OCS 2007 Edge Server Deployment (OCS_EdgeServerDeploy.doc) - Updated Oct 2007 - delete your old copies from July 2007!

Download the October 2007 version and delete the version that came out in late July 2007.

Unfortunately, it is still distributed inside the Office Communications Server and Client Documentation Rollup MSI that you can download from Microsoft. The MSI has never been updated to include the new documents that have been updated since the original July 27, 2007 release.

A good example of one of the changes in the October 2007 document, and where the original July 2007 version is incorrect:

The documentation in the July 2007 edition says:

1. To set the external URL for the Web farm, type the following command:
Lcscmd /web /action:updateexternalpoolurls /externalwebfqdn: /poolname:

The documentation in the October 2007 edition says:

1. To set the external URL for the Web farm, type the following command:
Lcscmd /web /action:updatepoolurls /externalwebfqdn: /poolname:

Guess which one actually works?

Hardcore OCS wizards would, of course, fire up wbemtest.exe and directly set the WMI variables, but I like command line tools better.

Resolution #1 in KB 938288, is a good example of WMI editing for Office Communications Server 2007.