Topic Last Modified: 2010-04-18
If a user has been enabled for Communications Server 2010, you can configure federation, remote user access, and public instant messaging (IM) connectivity in the Communications Server Control Panel. These settings control the following types of Communications Server 2010 communications:
- Communications with users in organizations that are federated
with your organization. The Enable communications with federated
users setting controls whether a user can communicate with
users in another organization over a federated partner
connection.
- Communications with remote users. The Enable communications
with remote users setting controls whether a user in your
organization can connect through an Edge Server to Communications
Server 2010 when the user is outside of the internal network.
- Communications with users of public IM service providers. The
Enable communications with public users setting controls
whether a user can communicate with users of public IM service
providers. Public IM connectivity requires additional licenses. A
user does not need to be enabled for federation to be enabled for
public IM connectivity.
To configure these settings, you must first create user policies, and then apply those policies to individual users. Your organization must support the functionality of each setting in order for you to configure it. To use federation, remote user access features, and public IM connectivity, you must first deploy the appropriate Communications Server 2010 topology. To use federation and public IM connectivity, you must enable federation and public IM connectivity at the global level.
To create a user policy
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Open Communications Server Control Panel.
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Click External User Access, click Access Edge Policy, and then do one of the following:
- Click New, and then click User policy. In
Create Access Edge Policy, in the Name field, create
a unique name that indicates what the user policy covers (for
example, NoFederation for a user policy that does not enable
communications with federated users).
- Click the appropriate policy listed in the table, click
Edit, and then click Modify.
- Click New, and then click User policy. In
Create Access Edge Policy, in the Name field, create
a unique name that indicates what the user policy covers (for
example, NoFederation for a user policy that does not enable
communications with federated users).
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Do the following:
- To enable federation, select the Enable communications with
federated users check box.
- To enable remote user access, select the Enable
communications with remote users check box.
- To enable public IM connectivity, select the Enable
communications with public users check box.
- To enable federation, select the Enable communications with
federated users check box.
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Click Commit.
To configure a user policy for a
specific user account
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Open Communications Server Control Panel.
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Click Users, and then search on the user account that you want to configure.
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In the table that lists the search results, click the user account, click Edit, and then click Modify.
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In Edit Communications Server User under Access Edge policy, select the user policy that you want to apply.
Note:The <Automatic> settings apply the default server installation settings. These settings are applied automatically by the server.