Description
Assign	New in Office Communications Server 2007 R2. Assigns a certificate to a server. The certificate is assigned to the internal servers unless the /Componentsparameter is used to specify a server.
CheckStatus	Checks the status of a pending certificate request for offline certificate request scenarios.
ExportPFX	Exports a certificate (.pfx extension) from the local store.
ImportCAChain	Imports the certification authority (CA) chain certificate.
ImportPFX	Imports a certificate to the local computer.
ImportResponse	Imports a response from the CA.
ListCA	Lists available CAs (published in the domain).
Request	Requests a certificate.

Config

You can use LCSCmd to export or import configuration settings at the global, computer, and pool level. So it makes sense that there are two actions available with the Config context.

Action	Description
Export	Exports configuration settings in XML format.
Import	Imports configuration settings from an XML format.

ConfServer

The ConfServer context allows you to perform diagnostics on a conference between two users.

Action	Description
Diag	Runs a diagnostic on a conferencing server. You must specify the user ID and passwords for the two users in the conference.

Domain

The domain context allows you to configure Active Directory domains for an Office Communications Server 2007 R2 deployment. Domain actions prepare a domain or several domains to host Office Communications Server and check the validity of those actions.

Here are the actions available for a domain.

Action	Description
CheckDelegation	Checks Read-Only, Server, User, or Setup Admins credentials on the domain. You must specify the name of the domain group to check in the /TrusteeGroupparameter.
CheckDomainPrepState	Checks to ensure the domain is properly prepared.
CheckLcsOuPermissions	Ascertains whether a CreateLcsOuPermissionsaction was successful.
CreateDelegation	Creates Read-Only, Server, User, or Setup credentials on the domain. You must specify the name of the domain group for which you are granting permissions in the /TrusteeGroupparameter.
CreateLcsOuPermissions	Creates permissions for Office Communications Server groups.
DomainPrep	Prepare a domain by adding the necessary access control entries (ACEs) to universal groups that grant permissions to host and manage users within the domain.
DomainUnPrep	Remove the actions back to the domains original state.
RemoveDelegation	Removes Read-Only, Server, User, or Setup credentials on the domain. You must specify the name of the domain group for which you are removing permissions in the /TrusteeGroupparameter.
RemoveLcsOuPermissions	Takes permissions away from Office Communications Server groups.

Forest

The forest context allows you to configure Active Directory forests for an Office Communications Server 2007 R2 deployment. Forest actions are used for initial deployment procedures and generally impact more than one domain in an Active Directory forest, including domains in the forest, domains prepared for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, the schema naming context, and the configuration naming context.

Here are the actions that are available for a forest.

Action	Description
CheckAllDomainsPrepState	Checks whether all domains in the forest have been prepared to host Office Communications Server.
CheckAllPoolsState	Lists all pools in a forest together with their states.
CheckForestPrepState	Checks whether the forest has been prepared for Office Communications Server.
CheckPoolState	Checks the pool's state.
CheckSchemaPrepState	Checks the Active Directory schema state.
CreatePool	Creates a pool for Office Communications Server Enterprise Edition servers in the forest.
Diag	Runs extensive diagnostic analysis.
ForestPrep	Prepares the forest to host Office Communications Server.
ForestUnprep	Removes the preparation from the forest to host Office Communications Server.
RemovePool	Removes a pool from the forest.
SchemaPrep	Prepares schema by uploading Office Communications Server schema extensions.
UpdatePoolBackend	Updates the Back-End Server for a pool.

MCU

The MCU context performs actions on the A/V Conferencing Server, the Web Conferencing Server, or the Application Sharing Server, depending on the role specified.

Action	Description
Activate	Activates the Conferencing Server.
CheckLCServerState	Checks the state of the Conferencing Server.
Deactivate	Deactivates the Conferencing Server.
Diag	Performs diagnostics on the Conferencing Server. You must specify a value for the /DiagnosticLevelparameter: 1 – Check local server configuration. 2 – Check connectivity. 4 – Perform Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) logon and instant messaging (IM) tests. 8 – Perform IM conference tests. 16 – Check client auto-logon. You can also combine diagnostic checks. For example, to check for connectivity (2) and perform IM conference tests (8), use a value of 10.

MedSrv

The MedSrv context performs actions on the Mediation Server.

Action	Description
Activate	Activates the Mediation Server.
CheckLCServerState	Checks the state of the Mediation Server.
Deactivate	Deactivates the Mediation Server.

Monitoring

This context is new in Office Communications Server 2007 R2. Use the Monitoring context to perform actions on the Monitoring Server.

Action	Description
Activate	Activates the Monitoring Server.
CheckLCServerState	Checks the state of the Monitoring Server.
Deactivate	Deactivates the Monitoring Server.

Server

LCSCmd has several actions it can perform on a server role after Office Communications Server (and the particular server role) has been installed. The Server context acts on Standard Edition servers, Enterprise Edition servers, Workgroup Proxy Server, and Edge Servers.

Action	Description
Activate	Activates the specified server.
BroadcastMessage	New in Office Communications Server 2007 R2. Broadcasts an IM message to all SIP-enabled users or users hosted on a specific pool.
CheckLCServerState	Checks the state of the server.
Deactivate	Deactivates the server.
Diag	Performs diagnostics on the server. You must specify a value for the /DiagnosticLevelparameter: 1 – Check local server configuration. 2 – Check connectivity. 4 – Perform SIP logon and IM tests. 8 – Perform IM conference tests. 16 – Check client auto-logon. You can also combine diagnostic checks. For example, to check for connectivity (2) and perform IM conference tests (8), use a value of 10.

Web

This context performs actions on the Web Components Server.

Action	Description
Activate	Activates the Web Components Server.
CheckLCServerState	Checks the state of the Web Components Server.
Deactivate	Deactivates the Web Components Server.
Diag	Performs diagnostics on the Web Components Server. You must specify a value for the /DiagnosticLevelparameter: 1 – Check local server configuration. 2 – Check connectivity. 4 – Perform SIP logon and IM tests. 8 – Perform IM conference tests. 16 – Check client auto-logon. You can also combine diagnostic checks. For example, to check for connectivity (2) and perform IM conference tests (8), use a value of 10.