Installing Office Communications Server 2007 1

[JonathanMortimer]

Hi,

I have got as far as requiring a certificate, however I am not sure how to acquire one (our main server does not export them in the correct .pfx format).

We have a main server (Windows Server 2003 Small Business Server) which I assume is where I would get our certificate from, Communications Server 2007 is to be installed on a separate server (Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise).

Can someone please advise me on how to proceed?

 

[mrdenny]

You'll either need to install Certificate Services on one of the servers, probably the SBS server, and have that machine issue you a certificate, or you can purchase a cert from a company (godaddy.com, rapidssl.com, etc).

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[JonathanMortimer]

Thank you very much Mr Denny, this is just the information I needed.

 

[JonathanMortimer]

OK, I managed the Certificates part fine, however I now have an error during the Active Directory replication check - in the Deployment Log under Check Server State / Check Product ID it states "Failure [0xC3EC794B] Specified role doesn't match the installed product ID."
I am not sure what this means as I have followed the install procedure exactly, all previous stages have passed.

Is this something to be concerned about? Will the Server work despite this? What can I do to clear the fault?

Thanks for your input!

 

[JonathanMortimer]

Ah, not to worry, I found the answer in one of the comments on this page here:

http://www.confusedamused.com/notebook/ocs-2007-installation-part-2/

I had got confused between Standard Edition (se) and Enterprise Edition (ee) as I am running Standard Edition Comms Server on Enterprise Edition Server!

 

[JonathanMortimer]

Next question / problem...

I have installed and configured Server and the client, but when I try to connect I am told that the certificate could not be verified. Any ideas?

 

[58sniper]

You might try asking in forum1709

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http://www.ucblogs.net/blogs/exchange/

 

[JonathanMortimer]

Thanks sniper, have done so. I searched and looked down the list, obviously just must have missed that forum.