How to: Connect to Another Administration Computer

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You can administer multiple computers running Speech Server from one unified console with the Speech Server??Administrator console. It is not necessary to connect the console to each computer running Speech Server to administer it locally. However, you might have more than one administration computer with its own console settings that you use to manage and configure different Speech Server deployment groups. If this is the case, you can use the Speech Server Administrator console to connect to other administration computers and virtually manage their groups from one location.

Important

The Speech Server Administrator console can only connect to administration computers that are running Windows Server 2003 and have the Speech Server Administrative Tools installed. For more information, see How to: Install Administrative Tools. You must also be a member of the local Administrator group on the administration computer to which you are connecting.

Connecting to Another Administration Computer

To connect to another administration computer

  1. Open the Speech Server Administrator console.

    For more information, see How to: Start the Speech Server Administrator Console.

  2. In the console tree, right-click Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Speech Server, and then click Select Administration Computer.

  3. In the Select Administration Computer dialog box, select Another computer, type the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address of another administration computer, and then click OK.

    The Administrator console now displays the deployment groups and SIP peers that are managed from the connected administration computer.

To connect to another administration computer from the command prompt

  1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.

  2. At the command prompt, type cd "%programfiles%\Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Speech Server\Common\Management", and then press ENTER.

  3. Type mss.msc /computer=computerName, where computerName is the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address of another administration computer, and then press ENTER.

To reconnect to the local administration computer

  1. Open the Speech Server Administrator console.

    For more information, see How to: Start the Speech Server Administrator Console.

  2. In the console tree, right-click Speech Server, and then click Select Administration Computer.

  3. In the Select Administration Computer dialog box, select Local computer, and then click OK.

    The Administrator console now displays the deployment groups and SIP peers that are managed from the local computer.