This process should
guide you through the possible options available to you while planning your
deployment.
3. Plan your deployment path Develop an overview of the deployment process
and summarize all the important things you need to remember when you begin
your OCS 2007 deployment.
?– Front-End Server in the expanded confi guration (conferencing servers
and IIS installed on separate computers)
?– Web Conferencing Server in the expanded confi guration
?– IIS in the expanded confi guration
?– Archiving and CDR Server
?– Small or medium-sized backend database server. For information on other
confi gurations, go to http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/
offi ce/communicationsserver/evaluate/sysreqs/ocs-ee.mspx#ELB
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4. Prepare your infrastructure What are your requirements for Active Directory
Domain Services, certifi cates, DNS, automatic client sign-in, and ports? Make sure
you??™ve taken them into consideration.
5. Review system and network requirements Make a list of all your hardware
and software requirements for all OCS 2007 server roles and clients.
6. Plan for external user access Develop a set of guidelines you will follow in
deploying OCS 2007, especially when considering your perimeter network for the
purpose of supporting messaging, presence, and conferencing with users connecting
from outside your organization??™s fi rewall.
7. Plan for deploying load balancers Make sure you examine your hardware
load-balancer requirements and confi gurations for an Enterprise pool.
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