COURSE 7525 | 3-DAY SESSION
Unified Communications with Office Communication Server

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Course Outline

I. Introduction to Unified Communications

• Legacy Technologies
  
• Combining Separate Communication Services
  
• Components of a Telephony Solution

II. Telephony Using Office Communications Server 2007

• The Integration of OCS Telephony
  
• Architecture for OCS Telephony Deployment
  
• Designing a Network for OCS 2007
  
• Implementing a Secure Telephony Solution
  
• Client Installation Considerations
  
• Managing and Monitoring an Enterprise
  Telephony Solution

III. OCS 2007 in a PBX Telephony Environment

• Configuring Deployment Topologies
  
• Enterprise Telephony Clients Deployment and Configuration

IV. OCS 2007 Enterprise Telephony Solutions

• Deploy a Media Gateway with Analog Phone Sets
  
• Enterprise Telephony Solution
  
• Routing in an Enterprise Telephony Solution
  
• Connecting to a Remote Office

V. Monitoring and Maintaining OCS 2007

• Backing Up and Restoring OCS 2007
  
• Configuring the Archiving and CDR Service
  
• Protocol Monitoring
  
• Monitoring Call Flow

VI. Instant Messaging (IM) Solutions Using OCS 2007

• Understanding Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
  
• Implementing IM Using OCS 2007
  
• Remote User Access
  
• Routing and Filtering Messages
  
• DNS Configuration Process for OCS 2007
  
• Designing a Secure IM Solution
  
• Federation

VII. Using Instant Messaging and Presence Information

• Office Communicator Client Applications
  
• Configuring Presence Information and Levels
  
• Presence Levels

VIII. On-Premise Conferencing

• On-Premise Conferencing Solutions versus Hosted Conferencing Solutions
  
• Web Conferencing Audio/Video Conferencing
  
• Server and Network Requirements
  
• Security Requirements
  
• Application Servers Used in an On-Premise Conferencing Solution
  
• Group Policy Settings
  
• Securing On-Premise Conferencing Connections
  
• Implementing Certificate Authorities
  
• Firewall Policies

IX. Implementing On-Premise Conferencing

• Routing Conference Data
  
• Conferencing Server Functions
  
• Remote Connectivity
  
• Requirements for High Availability
  
• Configuring Edge Servers to Support Federation
  
• Configuring the HTTP Reverse Proxy Server
  
• Configuring DNS to Support Federation
  
• Implementing Certificates to Support Federation

X. Deploying and Configuring Clients for On-Premise Conferencing

• Overview of On-Premise Conferencing Clients
  
• Office Communicator 2007 and Office Live Meeting 2007
  
• Configuring User-Related Settings for an On-Premise Conference
  
• Enabling and Configuring Users
  
• Conference Entry Control Methods

XI. Working with On-Premise Web and Audio/Video Conferencing

• Web Conferencing using Audio and Video Equipment
  
• On-Premise Audio/Video Conferencing
  
• Components Required to Support an Audio/Video Conference
  
• Audio and Video Hardware Components
  
• Using Group Policies to Configure an On-Premise Conference
  
• Configuring User and Meeting-Related Conference Settings