If you’ve loaded up OCS 2007 R2 Edge services on Server 2008 you might have noticed something strange. What happened the management tools?!
First, OCS 2007 R2 no longer installs the management tools by default for any server role. You can run the admintools.msi or choose to install them from the first screen of the OCS setup menu. “Administrative Tools” is in the righthand column. Even then, you need to use Computer Management for the Edge Server role.
Most people I see are installing OCS 2007 R2 on Server 2008. This complicates things a bit in that right-clicking Computer and choosing “manage” no longer brings you to the same screen. More importantly, there’s no way to manage OCS Edge from there. Instead you’ll need to load the compmgmt.msc console (Start->Run->compmgmt.msc). This will give you a more familar interface and one that has the OCS Edge management console under Services and Applications then Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
That’s it!
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