After you have created the pool, you can use the Configure Pool Wizard to configure the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) domains that your organization will use. A pool needs to be configured only once, not every time that you add a server to the pool. However, you can rerun the Configure Pool Wizard if you need to change the pool configuration after deployment. For example, if you did not activate unified communications applications during your initial deployment, but want to activate applications later, you can do so by running the Configure Pool Wizard again.

We recommend that you configure the pool on the Back-End Database server where you created the pool. If you configure the pool on a Front End Server, you must first manually install the SQL Server client tools.

Important:
If you plan to deploy Archiving Server or Monitoring Server to enable archiving and monitoring for this pool and you deploy an Archiving Server or a Monitoring Server before you configure your pool, you can configure the archiving and monitoring settings during pool configuration. Otherwise, you can configure them by using administrative tools. For details, see Managing Usagein the Administering Office Communications Server 2007 R2 documentation.

To configure an Office Communications Server Enterprise pool

  1. Log on to the computer with an account that is a member of the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Insert the Microsoft Office Communications Server CD, and then click Enterprise Edition.

    • If you are installing from a network share, browse to the \setup\amd64 folder on the network share, and then double-click setupEE.exe.

  3. In the deployment tool, click Prepare Environment.

  4. At Configure Pool, click Run.

  5. On the Welcome to the Configure Pool/Server Wizardpage, click Next.

  6. On the Core Components Requiredpage, click Nextto install the core components.

    Note:
    Before you can continue, core components that are required by Office Communications Server must be installed if they are not already on the computer.
  7. On the Server or Pool to Configurepage, select the pool from the list, and then click Next.

  8. On the Application Configurationpage, do the following:

    • To activate the Conferencing Attendant application, select the Conferencing Attendantcheck box.

    • To activate the Conferencing Announcement Service, select the Conferencing Announcement Servicecheck box.

    • To activate the Response Group Service, select the Response Group Servicecheck box.

    • To activate the Outside Voice Control, select the Outside Voice Controlcheck box.

      Note:
      For details about the applications on this page, see the New Server Applicationstopic in the Getting Started, New Server Features documentation.
  9. Click Next.

  10. On the SIP domainspage, verify that your SIP domain appears in the list.

    Note:
    If your SIP domain does not appear in the list, click the SIP domains in your environmentbox, type your SIP domain, and then click Add. Repeat these steps for all other SIP domains that the Enterprise pool will support.
  11. Click Next.

  12. On the Client Logon Settingspage, do one of the following:

    • If the Office Communicator clients and Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 clients in your organization will use DNS SRV records for automatic logon, click Some or all clients will use DNS SRV records for automatic logon.

      If this server or pool will also be used to authenticate and redirect requests for automatic sign-in, then select the Use this server or pool to authenticate and redirect automatic client logon requestscheck box.

      Note:
      When you configure automatic client logon, you must designate one (and only one) Enterprise pool or Standard Edition server to authenticate and redirect client sign-in requests.
    • If the Office Communicator clients and Live Meeting 2007 clients in your organization will not be configured to use automatic discovery, click Clients will be manually configured for logon.

  13. Click Next.

  14. Select from the following:

    • If you selected Clients will be manually configured for logonin the previous step, skip to the next step.

    • If you selected Some or all clients will use DNS SRV records for automatic logonin the previous step, on the SIP Domains for Automatic Logonpage, select the check box for the domains that will be supported by the server for automatic sign-in, and then click Next.

  15. On the External User Access Configurationpage, do one of the following:

    • If you have deployed your Edge Servers and configured all necessary settings as described in the Deploying Edge Servers for External User Accessdocumentation, click Configure for external user access now.

    • If you have not deployed any Edge Servers, click Do not configure for external user access now.

  16. Click Next.

  17. Do one of the following:

    • If you selected Configure for external user access nowin the previous step, see Connect Your Internal Servers with Your Edge Serversin the Deploying Edge Servers documentation for details about how to complete this wizard.

    • If, in the previous step, you selected Do not configure for external user access now, skip to the next step.

  18. On the Ready to Configure Server or Poolpage, review the settings that you specified and then click Nextto configure the pool.

  19. When the files have been installed and the wizard has completed, select the View the log when you click Finishcheck box, and then click Finish.

  20. In the log file, verify that <Success>appears under the Execution Resultcolumn for each task to verify that pool configuration completed successfully, and then close the log window.

Additional SIP server, domain, and forest settings can be configured using the instructions in the Administering Office Communications Server 2007 R2 documentation and the Deploying Edge Servers for External User Accessdocumentation. For details about configuring SIP user settings, see Create and Enable Users for Office Communications Server.