If your organization plans to support only instant messaging and presence, it is not necessary to add an Audio/Video Conferencing Server to your deployment.

Tasks

  1. Install the Audio/Video Conferencing Server
  2. Activate the Audio/Video Conferencing Server

Install the Audio/Video Conferencing Server

Procedure W08-DWHO.24: To deploy the Audio/Video Conferencing server

  1. Log on to OCSPOOLAV01 as Fabrikam\Administrator

  2. Run Setup.exe from the Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise Edition media to start the Office Communications Server 2007 deployment wizard.

    Note:
    If you are prompted to install a C++ Redistributable component, do so.

  3. On the Deploy Pools in an Expanded Topology page, select Add Audio/Video Conferencing Server.

  4. Next to Step 1: Install Files for Audio/Video Conferencing Server, click Install.

  5. Install the files to the default location.

Activate the Audio/Video Conferencing Server

Procedure W08-DWHO.25: To activate the Audio/Video Conferencing server

  1. On OCSPOOLAV01, from the Office Communications Server 2007 deployment wizard, on the Add Audio/Video Conferencing Server page, next to Step 2: Activate Audio/Video Conferencing Server, click Run.

  2. At the Select a Pool screen, select OCSPool01.fabrikam.com

  3. At the Select Service Account screen, select Use An Existing Account, and accept the default account name of RTCComponentService. Enter and verify the password for this account.

    Note:
    By default, the RTCComponentService account is used by both the Web Conferencing Server and the Audio/Video Conferencing Server.

  4. When the wizard is complete, select View the log when you click Finish check box, and review the deployment log after installation completes to verify a successful Audio/Video Conferencing Server activation.