In this topic, you enable the business organization and the business admin for Hosted Office Communications Server 2007.

Tasks

  1. Subscribe the Business Organization to Hosted Office Communications Server 2007
  2. Add Available Hosted Office Communications Server 2007 User Plans to the Business Organization
  3. Create a SIP Domain for the AlpineSkiHouse Organization
  4. Enable the Business Admin for Hosted Office Communications Server 2007
  5. Configure Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 and Sign in from a Client Computer

Subscribe the Business Organization to Hosted Office Communications Server 2007

Subscribe the business organization to Hosted Office Communications Server 2007 by editing the Subscribe.xml file and passing it to MPS by using provtest.

Procedure RUN.30: To subscribe the Business Organization to Hosted Office Communications Server 2007 by using Provtest

  1. On MPS01, edit <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Hosted Office Communications Server\Subscribe.xml

  2. Edit the <organization> element to match the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path of the Business Organization; for example:

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    <organization>LDAP://OU=AlpineSkiHouse,OU=ConsolidatedMessenger,OU=Hosting,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com</organization>

  3. Edit the <preferredDomainController> element to match the name of the preferred Active Directory domain controller; for example:

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    <preferredDomainController>ad01.fabrikam.com</preferredDomainController>

  4. Edit the <planName> element to match the name of the sample Hosted Office Communications Server 2007 Organization Plan; for example:

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    <planName>OCSHosting</planName>

  5. Save the edited file.

  6. At a command prompt, change to the <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Hosted Office Communications Server directory and run the following command:

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    provtest Subscribe.xml /x2
    Note:
    /x2 formats the XML results for maximum readability.

Add Available Hosted Office Communications Server 2007 User Plans to the Business Organization

Use provtest to add the Office Communications Server 2007 Basic IM plan as an available plan to the AlpineSkiHouse organization.

Procedure RUN.31: To add Available Hosted Office Communications Server 2007 User Plans to the Business Organization by using Provtest

  1. On MPS01, edit <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Hosted Office Communications Server\AddAvailablePlans.xml

  2. Edit the <organization> element to match the LDAP path of the Business Organization; for example:

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    <organization>LDAP://OU=AlpineSkiHouse,OU=ConsolidatedMessenger,OU=Hosting,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com</organization>

  3. Edit the <preferredDomainController> element to match the name of the preferred Active Directory domain controller; for example:

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    <preferredDomainController>ad01.fabrikam.com</preferredDomainController>

  4. Edit the <planName> element to match the name of the sample Hosted Office Communications Server 2007 User Plan; for example:

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    <planName>Office Communications Server 2007 Basic IM</planName>

  5. Save the edited file.

  6. At a command prompt, change to the <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Hosted Office Communications Server directory and run the following command:

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    provtest AddAvailablePlans.xml /x2
    Note:
    /x2 formats the XML results for maximum readability.

Create a SIP Domain for the AlpineSkiHouse Organization

Use provtest to create a SIP Domain for the AlpineSkiHouse organization.

Procedure RUN.32: To create a SIP Domain for the AlpineSkiHouse organization by using Provtest

  1. On MPS01, edit <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Hosted Office Communications Server\CreateSipDomain.xml

  2. Edit the <organization> element to match the LDAP path of the Business Organization; for example:

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    <organization>LDAP://OU=AlpineSkiHouse,OU=ConsolidatedMessenger,OU=Hosting,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com</organization>

  3. Edit the <preferredDomainController> element to match the name of the preferred Active Directory domain controller; for example:

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    <preferredDomainController>ad01.fabrikam.com</preferredDomainController>

  4. Edit the <address> element to match the SIP address for the business organization; for example:

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    <address>alpineskihouse.com</planName>

  5. Save the edited file.

  6. At a command prompt, change to the <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Hosted Office Communications Server directory and run the following command:

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    provtest CreateSipDomain.xml /x2
    Note:
    /x2 formats the XML results for maximum readability.

Enable the Business Admin for Hosted Office Communications Server 2007

Use Provtest to enable the business admin for Hosted Office Communications Server 2007.

Procedure RUN.33: To enable the business admin for Hosted Office Communications Server 2007 by using Provtest

  1. On MPS01, edit <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Hosted Office Communications Server\CreateSipUser.xml

  2. Edit the <user> element to match the LDAP path of the user; for example:

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    <user>LDAP://CN=johnc@alpineskihouse.com,OU=AlpineSkiHouse,OU=ConsolidatedMessenger,OU=Hosting,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com</organization>

  3. Edit the <preferredDomainController> element to match the name of the preferred Active Directory domain controller; for example:

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    <preferredDomainController>ad01.fabrikam.com</preferredDomainController>

  4. Edit the <primaryURI> element to match the SIP address of the sample Hosted Office Communications Server 2007 User Plan. Note that this URI must be unique and must be represented in the form 'sip:user@domain' where the domain substring is a fully qualified domain name; for example:

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    <primaryURI>sip:johnc@alpineskihouse.com</primaryURI>

  5. Edit the <planName> element to match the name of the sample Hosted Office Communications Server 2007 User Plan; for example:

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    <planName>Office Communications Server 2007 Basic IM</planName>

    Note that you may optionally use the <planOverrides> section to override the values set by the plan; however , if <ucEnabled> is set to true, <remoteCallControlTelephonyEnabled> must be set to false.

  6. Save the edited file.

  7. At a command prompt, change to the <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Hosted Office Communications Server directory and run the following command:

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    provtest CreateSipUser.xml /x2
    Note:
    /x2 formats the XML results for maximum readability.

Configure Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 and Sign in from a Client Computer

In this procedure, you will run Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 from a client computer and sign in as johnc@alpineskihouse.com

Note:
Office Communicator 2007 clients require a trusted Certificate from a trusted root certificate authority in order to log on to an Office Communications Server 2007 environment via an Access Edge server.

Procedure RUN.34: To install the Communicator client

  1. Log on to an external client computer which uses DNS01 for name resolution.

  2. Install the Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 client, accepting all defaults.

Procedure RUN.35: To Sign in to Office Communications Server as an external client by using Office Communicator 2007

  1. On to the external client computer which uses DNS01 for name resolution, run Microsoft Office Communicator 2007.

  2. Set your sign sign-in address to johnc@alpineskihouse.com.

  3. Set sip.consolidatedmessenger.com as the external server name or IP address.

  4. Set the communicator client to connect to Office Communications Server via TLS.

  5. Sign in to Office Communications Server 2007.