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Installation of OCS 2007 R2 Group Chat Server

Follow the following steps to install the group chat server. (we assume that AD and SIP Domain is OCSPedia.com)

Install a certificate in Personal store of Group Chat Server

Install a certificate on the Group Chat server. the certificate subject name should be the FQDN of the Group Chat server.

Install the Group Chat Server Role.

a.     On Group Chat Server, Navigate to the setup file of Group Chat Server.

b.     On the Group Chat Server prompt to install the Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit, click Yes.

c.      On the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Group Chat Setup Wizard Welcome page, click Next.

d.      On the License Agreement page, click I accept the terms in the license agreement, and then click Next.

e.       On the Customer Information page, click Next.

f.        On the Install location page, click Next.

g.    On the Select the features you want to install page, notice the information provided stating The Chat Server and Compliance Server cannot be installed together.  Click the drop-down list box to the left of Compliance Server, and then click Entire feature will be unavailable and then click Next.

h.       On the Confirm Installation page, click Next.

i.       On the Server Configuration wizard (which may appear behind the initial installation wizard), on the Installed Services page, verify Lookup Server, Channel Server and Web Service are Installed and then click Next.

j.      On the Group Chat Database page, in the Server\instance field, type SQL Server name (Which holds the Group chat database) and in the Database field type OCSgcdb and then click Next.

k.       On the Database Settings page, click Next.

l.       On the Super Users page, in the Username field, type GCadmin@ OCSPedia.com and then click Add.

m.    In the Username field, type ocschat@ OCSPedia.com click Add

n.       In the Username field, type Administrator@ OCSPedia.com click Add and then click Next.

o.       On the Communications Server page, in the Host field, type FQDN of the Group Chat Server.

p.       Under MTLS Certificate, click Browse.

q.       Select the certificate you installed earlier, click OK and then click Next.

r.        On the Lookup Server page, in the SIP URI field, type ocschat@ OCSPedia.com.

s.        In the Username field type  OCSPedia\ocschat

t.      In the Password and Confirm Password fields, type Password1 leave the default Pool Communication Port number and then click Next.

u.       On the Channel Server page, in the Username field type  OCSPedia\GCchannel

v.     In the Password and Confirm Password fields, type Password1 leave the default Pool Communication Port and Service Listening Port numbers, and then click Next.

w.     On the Compliance Settings page, in Compliance Repository Settings field, type \\GC_Server\GCfiles  (You created this shared file here...)

x.       Under General, leave the Turn on Compliance Server logging setting unchecked and then click Next.

y.       On the Web Service page, in the Web Service Settings field, type \\GC_Server\GCfiles  and then click Next.

z.       On the Installation Summary page, click Finish.

aa.    On the Server Config Tool prompt, click OK.

bb.   On the next Server Config Tool prompt, click OK.

cc.    On the Installation Complete page, click Close.

Install the Office Communication Server 2007 R2 Group Chat Administration Tool.

From the setup folder, click group chat admin tools setup to install the Group Chat administrative tools.

Verifying web site settings in IIS

a.    On the Group chat server, open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

b.     In the console tree, expand Web Sites => Default Web Site, right-click MGCWebService, and then click Properties.

c.      Click the Directory Security tab, under Authentication and access control, click Edit.

d.      In the Authentication Methods dialog box, verify that the Enable anonymous access check box is checked and then click OK.

e.       Click OK again and then close the IIS management console.

Locating Group Chat management options

With the installation of Group Chat Server and the Administrative Tools there are two main tools available, the Admin Tool and the Config Tool.

a.       Location of the Admin Tool: Start => All Programs => Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 => Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Group Chat Administration Tool

b.       Location of the Config Tool: Start => Administrative Tools => Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Group Chat Server


 
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