Hello all, the long awaited web based LiveMeeting scheduling tool is available now for download. I have recently configured it in my lab and it works beautifully. I am also enclosing some screenshots and process steps for people who are interested in the web-based management tool.
Download Link - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6d6848ec-e7d6-41f4-82d9-5bed3526fcbd&displaylang=en
Web Scheduler is a 64-bit tool for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. It provides a Web-based alternative to the add-in for the Microsoft Outlook messaging and collaboration client for the purpose of scheduling a meeting using Office Communications Server 2007 R2. It also provides a browser-based conference management experience that includes operations such as:
- Scheduling a new Live Meeting conference or conference call.
- Viewing and modifying details of an existing conference.
- Listing all existing user schedules of a Microsoft Office conference.
- Deleting an existing conference.
- Sending an e-mail invitation to conference participants by using a configured SMTP mail server.
- Joining an existing conference.
Step by Step Installation process -
To install this download:
- Download the file by clicking the Download button (above) and saving the file to your hard disk.
- Double-click the WebScheduler.msi program file on your hard disk to start the Setup program.
- Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
After installation is complete, you need to activate Web Scheduler using the same user name and password that you used to activate Web Components on the computer. If you do not remember the user name used to activate Web Components, use the following steps. Open IIS Manager (%SystemRoot%\system32\inetsrv\iis.msc), and then navigate to Local Computer, Application Pools, and LSGroupExpAppPool. Right-click LSGroupExpAppPool, click Properties, and then click the Identity tab. Note the user name under Configurable identity type. You only need the name part of the string. If the user name string is Domain\RTCComponentService, RTCComponentService is what you need to use in the activation procedure.
a. To activate Web Scheduler on Standard Edition, use the following command line:
LcsCmd.exe /web /action:Activate /role:Meeting /poolname:<pool_name>
/User:<user_name> /Password:<password>
•Enterprise Edition. At a command prompt, issue the following command:
LcsCmd.exe /web /action:Activate /role:Meeting /poolname:<pool_name>
/User:<user_name> /Password:<password> /guest:<guestuser> /guestpassword:<guestpassword
LcsCmd.exe tool is located under %CommonProgramFiles%\Office Communications Server 2007 R2. Use pool_name = name of the computer (for example, computer1).
To configure the Web servers for sending e-mail invitations to invited participants, you need to configure an SMTP server. Make sure you edit both web.config files @
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007\Web Components\Conf\Ext
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007\Web Components\Conf\Int
*****extract from our web.config file*****
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0">
<appSettings>
<add key="IsExternal"/>
<add key="SMTPServer" value="<MAILSERVERFQDN>"/>
To access the URL - https://internalservernameFQDN/conf/int/login.aspx
To remove this download:
To remove the download file, delete the file WebScheduler.msi.
- On the Start menu, point to Settings and then click Control Panel.
- Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
- In the list of currently installed programs, select Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Web Scheduler and then click Remove or Add/Remove. If a dialog box appears, follow the instructions to remove the program.
- Click Yes or OK to confirm that you want to remove the program.
I have gone through many forums / blogs and even browsed through the TechNet site but I was not able to install DPM agent on Windows 2008 server. I finally referred this post and it worked for me.
For people, who are getting the same 319 error can try this post as a start (Thanks to Wei King)
http://weikingteh.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!BAA637F7ADDD1F5E!1664.entry?wa=wsignin1.0&sa=555742874
I have referred this post for the edge server configuration as well as for the DNS,certificates and MOC client setup.
Very helpful post with the PDF download of the configuration guide :)
http://blogs.technet.com/rickva/archive/2009/04/09/ocs-2007-r1-r2-remote-access-configuration-guide.aspx
Mediation Server for Office Communications Server 2007 R2
Media Port Range for Office Communications Server 2007 R2
|
Office Communicator |
1024-65535 |
UDP/TCP |
Port range used for inbound and outbound media transfer through the external firewall. |
|
Office Communicator |
6891-6901 |
TCP |
Port ranged used by Office Communicator for file transfer. |
|
Live Meeting 2007 client |
1024-65535 |
UDP/TCP |
The port range used for inbound and outbound media transfer through the external firewall. |
|
Live Meeting 2007 client |
6891-6901 |
TCP |
The port range used by Live Meeting for file transfer. |
Media Transfer: UDP/TCP 1024-65535 are the protocols and port ranged for voice or audio media transfer used once a call or conference has been established. So this range is available by default for use with ICE, STUN and TURN for negotiating through a firewall, the ports available on the client side for voice or video communications.
Note: (STUN) Simple Traversal of User Datagram Protocol through Network Address Translators (NATs): is a standards-based IP protocol used as one of the methods of NAT traversal in applications of real-time voice, video, messaging, and other interactive IP communications (RFC 3489)
(TURN) Traversal Using Relay NAT: a protocol allowing elements behind a NAT or firewall to receive incoming data over TCP or UDP connections. (IETF Draft)
(ICE) Internet Connectivity Establishment: a protocol providing a mechanism for NAT or firewall traversal, using various techniques. In particular, it is used to allow SIP-based VoIP clients to successfully traverse the variety of firewalls that may exist between a remote user and a network. (IETF Draft)
File Transfer: TCP 6891-6901 are the protocols and port ranged used solely for the "Send File" function from within Communicator. So if you had an IM session open and wanted to send or transfer a file to a particular user, this is the range available to be negotiated for both sending and receiving ends
We need to configure the certificates on both the Internal and External interfaces of the Edge server. To summarize on the certificates that I had used for my consolidated Edge server setup –
- For EDGE server External certificates
Access cert :-
subject name sip.domainname.com
subject alternate name checkbox to add local edge server FQDN name
Webconf cert :-
subject name webconf.domainname.com
subject alternate name checkbox to add local edge server FQDN name
AV cert : -
An additional certificate is required for audio/video (A/V) authentication. The private key of the A/V authentication certificate is used to generate authentication credentials. This can be an internal certificate, but as a security precaution, you should not use the same certificate for A/V authentication that you use for any of the Edge Server services. The same A/V authentication certificate must be installed on each Edge Server if multiple servers are deployed in a load-balanced array. This means that the certificate must be from the same issuer and use the same private key.
- ExternalWebfarmfqdn should be created using lcscmd.exe. In your environment, the command should be
lcscmd /web /action:updatepoolurls /externalwebfqdn:ocsexternal.domainname.com
/poolname:r2pool01xx
· For the certificate for this external webfqdn, you can generate a new certificate from your internalCA and configure that cert on your ISA server that mentions OCS external name
“You need to install the root certification authority (CA) certificate for the CA that issued the server certificate on the Web server (that is, the IIS server running your Office Communications Server Web components) on the server running ISA Server 2006. You must install a Web server certificate on your ISA Server. This certificate should match the published FQDN of your external Web farm where you are hosting meeting content and Address Book files. If your internal deployment consists of more than one Standard Edition server or Enterprise pool, you must configure Web publishing rules for each external Web farm FQDN.”
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd441312(office.13).aspx
Required DNS records for the Edge server setup -
Refer this link for details - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd425138(office.13).aspx
| Internal/ external |
Server |
DNS settings |
| External |
Edge server |
| To support DNS discovery of your domain by federation partners. An external SRV record for one Edge Server for _sipfederationtls._tcp.<domain>, over port 5061 (where <domain> is the name of the SIP domain of your organization). This SRV should point to an A record with the external fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the Access Edge service. If you have multiple SIP domains, you need a DNS SRV record for each domain. The Edge Server you choose for this SRV record will be the Edge Server through which all federation traffic will flow. |
| To support external user access through Microsoft Office Communicator and the Microsoft Office Live Meeting client. A DNS SRV record for _sip._tls.<domain>, over port 443, where <domain> is the name of your organization’s SIP domain. This SRV record must point to the A record of the Access Edge service. If you have multiple SIP domains, you need a DNS SRV record for each domain—each SRV record can point to a different Edge Server, if you want, to spread the workload. |
| |
| If multiple DNS records are returned to a DNS SRV query, the Access Edge service always picks the DNS SRV record with the lowest numerical priority and highest numerical weight. If multiple DNS SRV records with equal priority and weight are returned, the Access Edge service will pick the SRV record that came back first from the DNS server. |
| To resolve domain lookups for the Access Edge service. For each supported SIP domain in your organization, an external A record for sip.<domain> that resolves to the external IP address of the Access Edge service (or to the virtual IP address used by the Access Edge services on the external load balancer, if you have multiple Edge Servers deployed). If a client cannot perform an SRV record lookup to connect to the Access Edge service, it uses this A record as a fallback. |
| To resolve domain lookups for the Web Conferencing Edge service. An external DNS A record that resolves the external name of the Web Conferencing Edge service to the external IP address of the Web Conferencing Edge service (or to the virtual IP address used by the Web Conferencing Edge services on the external load balancer, if you have multiple Edge Servers deployed). |
| To resolve domain lookups for the A/V Edge Service. An external DNS A record that resolves the external FQDN of the A/V Edge service to the external IP address of the A/V Edge service (or to the virtual IP address used by the A/V Edge services on the external load balancer, if you have multiple Edge Servers deployed). | |
| External |
Reverse-Proxy |
|
| Internal |
Edge Server |
| You must set up internal DNS A records so that Office Communications Server 2007 R2 servers within the organization can connect to the internal interface of the Edge Server. |
| If you have a single Edge Server at one site: |
| You need just one internal DNS A record that resolves the internal FQDN of the Edge Server to the internal IP address of the Edge Server. |
| Additionally, if the A/V Edge service is behind a NAT, you must ensure that the Edge Server can resolve its public FQDN within the perimeter network. To test this, log on directly to the Edge Server itself, ping the external FQDN of the A/V Edge service (for example, av.contoso.com), and ensure that the IP address returned is the public IP address listed in your external DNS. If the IP address returned is the NAT IP address, then edit the DNS A record used by the Edge Server so it contains the public IP address, and restart the A/V Edge service. |
| If you have multiple Edge Servers at one site, you need the following DNS records: |
| One internal DNS A record that resolves the internal FQDN of the Access Edge service array to the virtual IP (VIP) of the Access Edge service array on the internal load balancer. |
| One internal DNS A record that resolves the internal FQDN of the A/V Edge service array to the VIP of the A/V Edge service array on the internal load balancer. |
| For each Edge Server, an internal DNS A record that resolves the internal FQDN of the Web Conferencing Edge service on that server to the internal IP address of the Web Conferencing Edge service on that server. | |
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