This white paper is focused on the design and architecture of an OCS 2007 environment in an HP BladeSystem infrastructure. The document outlines a building block approach to deploying OCS on the HP BladeSystem and focuses on how the design decisions around levels of availability, scalability, and the OCS 2007 feature set impact the hardware that is deployed and the version of OCS that is used. The white paper also covers a brief overview of the Microsoft Unified Communications framework including Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Office Communications Server 2007 and an overview of the HP BladeSystem architecture and how the HP BladeSystem can help lower the total cost of ownership (TCO).
Designing a Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007
architecture with HP BladeSystem
Executive summary............................................................................................................................... 2 Microsoft Unified Communications......................................................................................................... 3 Microsoft Exchange Server 2007....................................................................................................... 3 Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.................................................................................... 5 Why HP BladeSystem for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007................................................... 7 Reducing the total cost of ownership with HP BladeSystem.................................................................... 8 HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture overview ................................................................................... 10 HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure ................................................................................................ 11 HP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure ................................................................................................ 13 Designing a Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 deployment with the HP BladeSystem.............. 15 OCS 2007 Standard Edition........................................................................................................... 16 OCS 2007 Enterprise Edition .......................................................................................................... 19 Conclusion........................................................................................................................................ 26 For more information.......................................................................................................................... 27 Executive summary
Through the years, the process of business communication has changed. From the handing out of written memos, to the telephone, and finally to email, each change in the communications medium has brought an exponential shift in the speed with which employees can communicate. Now a new model is beginning to emerge, unified communications. Microsoft®'s unified communications strategy is to bridge the gap between the messaging and telephony world. With Exchange Server 2007 and Office Communications Server 2007, Microsoft can streamline business communications to deliver voice, messaging, and video data as an integrated component of the applications that workers use to get their jobs done. While working on a document in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, a worker can view the presence information of the author and start a voice conversation to get more information, without ever picking up a phone. While away from the office, employee's can access their mailbox through a phone; and voice mail messages are delivered to their mailbox and accessible through their Microsoft Office Outlook client. While collaborating over instant messaging (IM), workers can decide to launch an ad-hoc web conference to share an Office PowerPoint presentation and discuss an upcoming meeting. With Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and the Office Communicator 2007 client, companies can realize these levels of interaction and provide faster forms of communication. Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 delivers instant messaging, presence, web conferencing, and Enterprise Voice, a voice over IP (VoIP) telephony solution. This white paper is focused on the design and architecture of an OCS 2007 environment in an HP BladeSystem infrastructure. The document outlines a building block approach to deploying OCS on the HP BladeSystem and focuses on how the design decisions around levels of availability, scalability, and the OCS 2007 feature set impact the hardware that is deployed and the version of OCS that is used. The white paper also covers a brief overview of the Microsoft Unified Communications framework including Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Office Communications Server 2007 and an overview of the HP BladeSystem architecture and how the HP BladeSystem can help lower the total cost of ownership (TCO).
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