The external and internal interfaces of all Edge Servers must be configured to support traffic between external users and internal users. The settings for each interface are configured when you initially deploy the Edge Server. You can change any of the interface settings on this tab, or you can run the Configuration Wizard to change any of the interface settings.

Each Edge Server in the perimeter network has two network interfaces:

Part of the configuration of these interfaces is configuring certificates for the interfaces, as appropriate. Additionally, certificate configuration requires configuring a certificate on the A/V Edge service to be used for A/V user authentication.

Configuring the internal and external interfaces and certificates of Edge Servers includes the following:

When you deploy your Edge Servers using the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Deployment Wizard, the wizard guides you through the process of defining your internal and external interfaces for each service. If you decide to change the configuration of any of these interfaces, you can do so in either of the following ways: