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Boot Camp Schedule Boot Camps include experienced certified instruction, professional courseware, corresponding practice exams, all certification exam vouchers (extra available). Exclusive attention and open lab time. Pass guarantee. Fine catered breakfast and lunch daily, refreshments and snacks. Quality travel and lodging arranged, if needed. ______________________________________________________________________________________ The MCTS: Office Communications Server 2007, Configuring certification introduces the Office Communications Server 2007 architecture in the Standard and Enterprise Editions, and the considerations involved in implementing them. It provides students with the knowledge and skills to plan, deploy, and manage audio/visual and Web conferencing by using Microsoft Office Communications Server. It then moves to the topologies supported by Office Communications Server 2007 for deploying a telephony solution for an organization. Further, the course introduces the various call-flow scenarios in an enterprise and explains the call flow among the various Office Communications Server 2007 components in each scenario.
Required Exam Exam 70-638: TS: Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Configuring Audience
This course is intended for current real-time communications IT Professional and infrastructure specialists that want to learn how to implement Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. This includes real-time communications Technology Specialists and Professional real-time communications Engineers. In addition, IT Professionals in any job role that interacts with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, SharePoint Server, and Exchange Server will benefit from the course.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to: Implement and deploy an instant messaging solution by using Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition. Implement end-user and application collaboration features by using the Office Communications Server 2007 messaging clients and the Microsoft Communicator Automation application programming interface (API). Implement and deploy an instant messaging solution by using the advanced features of Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise Edition. Determine implementation requirements for an on-premise conferencing solution. Deploy an on-premise conferencing solution by using Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition. Deploy an on-premise conferencing solution by using Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise Edition. Deploy and configure participant clients for on-premise conferencing. Schedule conferencing and configure user and meeting policies for on-premise Web conferencing on-premise audio/visual conferencing. Implement and maintain telephony by using Office Communications Server 2007. Plan and deploy Office Communications Server 2007 in a PBX telephony environment. Plan and deploy Office Communications Server 2007 enterprise telephony solutions. Describe and monitor Office Communications Server 2007 call flow.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have: Familiarity with Active Directory knowledge and concepts. Familiarity with Exchange Server Messaging knowledge and concepts. Familiarity with SharePoint knowledge and concepts. Fundamental knowledge of using Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office 2003. Fundamental Windows Server 2003 knowledge and experience. Fundamental Networking knowledge and experience. Implement and maintain telephony by using Office Communications Server 2007.
Course Outline
Module 1: Implementing and Deploying an Instant Messaging Solution by Using Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition
Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition supports an instant messaging solution that provides the users in your organization with one-to-one instant messaging, group instant messaging, and file transfer. This module describes how to deploy an Instant Messaging solution with Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition. The module also introduces the Active Directory design and network requirements, and security requirements that you should consider when planning your deployment. Finally, the module describes how to share Server 2007 Address Book Server, which can be accomplished by using internal sources such as Active Directory distribution lists, or by using external sources such as public instant messaging user accounts. Lessons Overview of an IM Solution by Using Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition What Is One-to-One IM? What Is Group IM? File Transfers in an IM Solution What Is SIP? Implementing IM by Using Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition What Is a Server Running Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition for IM? What Is User Authentication? What Is Presence Information? How a Server Running Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition Routes Messages How a Server Running Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition Filters Messages Planning Considerations When Implementing a Server Running Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition Configuring the Office Communications Server 2007 Address Book What Is the Address Book Service? What Are the Sources for the Address Book Service? Administration for the Address Book Service Demonstration: Configuring the Office Communications Server 2007 Address Book Service Overview of Application Servers for an IM Solution in Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition What Is the Role of Active Directory in IM? What Is the Role of Exchange Server 2007 in IM? Designing and Configuring Active Directory and Network Infrastructure for Office Communications Server 2007 Active Directory Design Network Infrastructure Considerations Global Catalog Server Considerations DNS Configuration Process for Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition Demonstration: Configuring Active Directory and DNS for Office Communications Server 2007 Designing a Secure IM Solution Group Policy Settings for an IM Solution Encryption Settings for an IM Solution Considerations for Using Digital Certificates in an IM Solution Firewall Policies for an IM Solution Demonstration: Configuring Security for an IM Solution
Labs: Implementing and Deploying an IM Solution by Using Office Communications Server 2007 Exercise 1: Preparing Active Directory for Office Communications Server 2007 Exercise 2: Installing Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition Exercise 3: Securing an IM Solution
Module 2: Using Instant Messaging and Presence Information Office Communications Server 2007 supports clients
This module also describes how an Office Communications Server 2007 instant messaging solution enables users to assign presence levels to their contacts, to filter presence information, to find contacts across various application platforms and use this information to communicate and schedule meetings with their contacts. Lessons Introduction to the Office Communicator Client Applications Office Communicator 2007 Office Communicator Web Access 2007 Office Communicator Mobile 2007 Sending an Instant Message What Is Contact Information? Demonstration: Adding and Searching for Contact Information and Sending an Instant Message Configuring Presence Information and Levels What Is Presence Information? What Are Presence Levels? Demonstration: Configuring Presence Information and Levels Multimedia: Determining Presence Information Across Application Platforms Demonstration: Scheduling a Meeting by Using Presence Information in Office Outlook 2007
Labs: Using IM and Presence Information Exercise 1: Deploying IM Clients Exercise 2: Configuring the Environment for IM Exercise 3: Exchanging Instant Messages Exercise 4: Configuring Presence Information
Module 3: Implementing and Deploying an Instant Messaging Solution
This module introduces students to the steps in implementing an Instant Messaging solution by using Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise Edition. Lessons Overview of an IM Solution for Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise Edition Configuration Options for Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise Edition Remote User Access What Is PIC? What Is Federation? Implementing Enterprise Server Roles Multimedia: The Enterprise IM Solution Server Roles Front End Server Options in an IM Solution for Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise Edition Access Edge Server Options in an IM Solution for Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise Edition Demonstration: Implementing Enterprise Server Roles Configuring Application Servers Used in an IM Solution for Enterprise Edition Roles of Active Directory Domain Controllers SQL Server 2005 Exchange Server 2007 Microsoft Certificate Services HTTP Server and Reverse Proxy Server Consolidating IM Clients Public IM Clients Demonstration: Configuring PIC Establishing Federation Between Enterprises Access Edge Servers in Federation Certificates in Federation Demonstration: Issuing and Assigning Certificates Demonstration: Validating the Certificates DNS Resolution in Federation Demonstration: Preparing to Establish Federation Between Enterprises
Labs:Implementing an Enterprise IM Solution in Tailspin Toys Exercise 1: Configuring Internal IM Exercise 2: Configuring Internal DNS Records Exercise 3: Testing Internal IM Exercise 4: Configuring the Access Edge Server Exercise 5: Downloading and Validating Certificates Exercise 6: Configuring DNS to Support Federation Exercise 7: Configuring Federation Exercise 8: Testing Federation
Labs:Implementing an Enterprise IM Solution in Wingtip Toys Exercise 1: Configuring Internal IM Exercise 2: Configuring Internal DNS Records Exercise 3: Testing Internal IM Exercise 4: Configuring the Access Edge Server Exercise 5: Downloading and Validating Certificates Exercise 6: Configuring DNS to Support Federation Exercise 7: Configuring Federation Exercise 8: Testing Federation
Module 4: Determining the Implementation Requirements for On-Premise Conferencing
In order to implement Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, you must make some changes to Active Directory, and deploy additional application servers, such as Internet Information Server, SQL Server 2005, and Exchange Server 2007. Lessons Comparing On-Premise Conferencing Solutions with Hosted Conferencing Solutions Considerations for Choosing a Hosted Conferencing Solution Considerations for Choosing an On-Premise Conferencing Solution What is Web Conferencing? What is Audio/Video Conferencing? Preparing to Implement Office Communications Server 2007 Network Infrastructure Requirements Active Directory Requirements DNS Requirements Security Requirements Demonstration: Preparing Active Directory for Office Communications Server 2007 Overview of Application Servers Used in an On-Premise Conferencing Solution Active Directory SQL Server 2005 Exchange Server 2007 Internet Information Server 6.0 Implementing a Secure On-Premise Conferencing Solution Group Policy Settings Securing On-Premise Conferencing Connections Implementing Certificate Authorities Demonstration: Configuring Server Security by Using Certificates Firewall Policies Archiving and Compliance
Labs: Preparing Active Directory to Support an On-Premise Conferencing Solution Exercise 1: Preparing the Active Directory Schema Exercise 2: Preparing the Active Directory Forest Exercise 3: Preparing the Active Directory Domain Exercise 4: Delegating Setup and Administrative Permissions
Module 5: Implementing an On-Premise Conferencing Solution
This module explains how to implement an on-premise conferencing solution by using Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition. The module also explains how to configure the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Address Book. The module provides an overview of the conferencing components provided by Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition. Lessons Implementing Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition Servers What Is an Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition Server? How an Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition Routes Conference Data How an Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition Server Initiates Conferences How an Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition Server Manages Media Demonstration: Implementing an Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition Server Configuring the Office Communications Server 2007 Address Book What Is the Address Book Service? Address Book Sources Address Book Server Administration Settings Demonstration: Configuring the Office Communications Server 2007 Address Book Overview of On-Premise Conferencing Components Multimedia: What are the On-Premise Conferencing Components? What is Focus? Conferencing Server Functions What is the Conferencing Server Factory?
Labs: Implementing an On-Premise Conferencing Solution Exercise 1: Implementing a Standard Edition Server Exercise 2: Configuring Server Security by Using Certificates Exercise 3: Verifying Server Functionality Exercise 4: Configuring the Address Book Server
Module 6: Implementing an On-Premise Conferencing Solution
The Enterprise Edition of Office Communications Server is better suited to larger organizations as it offers support for more users, and flexible server configuration options. For example, you can install all the Office Communications Server services on a single server, or group of servers; alternatively, you can deploy conferencing components to separate server computers in load-balanced pools. Enterprise Edition provides the capability to more easily scale to support more users as your needs change. In addition, because you must install the SQL Server component on a separate physical computer, you can provide resilience at the back-end by clustering this SQL Server. Lessons Overview of an Enterprise On-Premise Conferencing Solution How Office Communication Server 2007 Supports Remote Connectivity What is Federation? Requirements for High Availability Implementing Enterprise Servers Roles Multimedia: The Role of Enterprise Servers What is a Front End Server? What are Conferencing Pool Servers? What is a Director? What are Perimeter Servers? Demonstration: Implementing an Access Edge Server Establishing Federation Between Enterprises Multimedia: Establishing Federation Between Enterprises Process of Configuring Edge Servers to Support Federation Process of Configuring the HTTP Reverse Proxy Server Process of Configuring DNS to Support Federation Process of Implementing Certificates to Support Federation Configuring Use-Related Settings Demonstration: Establishing Federation
Labs: Implementing an On-Premise Conferencing Solution by using Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise Edition Exercise 1: Configure Internal DNS Records Exercise 2: Configuring Edge Servers Exercise 3: Downloading and Validating Certificates Exercise 4: Configuring DNS to Support Federation Exercise 5: Configuring Federation
Module 7: Deploying and Configuring Participant Clients for On-Premise Conferencing
Microsoft provides three client programs for use with Office Communication Server 2007: Office Communicator 2007, Office Live Meeting 2007, and Office Live Meeting Add-In for Office Outlook 2007. Lessons Overview of On-Premise Conferencing Clients Features of Office Communicator 2007 Features of Office Live Meeting 2007 Features of Office Live Meeting Add-In for Outlook Deploying an On-Premise Conferencing Client Deployment Methods Deployment Considerations Demonstration: Deploying Office Communicator 2007 Configuring User-Related Settings for an On-Premise Conference Process of Enabling and Configuring Users Demonstration: Configuring Users What are the On-Premise Conferencing Roles? What are the Conference Entry Control Methods?
Labs: Configuring On-Premise Conferencing Exercise 1: Deploying Conferencing Clients Exercise 2: Configuring User Accounts
Module 8: Working with On-Premise Web and Audio/Video Conferencing Office Communications
Students learn to use Group Policies to control how users share their data and to specify additional settings for an on-premise conference. Also they learn to create audio/video conferences by using a variety of hardware components, including Microsoft Office Roundtable. Lessons Scheduling and Collaborating by Using an On-Premise Web Conference Multimedia: Scheduling an On Premise Web Conference Demonstration: Creating an Unscheduled Web Conference by Using Office Communicator 2007 Demonstration: Creating an Unscheduled Web Conference by Using Office Live Meeting and Office Outlook 2007 What is Data Collaboration? Multimedia: Collaborating By Using an On-Premise Web Conference Overview of On-Premise Audio/Video Conferencing Multimedia: Audio/Video Capabilities Provided by Microsoft Office Live Meeting Components Required to Support an Audio/Video Conference Multimedia: Interoperability of Audio/Video Conferencing Components Overview of Microsoft Office Live Meeting Audio/Video Capabilities Audio and Video Hardware Components Multimedia: Configuring Audio and Video Settings Multimedia: Creating an Unscheduled Audio/Video Conference Using Group Policies to Configure an On-Premise Conference Configuring User and Meeting-Related Conference Settings Demonstration: Configuring Conference-Related Group Policy Settings
Labs: Establishing a Web Conference Exercise 1: Scheduling a Web Conference Exercise 2: Establish an Unscheduled Web Conference Exercise 3: Using Group Policies to Configure User and Meeting Policies
Module 9: Implementing and Maintaining Telephony
The module describes the Active Directory design considerations and networking considerations for deploying Office Communications Server 2007. The module also identifies the installation considerations for distributing the Office Communicator 2007 client to enterprise users. Finally, this module introduces the administrative tools that Office Communications Server 2007 provides to manage and monitor the enterprise telephony solution Lessons Introduction to the Components of a Telephony Solution Overview of the Integration of Office Communications Server Telephony Determining the Architecture For the Office Communications Server Telephony Deployment Designing a Network for Office Communications Server 2007 Implementing a Secure Telephony Solution Overview of Client Installation Considerations Managing and Monitoring an Enterprise Telephony Solution by Using Administration Tools
Labs: Implementing and Administering a Secure Telephony Solution Exercise 1: Designing Active Directory for Office Communications Server 2007 Exercise 2: Securing a Telephony Solution Exercise 3: Choosing a Telephony Client Deployment Method Exercise 4: Deploying and Using Administration Tools
Module 10: Planning and Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 in a PBX Telephony Environment Enterprise
This module describes the deployment of a telephony solution for an enterprise based on SIP-to-PBX interoperability, SIP-to-IP-PBX interoperability, Office Communications Server 2007 integration with the IP-PSTN gateway, or remote office integration. Lessons Configuring Deployment Topologies Overview of Enterprise Telephony Clients Deployment and Configuration
Labs: Implementing Office Communications Server in a PBX Telephony Environment Exercise 1: Creating a Deployment Topology Exercise 2: Deploying and Configuring Enterprise Telephony Clients
Module 11: Planning and Deploying Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise Telephony Solutions
This module describes the call features in an enterprise telephony solution, such as call routing. The module introduces the enterprise telephony solution components of Office Communications Server 2007, such as the Office Communicator clients, gateways, Mediation Server, Front End Server, Access Edge Server, Director, Media Relay and multipoint control unit (MCU), interactive applications, and SIP clients. Lessons Overview of an Enterprise Telephony Solution Overview of Routing in an Enterprise Telephony Solution Configuring the Enterprise Telephony Solution Components Connecting to a Remote Office
Labs: Implementing an Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise Telephony Solution Exercise 1: Configuring Enterprise Telephony Solution Components Exercise 2: Configuring Enterprise Telephony Routing Components Exercise 3: Configuring Remote Office Connectivity
Module 12: Monitoring and Maintaining Office Communications Server
This module describes the protocols used, and the call flow between internal telephony users in an Office Communications Server 2007 enterprise telephony solution. In addition this module describes the tools available for monitoring the call flow. Lessons Backing Up and Restoring Office Communications Server 2007 Monitoring Office Communications Server 2007 Configuring the Archiving and CDR Service Overview of Protocol Monitoring in a Telephony Solution Monitoring Call Flow in an Office Communications Server 2007 Telephony Environment
Labs: Capturing Office Communications Server 2007 Call Flow Exercise 1: Backing Up and Restoring Office Communications Server 2007 Exercise 2: Monitoring Office Communications Server Exercise 3: Working with the Call Flow Monitoring Tools Exercise 4: Capturing Office Communications Server 2007 Protocols
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