Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005: In Close Up

1. MicrosoftOffice Live Communications Server 2005: In Close Up Ilse Van Criekinge Exchange Trainer & Consultant (Azlan Training) ilse@vancriekinge.com (www.Pro-Exchange.be)

2. Agenda • Introduction • Introducing Live Communications Server • Different versions and editions • Server side • Client side • Integration with: • Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies • Microsoft Exchange Server and Active Directory • Microsoft Office Live Meeting

3. Real Time Collaboration • Instant Messaging • Presence • Audio and Video • Data Collaboration

4. Instant Messaging • Office communication that is near real-time and more efficient than e-mail and telephony • Well suited for immediate, informal, but important exchange of, ideas and information among users in a distributed group • Integrates easily with the desktop environment • Allows you to maintain a list of known users whose presence, or otherwise, is indicated

5. Presence Busy Online Status visible to users Online User C User A User B

6. Audio and Video • Audio allows the users to send their voice or other sounds to other devices or computers • Requires microphones and speakers • Video allows the users to send a video image of themselves or an item under discussion • Requires either a video-capture card and camera, or a camera that supports video for Windows • Users can exchange audio and video by using a combination of different communication devices such as PC-to-PC, Phone-to-PC, and PC-to-Phone

7. Data Collaboration • Application sharing • Allows you to share progams that are available on your computer with other users • Allows two people to view and work on files simultaneously • Whiteboard • Allows you to draw and type simultaneously with someone else • File transfer • Allows you to send and receive files while you are having an IM conversation with any of your contacts

8. Agenda • Introduction • Introducing Live Communications Server • Different versions and editions • Server side • Client side • Integration with: • Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies • Microsoft Exchange Server and Active Directory • Microsoft Office Live Meeting

9. Design Goals of Live Communications Server • Secure • Manageable • Standards Based • Extensible

10. Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 provides cost-savings, improved business efficiencies, and increased productivity in an enterprise-grade real-time collaboration server. With standard protocols, advanced deployment and management tools, a strong partner ecosystem, and innovative client features, Live Communications Server is the clear choice for today’s organizations

11. Benefits of LCS 2005 • Instantly find and communicate with people • Add real-time collaboration capabilities to core Microsoft Office programs and others • Collaborate from within Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies • Connect to public IM service providers using the new Public IM Connectivity service • Connect quickly and easily from remote locations

12. Benefits of LCS 2005 (cont’d) • Connect and communicate instantly with other organizations • Take advantage of enterprise-ready features • Get higher availability and data recovery through Microsoft SQL Server integration • Reduce communication and travel costs • Built on an extensible platform

13. LCS and its design goals • Design Goal 1: Secure • Windows AD Integration • TLS connections • Audio/Video privacy using RTP/LCP encryption • Kerberos and NTLM for client authentication • Design Goal 2: Manageable • Familiar Windows based management tools • Manage users, servers, and global settings • Group policy object support for a controlled rollout

14. LCS and its design goals /2 • Design Goal 3: Standards Based • LCS is built on the SIP/SIMPLE Platform • SIP/Simple = Session Initiation Protocol/SIP Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions • Application-layer control protocol that handles the setup, modification, and tear-down of multimedia sessions • Based on a request and response transaction model similar to HTTP. Each transaction consists of a request that invokes a particular method or a function on the server and at least one response

15. LCS and its design goals /3 • Design Goal 4: Extensible • LCS is based on industry standards with client and server Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that enable innovative applications and customised solutions using presence and other real-time capabilities • The architecture of LCS uses the industry-standard protocols and includes a rich set of APIs. Because it uses the industry standard SIP and SIMPLE protocols, a developer can create presence, IM, audio, video and data collaboration, conferencing, and telephony solutions, or even integrate presence and real time capabilities into your existing applications

16. Agenda • Introduction • Introducing Live Communications Server • Different versions and editions • Server side • Client side • Integration with: • Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies • Microsoft Exchange Server and Active Directory • Microsoft Office Live Meeting

17. Different versions and editions

18. Microsoft Office LCS 2003 • IM and presence Standard Edition • Standards protocols (SIP and SIMPLE) • Controlled SIP namespace • Encryption • Centralized management • Integration with Active Directory • Integration with Microsoft Office 2003 • Archiving – logging of messages • Customizable client using XML

19. Microsoft Office LCS 2005 • Enterprise Edition • High-availability • Remote user access • Direct Federation • Clearing house • Active Directory topology support: • Resource Forest • Central Forest • Multi-tree Forest

20. Microsoft Office LCS 2005 Sp1 • Public IM Connectivity (Licenses Sold Separately) • Enhanced Federation for simple enterprise-to-enterprise federation • Multiple-tree forest topology • Enhanced Security and Spam over IM Control (URL filter application, Spim filters) • Address Book Service • Support for Microsoft Office Communicator 2005

21. Single Server Architecture Supports up to 15k users User’s data stored in MSDE Authenticated identity in AD Add logging & archiving SQL Server Remote user access No VPN required Federate outside firewall Via access proxy Two-tiered architecture Over 120k users in single pool Central SQL database stores user data Authenticated identity via AD Scale out With additional EE servers Remote user access No VPN required Federate outside firewalls Via access proxy For higher availability Front end fail-over support Optional SQL clustering Differences in Editions

22. Agenda • Introduction • Introducing Live Communications Server • Different versions and editions • Server side • Client side • Integration with: • Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies • Microsoft Exchange Server and Active Directory • Microsoft Office Live Meeting

23. Server Roles • Front-End architecture components (home server) • Standard Edition Server • Enterprise Edition Server • Other Roles • Director • Enterprise Pool • Hardware Load Balancer • Front-End Servers • SQL Back-End Server • Access Proxy • Branch Proxy • Archiving Service • Address Book Service

24. PSTN Gateway Live Communications Server 2005 Proxy Branch Office Live Communications Live Communications Server 2005 Server 2005 Archiving Service Standard Edition Live Communications Server 2005 Proxy Load Balancer Remote User Internet Intranet boundary boundary Live Live Communications Communications Server 2005 Server 2005 Director Access Proxy \ Live Communications Live Communications Live Communications Server 2005 Server 2005 Server 2005 Federated Enterprise Edition Enterprise Edition Enterprise Edition Enterprise Public IM Service Provider Live Communications Enterprise Edition Server 2005 Pool Back - End Storage Server Roles

25. Access Proxy • Enables federation • Ability of your organization’s users to communicate with users in another organization • Enables public IM connectivity • Ability to connect to public IM service providers (MSN, AOL, Yahoo!) • Enables remote user access • Ability of your organization’s users to connect to internal LCS from an external location • Designed to operate in the perimeter network • Does not require or communicate to Active Directory • Does not authenticate users

26. Director • Routes (directs) clients to their home server • Authenticates and authorizes remote clients (the enterprises own users connecting from outside the firewall using the Access proxy) • Not used to home any users

27. Microsoft SQL Server • Provides a highly-available back-end database to store • User presence • Routing information • Contact information • Supports clustering and locating data files on SANs

28. Proxy • Provides a platform for customizing deployment and developing applications • While static routing rules can be configured, complex routing rules can be written by using MSPL (Microsoft SIP Processing Language) or by using managed code (such as C++, C#)

29. Archiving Service • Enables companies to conform to corporate or government policies that require the retention of instant messaging communications • Consists of a server that contains archived instant message conversations or usage data for users configured for archiving • Must be enabled on each LCS hosting users that you want to archive

30. Address Book Service • Provides global address list information from Active Directory to Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 • Performs phone number normalization for Communicator telephony integration

31. Deployment Sequence Prepare Active Directory Install and Configure LCS, Standard or Enterprise Edition Install an archiving server (optional) Deploy a Director for use by the Access Proxy (optional) Install an Access Proxy for Federation or Outside User Access (optional) Enable client connectivity (configure DNS if necessary) Deploy a Proxy for Branch Office Access (optional)

32. Determine your deployment path • New deployment or upgrade? • Do you require • High availability? • Archiving? • Outside user access, federation or public IM connectivity? • Support for branch offices not connected to the corporate network? • Microsoft Office LCS 2005 Sp1 Capacity Planning Tookit (available for download @ Microsoft Download Center)

33. Deployment Methods • Setup Deployment Tool • Explains tasks • Provides tips about permissions and prerequisites • Includes warnings • Uses task wizards • Command-line tools • LcsCmd.exe • LCServer.msi • SqlSetup.exe

34. License Pricing and Licensing Programs

35. Agenda • Introduction • Introducing Live Communications Server • Different versions and editions • Server side • Client side • Integration with: • Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies • Microsoft Exchange Server and Active Directory • Microsoft Office Live Meeting

36. Supported Clients • Windows Messenger 5.0 • Microsoft Messenger 5.0 for Mac • Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 • Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access

37. Windows Messenger 5.0

38. Microsoft Office Communicator 2005

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40. Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access • Released end 2005 • Browser based instant messaging and presence client for Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 SP1, with a look and feel similar to Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 • Available for download at the Microsoft Download Center

41. Design principles & capabilities • Design Principles • Intuitive and in-context user experience • Integrated into enterprise infrastructure • Enable ‘reach’ to a wider range of Information workers • Ease of deployment and management • Core Capabilities • Rich IM and presence delivered via a web browser • Unique IM features to ensure ease of use in a browser environment • Alignment with server scalability goals • Broad base of browser clients supported

42. Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access (cont’d) • System Requirements • Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 • Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 • Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 with SP1

43. Communicator Web Access Topology • Can be located on Live Communications Server machines or on a separate IIS server • Communicator Web Access implements a scalable solution that provides DHTML UI to thousands of browsers, and interacts with the server in a similar way to Windows Messenger / Communicator HTTPS SIP Communicator Web Access server infrastructure Live Communications Server 2005 Environment Web Clients

45. Agenda • Introduction • Introducing Live Communications Server • Different versions and editions • Server side • Client side • Integration with: • Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies • Microsoft Exchange Server and Active Directory • Microsoft Office Live Meeting

46. Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies • Presence, IM, and Web Conferencing in Outlook, Word, SharePoint, etc. • Enabling higher productivity from users favorite applications

47. Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies (cont’d)

48. Microsoft Exchange Server and Active Directory • Best supported when using Office Communicator 2005 • Free/busy and Out of Office information

50. Microsoft Office Live Meeting • Live Meeting enables you to collaborate online with colleagues, customers, and partners in real time, between either individuals or large groups—with just a PC, and an Internet connection • Register today for a free trial! http://www.microsoft.com/office/livemeeting/