When you install the Communications Server Web Components during setup of a Standard Edition server or an Enterprise pool, by default, group expansion is enabled for the Enterprise pool or Standard Edition server on which you install it. You can do the following to manage group expansion:
- Enable or disable support for group expansion.
- View the internal and external URLs that identify the location
of the Web service that is used to enable distribution group
expansion for internal clients and external clients.
- Change the maximum group size. The default maximum size of the
group to which instant messages can be sent is 100. The maximum
valid value is 1000.
To configure group
expansion
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Log on to the Web Conferencing Server using an account in the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group.
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Open the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 snap-in.
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In the console tree, expand the forest node, and then do one of the following:
- For an Enterprise pool, expand
Enterprise pools, right-click the pool, click
Properties, and then click
Web Component Properties.
- For a Standard Edition server, expand
Standard Edition servers, right-click the pool, click
Properties, and then click
Web Component Properties.
- For an Enterprise pool, expand
Enterprise pools, right-click the pool, click
Properties, and then click
Web Component Properties.
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Click the Address Booktab.
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On the Address Booktab, do the following:
- To enable group expansion, select the
Enable distribution groups expansioncheck box. If you enable
group expansion, you can change the maximum number of users to
which any instant message can be sent by typing the maximum group
size you want to allow in
Maximum group size.
- To disable group expansion, clear the
Enable distribution groups expansioncheck box.
- To enable group expansion, select the
Enable distribution groups expansioncheck box. If you enable
group expansion, you can change the maximum number of users to
which any instant message can be sent by typing the maximum group
size you want to allow in
Maximum group size.