Topic Last Modified: 2010-07-18
Monitoring Server is a server role that enables you to collect numerical data describing the media quality on your network and endpoints, usage information related to Voice over IP (VoIP) calls, instant messaging (IM) messages, audio/video conversations, meetings, application sharing, and file transfers, and call error and troubleshooting information for failed calls. A Monitoring Server deployment requires the following prerequisites:
- A Microsoft Communications Server 2010 deployment
- Message Queuing on the server running Monitoring Server
- Microsoft SQL Server database software and SQL Server Reporting
Services
Except for the above prerequisites, Monitoring Server hardware and software requirements are the same as for a typical Communications Server deployment. You will use the following steps to deploy Monitoring Server:
- Install and Configure Message Queuing for Monitoring Server
- Deploy Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft SQL Server Reporting
Services
- Define a Monitoring Server topology using Topology Builder and
publish the topology
- Install Monitoring Server using the Communications Server
Deployment Wizard
- Deploy Monitoring Server Reports to an instance of SQL Server
Reporting Services
The steps are described in topic listed below.
