Live Communications Server 2005 SP1 Office Communications Server Matt Newton Network Engineer MicroMenders, Inc

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1 Live Communications Server 2005 SP1 Office Communications Server 2007 Matt Newton Network Engineer MicroMenders, Inc

2 Focus of this Presentation Of the Unified Communications and Collaboration capabilities, this presentation focuses on the following capabilities: Unified Communications and Collaboration Collaborative Workspaces and Portals Messaging Web Conferencing IM/Presence/ Voice Search 2

3 Agenda LCS 2005 SP1 Client Features and Capabilities LCS 2005 SP1 Server Features and Architecture Office Communications Server 2007 Preview

4 Live Communications Server 2005 SP1 Client Features and Capabilities

5 Microsoft Office Communicator Communicator Intuitive end-user experience

6 Connects People and Information in Real Time Enables users to share their desktop (or a portion of their desktop) with meeting participants Shares virtually any application Enables users to drag-anddrop 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

7 Remote Communication with Communicator Saves time by allowing instant communication and presence awareness Dramatically reduces communication costs Easily maintains and IM access to people and information with mobility solutions Effectively combines multiple modes of presence-based communications Enables access anywhere 7

8 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 8

9 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 timeconsuming tasks Remote Call Control capability Integrates telephony for end users and deploys IT 9

10 Unified Platform Integrated into the Microsoft Office System, Microsoft Windows, and other existing systems Integrated with public telephone networks to broaden the communication reach Allows users to initiate and receive communications online without leaving their business applications Integrated into the Microsoft Office System Displays presence information 10

11 Extending the Reach of UC Mobile-optimized client IM, presence, voice over IP PBX integration Runs on Windows Mobile Key client reach Browser optimization Communicator-like UI Broad browser support 11

12 Alex Hankin John Evans March 15, 2005 Vanessa Garcia Amy Alberts

13 Live Communications Server 2005 SP1 Server Features and Architecture

14 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 LCS 2005 Standard Edition Environnent Remote Users LCS 2005 SE SQL Access Proxy Logging/Archiving LCS Server Clients

15 Live Communications Server EE Enterprise Edition Topologies 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 LCS 2005 EE SQL SQL Cluster (optional) LCS 2005 EE SQL LCS 2005 EE Load Balancer Load Balancer Remote Users LCS 2005 EE Access Proxy

16 Live Communications Server 2005 Direct Federation Between Organizations Enterprise A Enterprise B LCS 2005 LCS 2005 Access Proxy LCS 2005 Access Proxy LCS 2005 LCS Clients LCS Clients Manage connected environments to 2 or more organizations Ability to specify shared certificates and user access

17 Remote User Scenario (without VPN) Enterprise A MTLS TLS User C LCS 2005 LCS 2005 Access Proxy User E User F User D Office Communicator Clients User A User B SIP over TLS tunneling via port 5061 or 443 No VPN required, authentication at the Access Proxy

18 Public IM Connectivity LCS users are able to conduct business with MSN, AOL and Yahoo IM users Corporate identity management Internal & Public IM Contacts Logging and archiving Single Client Experience No 3 rd party gateways required Icon/graphics support Sharing of presence info Rich Admin Controls On/off switch per Public IM network Encryption of all messages

19 Live Communications Server 2005 Administration Resource View Server and Server Pool Management List of Technical Documentation Task pane

20 Live Communications Server 2005 Administration Status View Manage LCS 2003 & 2005 Environment Extensible Data Pane Topology pane

21 Live Communications Server 2005 Secure Transport Layer Security (TLS) connections Audio/Video privacy using RTP/LCP encryption Kerberos and NTLM for client authentication Improved Management Platform Connectivity 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 Remote Connectivity Architecture Enhancements 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

22 Telephony Integration* SIP IM/Presence and Telephony Infrastructures Side By Side AD LDAP PBX Directory PBX LCS 2005 SIP Proxy SIP/CSTA Gateway Telephone Presence Store PSTN Gateway SIP Proprietary Signaling *PBX integration and PSTN conferencing integration will require the purchase of a LCS Telephony CAL. PSTN Conference Bridge/CENTREX

23 Remote Call Control Legacy telephone system Live Communications Server 2005 CTI Link PSTN PBX Phone PBX Remote call control with third-party legacy PBX through third-party CTI link (CSTA interface) 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 PSTN phone

24 Office Communications Server 2007 Technology and Capabilities Preview

25 Microsoft s Unified Communications PSTN PSTN/SIP Gateway Mediation Server Office Communications Server 2007 IP telephone Office Communicator with USB headset Exchange Server 2007 Office Communicator with USB handset Remote Workers Internet PBX Media Relay Access Proxy Roundtable

26 Office Communicator 2007 Core Improvements 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

27 Office Communications Server 2007 Technology and Capabilities Preview Clients and Features

28 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 adding a subject line to calls and seamless local or remote user access without a VPN

29 New Communicator Clients USB Handset

30 New Communicator Clients USB Earbud

31 New Communicator Clients Communicator Phone Edition

32 Office Communications Server 2007 Technology and Capabilities Preview Server Architecture

33 Basic Server Roles Server Role Scenario Purpose Standard Edition IM/Presence Conferencing Voice All-in-one functionality for simplest deployments Edge Server Archiving Server IM/Presence Conferencing Voice IM/Presence Conferencing Voice Perimeter Network based relay for external/anonymous access, federation, media firewall traversal 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 Presentation Slides

34 Office Communications Server 2007 Simple Topology Deployment Scenario Medium business, or Enterprise small/initial/regional deployment Functionality All 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) Few thousand users (goal)

35 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 Server Roles can be co-located on a single box

36 Edge Server Basics 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

37 Edge Server Roles Server Role Traffic Type When is it required? Access Edge Server (aka Access Proxy) Web Conferencing Edge Server (aka Data Proxy) A/V Conferencing Edge Server (aka Media Relay) Reverse Proxy (e.g. ISA Server) SIP PSOM STUN/RTP HTTPS All external scenarios IM/Presence External User Data Conferencing External User A/V Conferencing External Internal user P2P Calling OC: DL Expansion OC: ABS Download Console: Slides Who talks to it internally Director/Front End/Back End Web Conferencing Server (aka Data MCU) AV Conferencing Server (aka AV MCU) Communicator Client Web Server

38 Edge Server Ports and Protocols

39 Office Communications Server 2007 Technology and Capabilities Preview Voice Architecture

40 Traditional Network Components Circa > Today

41 Network Components Introducing Exchange 2007 UM

42 Network Components Introducing Office Communications Server 2007

43 Full UC Deployment No Legacy Communications Infrastructure

44 Microsoft UC Quality of Experience A new approach to voice quality Comprehensive, user-focused approach to perceived quality Centered on users, incorporating all significant parameters of user experience Smart, adaptive end-points End-points with real time capability to monitor, pilot, optimize and deliver UC QoE Real time metrics of actual experience Measuring, quantifying and monitoring the user s subjective experience Media stack optimized for unmanaged IP networks Rich application that takes real time adaptive and corrective actions to continuously optimize the user s subjective experience on any network