Overview of Unified Messaging Active Directory Objects

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 will reach end of support on April 11, 2017. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.

 

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Exchange Server 2007 SP2, Exchange Server 2007 SP3

Active Directory objects are required for the deployment and operation of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging (UM). The Active Directory UM objects connect the telephony infrastructure and the Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging Active Directory environment.

UM Active Directory Objects

The UM Active Directory objects enable the integration of Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging into the Active Directory directory service and the existing telephony infrastructure. Active Directory acts as a container for all the UM objects that are created and their configuration settings. Each UM object within Exchange Server 2007 is necessary to support Unified Messaging in an Active Directory environment. Some UM Active Directory objects are created to logically represent a telephony hardware device whereas others are created to represent a telephony dial plan for an organization or to support a specific feature of Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging. The following figure illustrates the relationships between the Unified Messaging objects that are found in Active Directory.

Figure 1   The relationships between UM Active Directory objects

There exists a tightly integrated and interconnected relationship between the UM Active Directory objects and the features that are available in Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging. In order to successfully plan and deploy Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging in your organization you must fully understand this logical relationship between each of the UM objects.

For more information about the UM Active Directory objects, see:

• Understanding Unified Messaging Dial Plans

• Understanding Unified Messaging Mailbox Policies

• Understanding Unified Messaging IP Gateways

• Understanding Unified Messaging Hunt Groups

• Understanding Unified Messaging Auto Attendants

• Understanding Unified Messaging Servers

• Understanding Unified Messaging Users

For More Information

• For more information about how to manage Unified Messaging Active Directory objects, see Managing Unified Messaging Objects.

• For more information about Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging, see Unified Messaging.