The details pane of the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 snap-in displays information about the selected item in the console tree. For each node in the console tree except for Users, Unassigned Users, Assigned Conference Directories, Unassigned Conference Directories, and Unassigned Application Contacts, the information in the details pane is organized on tabs. In addition to the information that is available in the details pane, some functionality is also available from the details pane. The following tables show the available information and functionality that is available from the details pane.

Table 1 shows the information available in the details pane for a forest node.

Table 1. Details Pane for the Forest Node

Tab Used for Available functionality

Status

Viewing the following:

  • General settings for the forest and domain, including the forest name, schema version, preparation state, supported domains, and default routing domain

  • Meeting settings

  • Edge server settings

  • Federation settings, including the FQDN and port

  • Archiving settings, including how archiving is implemented for internal and federated communications

  • Call detail record settings

  • Pool view

  • Communicator Web Access Settings

None

Voice

Viewing the following:

  • Global policy

  • Phone usages

  • Normalization rules

  • Location profiles

  • Routes

None

Voice Task Flow

Obtaining information about the flow of tasks required for deploying Enterprise Voice

Accessing links to documents, Web sites, and Help topics that provide additional information to support each of the required tasks

Conferencing Attendant

Viewing the following:

  • Access phone numbers

  • Region/Country

Resources

Obtaining tools and documentation for managing the pool

Accessing links to each resource

Table 2 shows the information that is available in the details pane for a pool node.

Table 2. Details Pane for a Pool

Tab Used for Available functionality

Status

Viewing the following:

  • General settings for the pool

  • Media settings

  • Meeting settings (includes edge server settings)

  • Archiving settings

  • Monitoring settings

  • Address Book Server settings

  • Voice settings

  • PSTN Conferencing Settings settings

  • Communicator Web Access Override settings

None

Database

Viewing statistics for database usage and retrieving a client version summary

Creating and viewing reports about individual users

Creating and viewing conference summary reports

Query the database for the following information:

  • User summary reports

  • Per-user reports

  • Conference summary reports

Resources

Obtaining tools and documentation for managing the pool

Accessing links to each resource

Table 3 shows the information that is available in the details pane for a Standard Edition server node.

Table 3. Details Pane for a Server Node on a Standard Edition Server

Tab Used for Available functionality

Front End Server

Viewing the following:

  • General settings for the server, including certificate information

  • Front End Server settings

None

Web Conferencing

Viewing the following:

  • General settings for the server, including certificate information

  • Web Conferencing Server settings

None

A/V Conferencing

Viewing the following:

  • General settings for the server, including certificate information

  • A/V Conferencing Server settings

None

Application Sharing

Viewing the following:

  • General settings for Application Sharing, including the server FQDN

  • Application Sharing Server settings

None

Web Components

Viewing the following:

  • General settings for Web Components, including the server FQDN

None

Applications

Viewing the following:

  • General settings for applications

  • Outside Voice Control settings

  • Application Host Settings

None

Event Log

Viewing event records

Filter event records according to custom criteria.

Performance

Monitoring the performance of the server

Specify options for tracking and using performance information.

Resources

Obtaining tools and documentation for managing the server

Accessing links to each resource.

The information that is shown for server nodes of an Enterprise pool is the same as that described in the previous table, but the information is displayed separately for each server role.

Table 4 shows the information that is available in the details pane for the Front End Scriptsnode.

Table 4. Details Pane for the Front End Scripts Node

Tab Used for Available functionality

Status

Viewing the following:

  • Status of Office Communications Server Front End scripts

  • Status of Intelligent IM filtering

None

Table 5 shows the information that is available in the details pane for the Usersand Unassigned Usersnodes.

Table 5. Details Pane for the Users and Unassigned Users Nodes

Information Used for Available functionality

Individual user information

Viewing information about individual users, including status, display name of the user, SIP URI, and type.

Access properties of each user account from the details pane.

Table 6 shows the information that is available in the details pane for the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2node of an edge server.

Table 6. Details Pane for an Edge Server

Tab Used for Available functionality

Status

Viewing the following:

  • General settings for the edge server, including instant messaging (IM) and presence, Web conferencing, A/V, clearinghouse, default route, and Windows services information

  • External user access settings, including whether remote user access is enabled, whether anonymous user access is enabled, and whether federated contacts are enabled

  • Federation and public IM settings, including whether federation is allowed, whether discovery of federation partners is allowed, whether the archiving disclaimer is enabled, which partner domains are allowed, which partner domains are blocked, and the support provided for each service provider

  • External interface settings, including the IP address, DNS name, port, and certificates for each edge server role on the computer

  • Internal interface settings, including IP address, DNS name, next hop address, next hop port, certificates, internal edge ports, authorized internal servers, and supported internal domains

None

Open Federation

Viewing the following:

  • A list of domains that are not configured on the Allowtab that have made at least one connection to the Access Edge Server

  • A list of federated parties (watch list) that have been throttled because they have sent requests to more than 1,000 valid or invalid URIs in the local domain

None

Event Log

Viewing event records

Filter event records according to custom criteria.

Performance

Monitoring server performance

Specify options for tracking and using performance information.

Resources

Obtaining tools and documentation for managing the edge server

Accessing links to each resource.

Table 7 shows the information that is available in the details pane for the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2node of a Mediation Server.

Table 7. Details Pane for a Mediation Server

Tab Used for Available functionality

Status

Viewing the following:

  • General settings for the Mediation Server, including Windows services, certificate settings, location profile information, A/V Edge Server FQDN, and A/V Edge Server port

  • Listening connections, including the listening addresses and listening ports for the Office Communications Server and the PSTN gateway, and the media port range

  • Next hop connections, including the next hop FQDN and port of the Office Communications Server and the IP address and port of the PSTN gateway

  • Route information for routes that are served by the Mediation Server

None

Event Log

Viewing event records

Filter event records according to custom criteria.

Performance

Monitoring server performance

Specify options for tracking and using performance information.

Resources

Obtaining tools and documentation for managing the Mediation Server

Accessing links to each resource.

Table 8 shows the information available in the details pane for the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2node of an Archiving Server.

Table 8. Details Pane for an Archiving Server

Tab Used for Available functionality

Status

Viewing the following:

  • General settings for the Archiving Server, including server name, SQL Server instance, and database name

  • Archiving Server information, including archiving service name, archiving service status, database name, and whether purging is enabled

None

Event Log

Viewing event records

Filter event records according to custom criteria.

Performance

Monitoring server performance

Specify options for tracking and using performance information.

Resources

Obtaining tools and documentation for managing the Archiving Server

Accessing links to each resource.