Evaluating Your Organization's Solution Requirements

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 will reach end of support on January 9, 2018. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.

 

Topic Last Modified: 2013-06-26

The first step in planning for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 is to evaluate your organization’s solution requirements and determine the features and functionality that you want to deploy to meet those requirements, as well as the usage requirements for the solution. This section provides the information to help you decide what is appropriate for your organization.

Note

The Planning Tool in Office Communications Server 2007 R2 can facilitate the overall planning process because it automates much of the topology and component planning process. The decisions that you make in this section should provide the information you need to answer the questions in the Planning Tool and create your initial topology. For details about using the Planning Tool, see Planning Process and Planning Tool.

In This Section

This planning section includes the following topics:

• Instant Messaging, Presence, and Conferencing

• Telephony

• External User Access

• Chat Rooms

• Monitoring

• Automatic Device Updates

• Archiving and Compliance

• Administration and Provisioning

• Client Access