Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 users must use the Conferencing Add-in for Microsoft Office Outlook messaging and collaboration client to schedule meetings. The Conferencing Add-in for Outlook can also be used with the Office Live Meeting service.

The Conferencing Add-in for Outlook is available as a self-extracting .exe file. The Conferencing Add-in for Outlook can be installed by using standard Windows Installer-based deployment tools, such as Systems Management Server (SMS) or Active Directory Domain Services Group Policy.

Individual users who are logged on as a member of the Administrators group or who have the necessary permissions can also install the Conferencing Add-in for Outlook themselves. Membership in the Power Users group does not provide sufficient permissions to install the Conferencing Add-in for Outlook.

Note:
A single computer cannot contain multiple versions of Office Live Meeting add-ins. If there are earlier versions of Office Live Meeting add-ins on the computer, the Windows Installer will remove them before installing the latest version.

To install the Conferencing Add-in for Outlook from the command line

  1. Close Outlook.

  2. To install the Conferencing Add-in for Outlook, run ConfAddins_Setup.exe.

    Note:
    After you install the Conferencing Add-in for the first time, a dialog box appears asking you to close and reopen Outlook.

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