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Commands to install the necessary prerequisites for OCS 2007 R2 on Windows Server 2008

Front End on Windows Server 2008
Servermanagercmd.exe -install web-windows-auth web-mgmt-compat web-mgmt-console web-http-logging msmq-server msmq-directory powershell was-process-model was-config-apis rsat-addc

Installs the following components:

• [Web-Windows-Auth] – Windows Authentication
• [Web-Mgmt-Compat] – IIS 6 Management Compatibility
• [MSMQ-Server] – Message Queuing Server
• [MSMQ-Directory] – Directory Service Integration
• [RSAT-ADDC] – Active Directory Domain Controller Tools
• [WAS-Process-Model] – Process Model
• [WAS-Config-APIs] – Configuration APIs
• [Web-Mgmt-Console] – IIS Management Console
• [Web-Http-Logging] – HTTP Logging
• [PowerShell] – Windows PowerShell

The last 3 in the list are not required, but they are highly recommended. IIS 7.0 Management Console is IMHO much easier to use than the IIS 6.0 version. The logging tools often come in handy when troubleshooting OCS IIS issues and PowerShell makes working with OCS WMI values a piece of cake.

Monitoring Server on Windows Server 2008
Servermanagercmd.exe -install msmq-server msmq-directory

Installs the following components:

• [MSMQ-Server] – Message Queuing Server
• [MSMQ-Directory] – Directory Service Integration

CWA Server on Windows Server 2008
Servermanagercmd.exe -install web-windows-auth web-mgmt-compat web-mgmt-console web-http-logging

Installs the following components:

• [Web-Windows-Auth] – Windows Authentication
• [Web-Mgmt-Compat] – IIS 6 Management Compatibility
• [Web-Mgmt-Console] – IIS Management Console
• [Web-Http-Logging] – HTTP Logging

Mediation Server on Windows Server 2008
Servermanagercmd.exe -install rsat-addc

Installs the following components:

• [RSAT-ADDC] – Active Directory Domain Controller Tools

Post used as a reference for this post

http://waveformation.com/2009/06/02/installing-ocs-2007-r2-prerequisites-on-windows-server-2008/

Seems there is a bug in OCS 2007 R2 that makes the edge server behave strangely. You will fail validation, and you might also get a “Limited External calling” message in the OC client.

The solution is posted here:

http://unified-communications.blogspot.com/2009/01/ocs-2007-r2-and-localization.html

I have on a couple of occations now experienced problems with the services on OCS 2007 R2, when running on 2008 server. I seems that the services hang during boot, and this causes all other services to halt startup as well.

The first time i experienced this, the server seemed to hang on “Configuring updates” during boot, though this was not the case.

The solution has been to either set all OCS services to “Automatic (delayed startup)”, or to keep the front end service to “Automatic” and all other OCS services to delayed.

I dont know why this happens, and I haven’t been able to figure it out. If someone has an idea of why, please let me know.

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