Response Group Service Clients
by Nirav Kamdar, Rajesh Ramanathan, Rick Kingslan, Rui Maximo
Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Resource Kit
- Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Resource Kit
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- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. Overview and Architecture
- 1. Overview of Office Communications Server 2007 R2
- 2. New Features Overview
- New Features
- Call Delegation
- Team Ring
- Group Chat
- Desktop Sharing
- Desktop Sharing Requirements
- Desktop Sharing Features
- Audio Conferencing
- Server Applications
- Sample Scenarios
- Outside Voice Control
- SIP Trunking
- Enhanced Media
- Simplified Firewall Configuration for the A/V Edge Server
- Presence Enhancements
- Archiving, CDR, and QoE Enhancements
- Simplified Management
- Technical Overview
- Summary
- Additional Resources
- New Features
- 3. Server Roles
- 4. Infrastructure and Security Considerations
- Infrastructure and Security Considerations
- Understanding How Office Communications Server Takes Advantage of Active Directory
- Using DNS to Publish Office Communications Server
- Securing Office Communications Server with PKI
- Scaling with SQL Server
- Building Redundancy with Hardware Load Balancing
- Bridging VoIP to the PSTN Network by Using a Media Gateway
- Firewall Scenarios and Configuration
- Summary
- Additional Resources
- II. Key Usage Scenarios
- 5. Basic IM and Presence Scenarios
- Understanding the Login Process
- Why Talk About the Login Process?
- A Login Scenario
- The Technical Details Behind the Login Process
- How Presence Information Is Shared
- What Is Presence?
- A Presence Sharing Scenario
- Technical Details Behind the Presence Sharing Scenario
- Step 1: What Happens During Looking Up a Contact
- Step 2: What Happens When Adding a Contact
- Step 3: What Happens When Subscribing for Presence and Receiving an Offline Notification
- Step 4: What Happens When the Contact Logs In and Updated Presence Is Received
- Step 5: What Happens When Controlling the Access Level of a Contact
- Instant Messaging
- Summary
- Additional Resources
- Understanding the Login Process
- 6. Conferencing Scenarios
- Understanding Conferencing User Types
- Understanding Conferencing User Roles
- Understanding Conference Security and Access Types
- Understanding Conferencing Media Types
- Multiparty Instant Messaging
- Data Collaboration
- Audio and Video Conferencing
- Audio Conferencing Provider Support
- Understanding Communicator Web Access Server R2
- Support for Distribution Groups
- Audio Conferencing
- Desktop Sharing
- Hosting for Dial-in Audio Conferencing Web Page
- Configuring Communicator Web Access Server R2
- Examining the Technical Details Behind Conferencing Scenarios
- Understanding the Conferencing Architecture
- Understanding the Conference Life Cycle
- Examining the Technical Details Behind Web Conferencing
- Meeting Policy and Policy Enforcement
- Summary
- Additional Resources
- 7. Remote Access and Federation Scenarios
- Understanding Basic Remote Access Topologies
- Single Edge Server Topology
- Scaled Single-Site Edge Server Topology
- Multisite Edge Server Topology
- Understanding Basic Remote Access Scenarios
- Understanding Office Communicator Web Access 2007 R2
- Understanding Federation
- Understanding the Requirements for and Use of Certificates in Federation
- Understanding On-Premises Conferencing Rules for Federated and Nonfederated Users
- Configuring and Administering Federation
- Examining the Technical Details Behind the Federation Scenario
- Summary
- Additional Resources
- 8. Public IM Connectivity Scenarios
- What Is Public IM Connectivity?
- Public IM Connectivity Scenarios
- Configuring Public IM Connectivity
- Enabling Federation with Public IM Service Providers
- Step 1: Provision of Federation with the Public IM Service Providers
- Step 2: Configure DNS for the Access Edge Server
- Step 3: obtain a Public Certificate
- Step 4: Configure the Access Edge Server for Federation
- Step 5: Enable Connections to Public IM Service Providers
- Step 6: Authorize Users for Public IM Connectivity
- Provisioning Federation with the Public IM Service Providers
- Enabling Connections to Public IM Service Providers
- Considerations Involving Public IM Providers
- Existing Accounts on Provider Networks
- Capacity Planning Considerations
- Security Considerations
- Considerations Involving Media Sharing
- Authorizing Users for Public IM Connectivity
- Technical Details Behind the Public IM Connectivity Scenarios
- Scenario one: Adding a Contact in office Communicator 2007
- Step 1: Specify Recipient’s Account
- Step 2: Recipient’s Presence Displayed as Unknown
- Step 3: Recipient’s Account Added as a Contact
- Step 4: Recipient’s Presence Displayed as offline
- Step 5: Recipient Receives Notification
- Step 6: Recipient Adds a User to the Buddy List
- Step 7: Recipient’s Presence Displayed as Online
- Scenario Two: Sending a Single Message
- Scenario one: Adding a Contact in office Communicator 2007
- Summary
- Additional Resources
- 9. Remote Call Control Scenarios
- 10. Dual Forking Scenarios
- 11. VoIP Scenarios
- 12. Voice Mail Scenarios
- 13. Enterprise Voice Application Scenarios
- What Is Enterprise Voice?
- Overview of Enterprise Voice Scenarios
- Examining the Technical Details Behind Enterprise Voice Scenarios
- Configuring Enterprise Voice Applications
- Configuring the Response Group Service
- Terminology
- Overview of the Management Model
- Installing the Response Group Service
- Deploying a Response Group
- Step 1: Create the Contact Objects to be Used for your Response Groups
- Step 2: Define the Set of Agents, Groups, and Queues that Handle Calls Received by the Response Groups
- Step 3: Select and Configure the Response Group Template for Definition of the Caller Experience
- Step 4: Deploy the Office Communicator Tab for Formal Agents
- Step 1: Contact Object Creation
- Step 2: Agents, Groups, and Queue Configuration
- Step 3: Template Selection and Configuration
- Step 4: Deploying the Agent Tab for Formal Agents
- Configuring Conferencing Attendant
- Configuring the Response Group Service
- Summary
- Additional Resources
- 5. Basic IM and Presence Scenarios
- III. Planning and Deployment
- 14. Planning Example
- Defining a Statement of Work
- Gathering and Defining Business Requirements
- Mapping Business Requirements to Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Features
- Determining Interoperational Requirements
- Performing a Gap Analysis
- Architectural Design of the Solution
- Output to the Deployment Team for Development of the Deployment Plan
- Summary
- Additional Resources
- 15. Deployment Example
- 14. Planning Example
- IV. Operations and Administration
- 16. Monitoring
- 17. Backup and Restore
- Planning for Backup and Restore
- Restoring Service
- Verifying Restoration Prerequisites
- Installing Restoration Tools
- Restoring Data
- Restoring Settings
- Re-creating Enterprise Pools
- Reassigning Users
- Restoring Domain Information
- Restoring Sites
- Step 1: Determine the Recovery Support to Be Provided by the Secondary Site
- Step 2: Create a Deployment Plan and Restoration Strategy for the Secondary Site
- Step 3: Set Up the Secondary Site
- Step 4: Prepare the Primary Site to Support Recovery at the Secondary Site
- Step 5: Maintain the Secondary Site
- Step 6: Validate Site Recovery Capabilities by Simulating an Outage
- Step 7: Bring the Secondary Site Online
- Step 8: Restore the Primary Site and Bring It Back Online
- Summary
- Additional Resources
- 18. Administration
- Configuring Global Settings
- Configuring Enterprise Voice Settings
- Configuring Policy-Specific Settings
- Configuring Service Connection Point Settings
- Configuring Trusted Server Settings
- Configuring User-Specific Settings
- Configuring Conference Directory Settings
- Configuring Application Contact Object Settings
- Configuring Conference Auto Attendant Settings
- Configuring Pool Settings
- Configuring Server Settings
- Configuring Settings for All Servers
- Configuring Settings for Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition Servers
- Configuring Application Server Settings
- Configuring Archiving Settings
- Configuring Monitoring Server Settings
- Configuring Conferencing Server Settings
- Configuring Communicator Web Access Server Settings
- Configuring Mediation Server Settings
- Configuring Edge Server Settings
- Configuring Federation Settings
- Migrating to Office Communications Server 2007 R2
- Summary
- Additional Resources
- Configuring Global Settings
- 19. Client and Device Administration
- Office Communicator 2007 R2
- Office Live Meeting 2007 R2
- Multiple Client Installation Script
- Group Policy for Unified Communications Clients
- Response Group Service Clients
- Communicator Phone Edition
- RoundTable Management
- Summary
- Additional Resources
- V. Technical Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
- 20. Diagnostic Tools and Resources
- Identifying Diagnostic Tools by Scenario
- Using Server Setup Logs
- Using Event Logs
- Using the Validation Wizard
- Using Client and Server Trace Logs
- Using Snooper
- Using Best Practices Analyzer
- Summary
- Additional Resources
- 21. Troubleshooting Problems
- 22. Routing and Authentication
- 20. Diagnostic Tools and Resources
- A. About the Authors
- B. System Requirements
- Index
- About the Authors
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The Response Group Service is an optional Office Communications Server 2007 R2 application that is installed by default. It offers organizations a solution for deploying and administering a voice hunt group and basic Interactive Voice Response (IVR) routing.
The Response Group Service is a server application that routes voice calls to a specific group of agents and that is configured by an administrator. For example, upon receiving a customer call for a particular number, the Response Group Service is responsible for finding an available agent to take the customer call.
The following are the supported Response Group Service clients:
Caller side:
PSTN client
Office Communicator 2007
Office Communicator 2007 R2
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Attendant Console
Office Communicator 2007 R2 Phone Edition
Agent side:
Office Communicator 2007 R2
Agent Communications Panel for Dynamics CRM 4.0
Office Communicator 2007 R2 Phone Edition
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