Each time you open the Communicator Web Access snap-in, the software queries Active Directory for a list of all of the servers in your forest that are running Communicator Web Access (2007 R2 release). Each of these servers are displayed in the snap-in, making it possible for you to administer your entire Communicator Web Access infrastructure from a single computer.

Note:
You can use the Communicator Web Access snap-in to manage only servers that are running Communicator Web Access (2007 R2 release). You cannot use the snap-in to administer servers running previous versions of Communicator Web Access.

To connect to a Communicator Web Access server

  1. Log on to the computer where the Communicator Web Access snap-in is installed. You must log on as a member of the local Administrators group and the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group.

  2. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Communicator Web Access.

  3. All of the computers in the forest that are running Communicator Web Access are listed by their fully qualified domain name (FQDN) (for example, cwaserver.contoso.com) in the console pane of the snap-in.

  4. To view the virtual servers installed on a specific computer, expand the name of that computer.