Walkthrough: Deployment Process

The deployment process for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition is described in the following table. After completing the installation of Standard Edition, Communicator Web Access server and Edge Server installation procedures follow. It is a good practice to print this table and mark steps as completed as you proceed through the deployment process.

Table 1. Standard Edition Deployment Process

Phase	Steps	Permissions	Documentation
Verify Active Directory Infrastructure requirements	Set domain and forest functional levels	DomainAdmins group	Active Directory Domain Services Requirementsin the Planning and Architecture documentation
Prepare Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)	Prepare the schema, forest, and domain for Office Communications Server 2007 R2.	Member of Schema Admins group and Administrator rights on the schema master Member of EnterpriseAdmins group for the forest root domain Member of EnterpriseAdmins or DomainAdmins group	Preparing Active Directory Domain Services for Office Communications Server 2007 R2in the Deployment documentation set
Create and verify Domain Name System (DNS) records	Configure DNS A and SRV records as described in DNS Requirements for Servers.	DNS Admins group	Domain Name System (DNS) Requirementsin the Planning and Architecture documentation Create and Verify DNS Records for Your Server or Poolin the Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition documentation
Prepare Windows for Setup	Install required Windows Updates, configure Windows Firewall, and then disable all services not required by Office Communications Server.	Administrators group	Prepare Windows for Setupin the Deployment documentation
Install and activate Standard Edition server and applications	Run Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Setup to install and activate Standard Edition server and, optionally, any unified communications applications that you want to deploy.	RTCUniversalServerAdmins group DomainAdmins group	Install Standard Edition Serverin the Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition documentation
Configure Standard Edition server	Configure settings for the server, including Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) domain, unified communications applications, and client logon settings.	RTCUniversalServerAdmins group	Configure Standard Edition Serverin the Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition documentation
Configure certificates for Office Communications Server	Request a mutual TLS (MTLS) certificate for Office Communications Server, and then assign the certificate to the server by using both Setup and Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.	Administrators group RTCUniversalServerAdmins group	Create a New Certificatein the Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition documentation Assign an Existing Certificate Configure the Web Components Server IIS Certificate (topics in the Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition documentation)
Start the services	Confirm that AD DS replication has completed, and then start Office Communications Server services.	RTCUniversalServerAdmins group	Start the Servicesin the Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition documentation
Validate your server configuration	With the services running, run the validation wizard to verify the configuration of the server.	RTCUniversalServerAdmins group	Validate Your Standard Edition Server Configurationin the Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition documentation
Create and enable users	Enable users in AD DS so that they can connect to Office Communications Server 2007 R2, and then configure user settings to enable access to features of Office Communications Server.	To create users, DomainAdmins group To enable users and configure user accounts for Office Communications Server, RTCUniversalServerAdmins group	Create and Enable Users for Office Communications Server Configure Users (topics in the Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition documentation)