Live Communications Server 2005 SP1
Office Communications Server 2007
Matt Newton
Focus of this Presentation
Of the Unified Communications and Collaboration
capabilities, this presentation focuses on the following
capabilities:
2 IM/Presence/ Voice Messaging Collaborative Workspaces and Portals Web Conferencing SearchLCS 2005 SP1 Client Features and Capabilities
LCS 2005 SP1 Server Features and Architecture
Office Communications Server 2007 Preview
Live Communications Server 2005 SP1
Communicator
Intuitive end-user
experience
Enables users to share their desktop (or a portion of their desktop) with meeting
participants
Shares virtually any application
Enables users to drag-and-drop any printable
document from the desktop directly into Live Meeting
Share documents from the desktop directly into Live Meeting
Supports data sharing between Communicator users
Remote Communication with
Communicator
Saves time by allowing instant communication and presence awareness
Dramatically reduces communication costs
Easily maintains e-mail and IM access to people and information with mobility solutions
Effectively combines multiple modes of presence-based communications
Enables access anywhere
Federation and Public IM Connectivity
Enables easy communication with contacts in other organizations
Provides Live Communications Server-based federation
Supports communication with public IM services using secure public IM
Improves communications reach for
information workers, enabling them to instantly see the presence of business partners and communicate with them
Enables easy
connection with LCS or public IM Contacts
Telephony Integration
Enables personnel to be more
responsive to important customers and colleagues
Is easy to use and handle
Enables easy call forwarding on different numbers
Supports transparent forwarding to the calling party
Provides additional functionality and automates complex and
time-consuming tasks
Remote Call Control capability
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Integrated into the Microsoft Office System, Microsoft Windows, and other existing systems
Integrated with public telephone networks to
broaden the communication reach
Key client reach
Browser optimization Communicator-like UI Broad browser support
Mobile-optimized client
IM, presence, voice over IP PBX integration
Runs on Windows Mobile
Extending the Reach of UC
Alex Hankin John Evans
Vanessa Garcia
March 15, 2005
Live Communications Server 2005 SP1
Remote Users
Access Proxy
Live Communications Server SE
Standard Edition Basic Topology
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
Load Balancer
Live Communications Server EE
Enterprise Edition Topologies
SQL Remote Users Access Proxy LCS 2005 EE LCS 2005 EE Load Balancer LCS 2005 EE LCS 2005 EE
Two Tiered Architecture
Over 100k users in single pool
SQL database stores user info
Authenticated identity via AD
Scale out
With additional EE servers
Remote User Access
No VPN required
Federate Outside Firewalls
With Access Proxy
For Higher Availability
Front End fail-over support
Optional SQL clustering
SQL
Enterprise B Enterprise A
Live Communications Server 2005
„Direct‟ Federation Between Organizations
LCS 2005 LCS Clients LCS 2005 LCS Clients LCS 2005 Access Proxy LCS 2005 Access Proxy
Enterprise A User A LCS 2005 Access Proxy LCS 2005 User C User B User E User D User F
• SIP over TLS tunneling via port 5061 or 443
• No VPN required, authentication at the Access Proxy Office Communicator Clients
MTLS
TLS
No 3rd party gateways required
Sharing of presence info
On/off switch per Public IM network Logging and archiving
Corporate identity management
Rich Admin Controls
Encryption of all messages Single Client Experience
Icon/graphics support
Internal & Public IM Contacts LCS users are able to conduct business with MSN, AOL and Yahoo IM users
Live Communications Server 2005
Administration – Resource View
Live Communications Server 2005
Administration – Status View
Secure Improved Management Platform Connectivity Remote Connectivity Architecture Enhancements
• Transport Layer Security (TLS) connections
• Audio/Video privacy using RTP/LCP encryption
• Kerberos and NTLM for client authentication
• Windows AD Integration (authentication, identity, Policies)
• Management console supports LCS 2003 and 2005
• Familiar Windows based management tools – WMI/MMC/MOM
• API‟s/SDK enable integration with LOB apps
• Supporting a Store, Registrar, and a high-end Presence Engine
• Access to the SIP routing engine
• Organization to organization, and clearinghouse federation
• Managed connectivity to public IM clouds (MSN, AOL, Yahoo)
• Remote User Scenario – No VPN required
• Distributed, two-tiered architecture
• SQL Server for higher availability, failover, data recovery
• Scalable deployment with new topologies “pool architecture”
LCS 2005 [email protected] [email protected] AD SIP Proxy PBX Directory Telephone Presence Store PBX PSTN Gateway
SIP Proprietary Signaling
LDA P SIP/CSTA Gateway PSTN Conference Bridge/CENTREX
*PBX integration and PSTN conferencing integration will require the purchase of a LCS Telephony CAL.
Telephony Integration*
Remote call control with
third-party legacy PBX
through third-party
CTI link (CSTA interface)
Remote Call Control
Legacy telephone system
Live Communications Server 2005 PSTN phone PBX Phone CTI Link PBX
Easy control of PBX-based voice communications from Office
Communicator
Unified communications without having to upgrade voice and network infrastructure
Delay investment into next
generation voice solution; no need to spend a lot of money
Office Communications Server 2007
Office Communications Server 2007 Exchange Server 2007 PBX PSTN Media Relay Access Proxy Internet Remote Workers PSTN/SIP Gateway Mediation Server Roundtable Office Communicator
with USB headset Office Communicator with
USB handset IP telephone
Web Conferencing - LiveMeeting
Remote User Access
– All internal scenarios are
supported externally across any firewall from any internet
connection
Voice over IP
– A complete voice solution that can
complement or even replace a traditional PBX system
Office Communications Server 2007
Technology and Capabilities Preview
Office Communicator 2007
Client Improvements
Distribution Groups: Communicator now expands AD
Groups
Rich Presence: Control who can see what information
about you, Multiple Points of Presence (MPOP)
Manage Conversations: Outlook contains full
conversation history
Greater Office 2007 integration including OneNote
Integrated Conferencing: add up to 100 people in an IM,
audio, or video conference
Voice over IP: Full soft phone functionality including
Office Communications Server 2007
Technology and Capabilities Preview
Basic Server Roles
Server Role Scenario Purpose
Standard Edition IM/Presence
Conferencing Voice
All-in-one functionality for simplest deployments
Edge Server IM/Presence
Conferencing Voice
Perimeter Network based relay for external/anonymous
access, federation, media firewall traversal
Archiving Server IM/Presence
Conferencing Voice
Compliance archive for IM
CDR store for conferences and voice
Internet Information Server (IIS)
IM/Presence Communicator Web Access
Distribution Group Expansion Address Book Service
Office Communications Server 2007
Simple Topology
Deployment Scenario Medium business, or Enterprise –small/initial/regional deployment FunctionalityAll IM/Presence/Conferencing (incl. A/V, Web, IM conferencing)
All-internal usage
No voice, high availability, external/anonymous access
Prerequisites
AD
Scale
1 Server (1 Role)
Office Communications Server 2007
Enterprise Topology
Deployment Scenario
Large, mission-critical Enterprise IM and Conferencing usage (and basis for similar voice usage) with external access
Functionality
All IM/Presence/Conferencing (incl. A/V, Web, IM conferencing)
All-internal usage
No voice (in this example), but forms basis for adding voice
Prerequisites
AD, Hardware load balancer, HTTP Reverse Proxy
Scale
14 Servers (8 Roles) in this example 50,000+ users per pool (goal)
Notes
Edge Servers allow internal and external users to
communicate
Edge Servers are installed in the perimeter network
3 Edge Server Roles
Access Edge Server – IM/Presence
AV Conferencing Edge Server – Voice/Video
Data Conferencing Edge Server – Data Sharing
Edge Server Roles
Server Role Traffic Type When is it
required? Who talks to it internally Access Edge Server (aka Access Proxy)
SIP All external
scenarios IM/Presence Director/Front End/Back End Web Conferencing Edge Server
(aka Data Proxy)
PSOM External User
Data Conferencing
Web Conferencing Server (aka Data MCU)
A/V Conferencing Edge Server
(aka Media Relay)
STUN/RTP External User A/V
Conferencing External – Internal user P2P Calling AV Conferencing Server (aka AV MCU) Communicator Client Reverse Proxy (e.g. ISA Server)
HTTPS OC: DL Expansion
OC: ABS Download
Console: Slides