In-depth, comprehensive, and fully revised for R2—this RESOURCE KIT delivers the information you need to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. Get technical insights, scenarios, and best practices from those who know the technology best—the engineers who designed and developed it—along with 90+ Windows PowerShell scripts, bonus references, and other essential resources on CD.

Get expert advice on how to:

• Plan server roles, infrastructure, topology, and security
  
• Design and manage enterprise instant messaging (IM), presence, and conferencing solutions
• Configure voice mail, enterprise voice, dual-forking (PBX), and VoIP
• Apply industry best practices for deployment
• Manage Unified Communications clients and devices
• Administer remote access, federation, and public IM
• Understand SIP and authentication technologies
  
• Implement a cross-team backup-and-restore plan
• Automate management tasks—sample scripts included
• Monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot problems more efficiently
  

CD features:

• 90+ Windows PowerShell scripts for automating administrative tasks
  
• Office Communication Server Resource Kit tools
• Links to references and webcasts
• Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions eBook
• Four appendixes, including Windows PowerShell functions, Direct SIP with IP-PBX, and A/V troubleshooting
  
• Bonus content—Chapters from 15 related Microsoft Press books
• Fully searchable eBook of this guide

Exploit the Unified Communications (UC) platform’s rich and open API set—and create your own real-time communication solutions faster. Led by a team of UC programming experts, you’ll get the code walkthroughs and pragmatic advice you need to seamlessly integrate enterprise IM, presence, VoIP, and conferencing into your applications now. Connect users exactly how and when they want—and increase business agility

• Examine the architecture, design model, and scenarios for each API—matching the right functionality to your needs
• Automate Office Communicator features—sign-in, contacts, presence, conversations
• Use contextual collaboration to send and receive application-specific messages between clients
• Develop Windows Workflow applications that support both voice and IM
• Create and provision custom presence applications
• Build server-side applications that maximize throughput and enable multiparty conferencing
• Prepare your application for deployment
• Apply best practices for debugging and troubleshooting