Installing Administrative Tools

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.

If you are managing Office Communications Server 2007 from a server that is running Office Communications Server 2007, administrative tools are installed and available for use (appropriate to the role of the server, as described in the Administrative Tools Overview section of this guide. If you want to install the administrative tools on another computer, such as a management console from which you want to centrally manage Office Communications Server 2007 servers and users, you can use the Deployment Wizard to install the following administrative tools:

• Office Communications Server 2007 administrative snap-in.

• Office Communications Server 2007 management components for Active Directory Users and Computers (available only on computers running Active Directory Users and Computers).

• Office Communications Server 2007 snap-in extension for the Computer Management console (to use the Connect to another computer option in Computer Management to connect to a server running Office Communications Server 2007 and manage it remotely).

• LcsCmd.exe command-line tool.

Use the following procedure to install the Office Communications Server 2007 administrative tools on a computer that meets the system requirements described in the Management Platforms section of this guide.