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Edge Planning Tool for OCS 2007

jkruse — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:20:00 GMT

Confused about Edge Server configuration and security? The best idea is to come to UNC316: Office Communications Server 2007 Security: Architecture and Edge Services with Derrick Buckley and Craig Pringle at Tech.Ed in Sydney next week :)

But if you can't make it to Tech.Ed then it might be worthwhile checking out the Edge Planning Tool.

The Edge Planning Tool asks questions about your proposed or current edge server deployment. The tool uses your answers and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 best practices to generate the following reports:

Settings that you can use to configure your certificates, DNS services, and firewalls
Custom documentation for configuring your edge servers, reverse proxy, and next hop server
A comparison of your answers to Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 best practices

Download it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=149e5dd5-eaae-46b6-afba-01c31e88a275&displaylang=en

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Designing Your Perimeter Network for Office Communications Server 2007 White Paper

jkruse — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:12:37 GMT

This paper answers questions about Office Communications Server 2007 with specific regard to its integration into the perimeter network (also known as DMZ, demilitarized zone, or screened subnet).

The first section, “Commonly Asked Questions,” answers key design questions from customers about the initial stages of product deployment.

The second section, “Architecture and Networking Best Practices,” explores ways to prepare for the edge servers in the perimeter network, taking into consideration issues of physical deployment, ways to ensure a publicly routable IP address, firewall configuration, and load-balancing concerns.

Download the whitepaper at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E4A8D703-E41A-47D9-B9DD-2799F894AF92&displaylang=en

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Office Communications Server 2007 Supportability Guide

jkruse — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:59:25 GMT

I often get asked questions around recommended architectures for OCS, as well as what is supported and what is not.

The best place to start for this information is the OCS Supportability Guide. This document is a great resource for information on what are the network/infrastructure requirements for OCS, as well as supported topologies/architectures.

The purpose of the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Supportability Guide is to provide a central, high-level reference for supported Office Communications Server 2007 topologies and configurations. It is also intended to answer frequently asked questions. This document identifies supported topologies, configurations, and scenarios described in detail in the existing deployment and planning documentation.

Download it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F8CC9B59-225F-425D-BD3A-E506396C6207&displaylang=en

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