New Theme

I was getting kind of tired of looking at the old theme so I decided to change it up a bit.  What does everyone think?  Is it easy to read?

Windows Live Writer

So I thought I would give this new Windows Live Writer app a try and see how it works.  I created this post in Live Writer so I do not need to go to wordpress.com all the time to create a post.  seems to be working well.

Exchange 2007 External test site

I just found out that there is a external test site that will test all of your external settings for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.  It will test autodiscover settings, Outlook Anywhere settings and alot of others.  Site link is below:

http://testexchangeconnectivity.com

Exchange Server 2007 and Windows Server 2008 Outlook Anywhere not working

I have recently began working with Exchange 2007 and Windows Server 2008.  After I disabled UAC and all the firewalls (yes there is more then 1) it was actually usable.  I installed Exchange Server 2007 which I have done many times before and configured all the autodiscover settings and went to fire up Outlook anywhere and it did not work.  So I read around and saw there were some issues with IPv6 with Exchange Server 2007 SP1 if you did not have Update Rollup 4 or greater.  I had Update Rollup 8 installed so I did not think that would pertan to me.  So here is the errors I got:

When attempting to connect using Outlook 2007:

• The connection to Microsoft Exchange is unavailable. Outlook must be online or connected to complete this action.

 

When I tested connectivity using http://testexchangeconnectivity.com I got the following:

“Failed to ping RPC Endpoint 6004 (NSPI Proxy Interface)”

So I went back to the server and tried to telnet to each rpc port on the CAS server. The ports RPC over HTTP uses are 6001, 6002, and 6004.  I could connnect to all of them except 6004.  The solution to the problem was to disable IPv6.  Solution below:

 I went to the network card properties and de-selected IPv6 and then went to the HOSTS file and commented out :::1    localhost then added the hostname and fqdn of the cas server.  This could be the same server you installed all of your roles on, or a seperate CAS server.  Then I added the ip address of the server as well:

ssfex1   10.1.2.2
ssfex1.ssf.voxns.com 10.1.2.2

Attempted to telnet to ssfex1 6004 and everything worked.  i tested connectivity at http://testexchangeconnectivity.com and all tests passed.  Then I tried Outlook 3007 again and was able to connect this time.

So apparently IPv6 is still an issue even if you have all of your patches on.

 

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Web Scheduler

Microsoft decided not to offer this in R2.  I think it would be wise to make a R2 version as I have several customers that do not run Outlook and the ability to schedule conferences is not there for non-outlook users.  As the add-in can not be loaded.

Contact Info

If anyone has any questions or anything they would like to partner on here is my contact info:

Chad McGreanor – MCITP | MCSE | MCTS | NCSE
IT/UC Program Manager | Vox Network Solutions
+1 (650) 989-1027           +1 (650) 989-1179 UM Fax
 cmcgreanor@voxns.com   Microsoft UC

List of available updates for Communications Server 2007 R2: April 2, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968802/

 

Communications Server 2007 R2 – Standard Edition Server

 

• Update for Unified Communications Manager API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit – KB 967674
• Update for Core Components – KB 967827
• Update for Application Sharing Server – KB 967833
• Update for Outside Voice Control – KB 967835
• Update for Conferencing Attendant – KB 968913
• Update for Response Group Service – KB 967829
• Update for Application Host – KB 967832
• Update for Standard Edition Server – KB 967831
• Update for Web Components Server – KB 967830

Communications Server 2007 R2 – Enterprise Edition Consolidated

 

• Update for Unified Communications Manager API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit – KB 967674
• Update for Core Components – KB 967827
• Update for Application Sharing Server – KB 967833
• Update for Outside Voice Control – KB 967835
• Update for Conferencing Attendant – KB 968913
• Update for Response Group Service – KB 967829
• Update for Application Host – KB 967832
• Update for Enterprise Edition Server – KB 967831
• Update for Web Components Server – KB 967830

Communications Server 2007 R2 – Enterprise Edition Distributed – Front-end

 

• Update for Unified Communications Manager API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit – KB 967674
• Update for Core Components – KB 967827
• Update for Application Host – KB 967832
• Update for Enterprise Edition Server – KB 967831
• Update for Outside Voice Control – KB 967835
• Update for Response Group Service – KB 967829
• Update for Conferencing Attendant – KB 968913

Communications Server 2007 R2 – Enterprise Edition Distributed – Application Sharing MCU

 

• Update for Core Components – KB 967827
• Update for Unified Communications Manager API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit – KB 967674
• Update for Application Sharing Server – KB 967833

Communications Server 2007 R2 – Enterprise Edition Distributed – Web Conferencing MCU

 

• Update for Unified Communications Manager API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit – KB 967674
• Update for Core Components – KB 967827

Communications Server 2007 R2 – Enterprise Edition Distributed – Audio Video Conferencing MCU

 

• Update for Unified Communications Manager API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit – KB 967674
• Update for Core Components – KB 967827

Communications Server 2007 R2 – Enterprise Edition Distributed – Web Components Server

 

• Update for Unified Communications Manager API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit – KB 967674
• Update for Core Components – KB 967827
• Update for Web Components Server – KB 967830

Communications Server 2007 R2 – Monitoring Server

 

• Update for Core Components – KB 967827
• Update for Monitoring Server – KB 967837

Communications Server 2007 R2 – Edge Server

 

• Update for Unified Communications Manager API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit – KB 967674
• Update for Core Components – KB 967827
• Update for Edge Server – KB 967831

Communications Server 2007 R2 – Communicator Web Access

 

• Update for Unified Communications Manager API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit – KB 967674
• Update for Core Components – KB 967827
• Update for Communicator Web Access – KB 967836

Communications Server 2007 R2 – Mediation Server

 

• Update for Unified Communications Manager API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit – KB 967674
• Update for Core Components – KB 967827
• Update for Mediation Server – KB 967675

Communications Server 2007 R2 – Administration Tools

 

• Update for Core Components – KB 967827
• Update for Administration Tools – KB 968280

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Hotfix KB 967673

Issues that this hotfix package fixes

For more information about the issues that this hotfix rollup package fixes, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

• 968504  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968504/ ) Description of the Communicator 2007 R2 update for Microsoft Online Services
• 968623  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968623/ ) You experience one-way audio when LG-Nortel IP8540 or Polycom CX700 phones are used in an Audio Video call on Windows XP
• 968624  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968624/ ) Error events occur when you disconnect a computer that is running Communicator 2007 R2 from the network: “Event ID: 3″ or “Event ID: 7″
• 968625  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968625/ ) Description of a hotfix that applies the initial changes for the integration of Office Communicator 2007 R2 and the next version of Office after the Office 2007 release
• 968628  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968628/ ) Communicator 2007 R2 stores the Actual Remote Number (The number that is dialed) for outgoing calls to a remote party
• 968629  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968629/ ) You cannot see features in Office 14 builds if you are running Communicator 2007 R2 RTM or earlier versions
• 968631  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968631/ ) The font in the Conversation window is very small when you run Office Communicator 2007 R2 on a Windows Vista-based computer that has high DPI (120 DPI) with Internet Explorer 8 installed
• 968632  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968632/ ) You cannot click the password field and enter a password when you sign in to Office Communicator 2007 R2
• 968634  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968634/ ) Description of Office Communicator 2007 R2 update to support Polycom roundtable devices
• 968690  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968690/ ) In Office Communicator 2007 R2, User A gets a failure-to-deliver message after sending an IM to User B even though User B receives the message

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OCS 2007 R2 Response Group Service does not stay started and certificate error in log

Long time no post but I am stll alive.  Very busy but alive.

I recently had to change my certificate on my OCS 2007 R2 Front End. After doing that I noticed that the response group service was having a certificate issue, no other services were affected.  I found that the last fqdn in the certificates SAN field did not match the pool name.  I guess this is a problem for the response group service.  I generated a new certificate with the pool fqdn, ie lab-ocsr2.voxlab.local as the last entry in the field.  Restarted the services and everything worked.  The last entry prior to that was lab-ocsr2.voxns.com.

OCSR2 Response Group Tab Configuration

In order to use the OCSR2 “formal” response group method you must create a custom tab for MOC 2007R2.  Here is the XML file that does that for you.

<tab>
    <image>https://ocs-abs.voxns.com/rgsoctab.png</image>
    <userid>true</userid>
    <name>Response Group Tab</name>
    <tooltip>Response Group Tab</tooltip>
    <contenturl>https://ocs-abs.voxns.com/rgs/clients/Tab.aspx</contenturl>
    <accessibility>both</accessibility>
    <contactid>true</contactid>
    <siteid>1</siteid>
</tab>

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2\Web Components\Acd Files\Clients\RgsOcTab.png

The location above is where you can find the .png flie for the tab.