Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 offers instant
messaging (IM), presence, Web conferencing, audio/video (A/V)
conferencing, and telephony solutions that can support
enterprise-level collaboration requirements. Office Communications
Server 2007 R2 builds on the IM, enhanced presence, on-premises
conferencing, and Enterprise Voice features that are provided by
Office Communications Server 2007, providing chat room as well as
additional IM, conferencing, and telephony functionality, such as
interactive voice response (IVR) and conferencing auto-attendant.
For details about what’s new in this release, see
The Office Communications Server 2007 R2 planning phase is the phase during which you decide what you want to deploy in your organization and how to deploy it. The planning topics in this section describe how to plan for a smooth, successful Office Communications Server 2007 R2 deployment for organizations of all sizes and levels of complexity, from large, geographically dispersed global enterprises to small, local businesses. You can use the planning information in this section, as well as the Planning Tool for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 that shipped with your installation media, to help you map your organization’s requirements to the Office Communications Server features and functionality that are appropriate for your organization.
In This Section
The planning topics for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 include the following:
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Introduction to
Planning for Office Communications Server 2007 R2. Provides
overviews of the planning process and the Planning Tool that is
available in this release to facilitate planning.
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Evaluating Your
Organization's Solution Requirements. Provides information to
help you evaluate individual requirements that your organization
might have and determine the features and functionality that you
want to deploy to meet those requirements.
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Designing Your
Solution. Provides information to help you create an initial
topology design for your organization and identify the individual
components that you need to meet your organization’s requirements.
The remaining topics in this document provide additional
information to help you complete your topology design and finalize
the identification of the required components for your solution.
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Determining Your
Infrastructure Requirements. Describes infrastructure
requirements for deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
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Planning for
Internal Deployment of Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
Describes the requirements and options for deploying your internal
server and client components for Office Communications Server 2007
R2.
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Planning for
External User Access. Describes the requirements and options
for deploying support for external user access, including remote
users, federated domain users, and users of public IM providers.
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Planning for
Voice. Describes the requirements and options for deploying a
voice solution, including Enterprise Voice, integration of
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging, call management,
and Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Phone Edition.
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Planning for
Mobile Access. Describes the requirements and options for
deploying support for mobile clients, including Microsoft
Communicator Mobile for Windows Mobile, Microsoft Communicator
Mobile for Java, and Outside Voice Control.
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Next Steps:
Starting Deployment. Provides links to the deployment documents
for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, including those for
specific features.
Reference
Other documentation for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 includes the following: