Supportability for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 will reach end of support on January 9, 2018. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.
We are pleased to announce to our Microsoft Unified Communications customers that Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 is now supported by the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory directory service deployments when Office Communications Server 2007 R2 is installed on a domain member server that hosts the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system..
Author: Michael Adkins
**Publication date:**April 2010
**Product version:**Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 is now supported by the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory directory service deployments. They provide you with the added extensibility that Windows Server 2008 R2 has to offer for Unified Communications. Support for Windows Server 2008 R2 includes deployment in Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory forests and domains.
In general, the combination of Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 represents the most technically advanced deployment option for Microsoft Unified Communications deployment
What is supported for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and Windows Server 2008 R2?
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 can now be deployed as a member server role on a Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system. For details about deployment, see Supportability is Available for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Member Server Role on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=187952.
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat will function in a Windows Server 2008 R2 forest. For details, see Knowledge Base article 982021 “Supportability is available for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 member server role on a Windows Server 2008 operating system” at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=207545. Also, install the Office Communications Server R2 update from the “Group Chat Server 2007 R2” and “Group Chat Client 2007 R2” sections of the Updates Resource Center for Office Communications Server R2 at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=199488.
What is not supported for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and Windows Server 2008 R2?
Upgrading the operating system to Windows Server 2008 R2 for an existing installation of Office Communications Server 2007 R2 is not supported.
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administration tools will install only in native 32-bit or native 64-bit mode. Because of an application compatibility issue with Windows Server 2008 R2, installing 32-bit Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administration tools on 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system is not supported.
Deploying Speech Server 2007 on Windows Server 2008 R2 is not supported.
Summary
Moving forward with Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is a big step that can help ensure the mobility of Office Communications Server 2007 R2 deployments for customers of Microsoft Unified Communications.
If Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Office Communications Server 2007, or Office Communications Server 2005 doesn’t work correctly after you upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2, see Office Communications Server 2007 R2, OCS 2007 or LCS 2005 does not work correctly after you upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=187954.
Communications Server Resources
Visit the Communications Server main page at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=132607.
View the complete Communications Server documentation library at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=132106.
Download the Communications Server content as Word documents at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=133609.
Download the Communications Server documentation as a compiled Help file at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=160355. (Scroll down to the Additional Information section and download OCSDocumentation.chm.)
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