You can specify how the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 topology information is displayed and organized. By default, Office Communications Server 2007 R2 is configured to hide the Active Directory view of your topology and organize servers by role. Use the Advanced View Settingsdialog box and the procedures in this section to change these settings.

In the Advanced View Settingsdialog box, in View, you have the following domain view options:

In the Advanced View Settingsdialog box, in Filter, you have two organization options for displaying servers in an Enterprise pool:

The Filteroptions for server organization do not affect Standard Edition servers.

Important:
The procedures documented in this document generally use the default Viewoption ( Hide Active Directory domains) and default Filteroption ( Organize servers as list). If you change either of these options, modify the steps in the affected procedures, as appropriate.

To change the domain view option

  1. Open the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 snap-in.

  2. In the console tree, right-click Office Communications Server 2007 R2, and then click View Options.

  3. In the Advanced View Settingsdialog box, under View, click the appropriate option, and then click OK.

  4. To make the change effective, close the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 snap-in, and then reopen it.

To change the server organization option for Enterprise pools

  1. Open the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 snap-in.

  2. In the console tree, right-click Office Communications Server 2007 R2, and then click View Options.

  3. In the Advanced View Settingsdialog box, under Filter, click the appropriate option, and then click OK.

  4. To make the change effective, close the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 snap-in, and then reopen it.