Simple URL Options

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Topic Last Modified: 2010-07-14

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 embedded links into meeting requests that were unreadable to most people, making it difficult to troubleshoot. Microsoft Communications Server 2010 addresses that issue by publishing meeting information in an easy to read format:

Sample Office Communications Server 2007 R2 meeting request:

meet:sip:cstest01@contoso.com;gruu;opaque=app:conf:focus:id:86dddd778f0443feaad144739eb6d285%3Fconf-key=A3O3Mrxm9
Sample Communications Server 2010 meeting request (shared Simple URL syntax):

https://cs.contoso.com/meet/cstest01/D7RDV4KG
Sample Communications Server 2010 meeting request (dedicated Simple URL syntax):

https://meet-us.contoso.com/cstest01/D7RDV4KG

When planning your simple URLs, you need to decide whether to use the shared or dedicated format. Selection criteria for each approach are listed in the following table.

Simple URL Format	When to use:
Shared	For single pool deployments For multiple pool deployments where each pool shares global simple URLs For multiple pool deployments where each pool has dedicated simple URLs and public certificate cost is an issue, you can save one certificate per pool buy using shared simple URLs
Dedicated	For multiple pool deployments where each pool has dedicated simple URLs For deployments where you do not want to potentially expose internal server names externally

Simple URL Format

When to use:

Shared

For single pool deployments

For multiple pool deployments where each pool shares global simple URLs

For multiple pool deployments where each pool has dedicated simple URLs and public certificate cost is an issue, you can save one certificate per pool buy using shared simple URLs

Dedicated

For multiple pool deployments where each pool has dedicated simple URLs

For deployments where you do not want to potentially expose internal server names externally

Note:
Simple URLs are defined globally but in some cases, you may want to create a different set of simple URLs (for example, dialin, meet, and if internal, admin) per geography or pool. If so, you can use Windows PowerShell to assign them at the pool level.