How do I manage Office Communications with my desktop
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With exchange 2003, all we needed was the adminpack.msi and the exchange 2003 management tools. Now things have changed. We're using exchange 2007 as part of a unified messaging solution which involves OCS. I can remote to the servers to create a new user, enable unified messaging... I eventually end up on the OCS server to make some settings in the Active Directory Users and Computers console on the communications tab (strange how this tab only shows up here).
I would like to be able to do all this on a workstation using an MMC console (runas /user
omain\admin_account) and not have to remote into any servers.1. I'll still need the 2003 server adminpack.msi from the server disk. 2. I'll need to download and install the 32 bit version of the exchange 2007 management tools (reference http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555841). 3. What goes here? Are there any other management tools/packages required (i.e. OCS) and where are they located?
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nevermind -- I found it. Took a while of digging (it shouldn't be that hard):
0. Remove the "Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Administration Tools" (your OCS 2007 R1 Admin Tools) from the server.
Follow Microsoft's own directions found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd441247(office.13).aspx
To install the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools on a computer running a 32-bit version of the operating system-
On the computer on which you want to install the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools, log on using an account that is a member of the Administrators group (or an account with equivalent privileges) and the Domain Admins group.
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On the Microsoft Office Communications Server CD or a network share containing the installation files, browse to the \support\i86 folder.
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Run vcredist_x86.exe to start the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Setup wizard. Take the appropriate action on each page of the wizard to complete the installation.
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Run SQLServer2005_BC.msi to start the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Backward Compatibility Setup Wizard. Take the appropriate action on each page of the wizard, including using the default for Feature Selection , to complete the installation.
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Run sqlncli.msi to start the wizard for Microsoft SQL Server Native Client. Take the appropriate action on each page of the wizard, including using the default for Feature Selection, to complete the installation.
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Run OCSCore.msi to start the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Core Components Setup Wizard. Take the appropriate action on each page of the wizard to complete the installation.
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Run AdminTools.msi to start the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Administrative Tools Setup Wizard. Take the appropriate action on each page of the wizard to complete the installation.
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Note: Installing or removing the administrative tools on a computer running Windows Vista on which the Security Center service is running with the startup mode set to Automatic may result in the following error message: "Error stopping service since one or more dependent services failed to stop. Please try again." If you close the error message, the process should complete successfully.
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