Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Hotfix KB 975611

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Version:
6907.56

Knowledge Base (KB) Articles:
KB975611

Date Published:
10/27/2009

Language:
English

Download Size:
378 KB - 53.8 MB*

Issues that this update package fixes

This update package fixes the following issues:

975892 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975892/ ) Error message when you send a meeting request for a conference call that is hosted in Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Enterprise Edition

975894 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975894/ ) Event ID 44031 for trusted domains is logged frequently in Office Communications Server 2007 R2

This cumulative update also includes the following previously released updates:

968955 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968955/ ) A computer that is running Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Audio/Video Conferencing Edge Server crashes when it tries to process a Relay NAT message

972714 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972714/ ) Two users unexpectedly join the same conference when they try to join separate conferences in Office Communications Server 2007 R2

972709 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972709/ ) Error message when a SIP message request is sent from a federated partner in Communications Server 2007 R2: "500: Server Internal Error"

972700 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972700/ ) When Office Communications Server 2007 R2 routes a voice mail call to an Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging server, the corresponding invitation message does not indicate that the request originates from Office Communications Server

971844 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971844/ ) No calling party name appears in Communicator 2007 R2 when a Private Branch Exchange telephone user calls a Communications Server 2007 R2 user

971845 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971845/ ) The delegate permissions feature in Office Communicator 2007 R2 is unavailable to non-unified communications users

968879 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968879/ ) You cannot forward a call between federated users in Communications Server 2007 R2

968938 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968938/ ) The Communications Server 2007 R2 - A/V Edge Authentication Server does not recognize a token request if the locale for RTCProxyService is not en-US/409

969010 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969010/ ) Communications Server 2007 R2 performance counters are missing in Performance Monitor

968910 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968910/ ) Communications Server 2007 does not detect the changes when Unified Messaging dial plans or UM servers are added

This update package fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

• The license expiration date for Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2 Evaluation Edition was calculated incorrectly. This causes OCS 2007 R2 Evaluation Edition to expire on July 13, 2009. This update fixes the license expiration date calculation for the OCS 2007 R2 Evaluation Edition. By downloading this update, the expiration date will be calculated correctly, based on the installation date of the server.
• Earlier updates of OCS 2007 R2 required Microsoft Message Queuing to be installed on OCS 2007 R2 Enterprise Edition Distributed – Front End or the OCS 2007 R2 Standard Edition. This update removes that requirement.
• The RTC Media Relay driver in OCS Edge Server has also been updated this update.

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Hotfix KB 972884

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Version:
6907.56

Knowledge Base (KB) Articles:
KB972884

Date Published:
10/27/2009

Language:
English

Download Size:
9.9 MB

Issues that this update fixes

This cumulative update fixes the following issues:

• 976045 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976045/ ) Error message when you try to add a contact to Outlook in Communicator 2007 R2: "Cannot connect to Microsoft Office Outlook to add a contact because Outlook is not responding"

• 976046 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976046/ ) Hyperlinks are converted to lowercase if you send them in an instant message as text in Communicator 2007 R2

• 976048 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976048/ ) Error message when you log off, restart, or shut down a computer that is running Communicator 2007 R2: "End Program - Communicator"

• 976050 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976050/ ) When you answer an incoming call on a device that uses a simultaneous ring number, Office Communicator 2007 R2 generates a missed call notification

• 976051 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976051/ ) The Communicator 2007 R2 screen freezes intermittently for several seconds when you are in an audio or a video conferencing session

• 976052 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976052/ ) The display name of a contact is unresolved when you send a meeting request in Communicator 2007 R2

• 976054 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976054/ ) Audio skips in Communicator 2007 R2 during Communicator calls or during Public Switched Telephone Network calls on a computer that is running Windows Vista

This cumulative update, together with update 969696 and update 969821, fixes the following issue:

• 971628 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971628/ ) When a delegate on behalf of a manager tries to use the Conferencing Add-in for Outlook to schedule a live meeting or to schedule a conference, the delegate's information instead of manager's information displays in the conferencing request unexpectedly

  Note To resolve this issue, you must apply update 969695, update 969696, and update 969821.
  For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  969696 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969696/ ) Description of the update for Live Meeting Conferencing Add-in for Outlook: July 2009

  969821 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969821/ ) Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2: July, 2009

This cumulative update also includes the following previously released updates:

• 971843 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971843/ ) Enterprise administrators cannot both set and enforce the Personal Information Manager settings for Outlook Integration to be able to turn off Outlook Integration for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2

• 972085 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972085/ ) Error message when you start Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2: "Either there is no default mail client or the current mail client cannot fulfill the message request. Please run Microsoft Office Outlook and set it as the default mail client."

• 972087 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972087/ ) In Communicator 2007 R2 when you use Tanjay to call a user, you hear both the ringing and the audio from the user side

• 972090 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972090/ ) Your voice is discontinuous when you use Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 to make a call on a Windows 7 or a Windows Server 2008 R2-based remote desktop

• 972091 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972091/ ) Error message in Communicator 2007 R2 when you try to join a conference call from Outlook: "Can't open the program because Office Communicator or Office Communications Server Attendant is already running on your windows user account"

• 971845 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971845/ ) The delegate permissions feature in Office Communicator 2007 R2 is unavailable to non-unified communications users

• 971846 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971846/ ) Video frames are not displayed in Office Communicator 2007 R2 on a Windows XP-based computer

• 972093 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972093/ ) Error message when you try to adjust the volume during a call in a Communicator 2007 R2 conversation window on a computer that is running Windows XP: "Cannot adjust the speaker volume"

• 972097 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972097/ ) Error message when distribution group expansion fails in Office Communicator 2007 R2: "Cannot save a local copy of your distribution groups."

• 972099 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972099/ ) A "Meet Now - Invite by Email" HTML e-mail message that is generated by Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 has unreadable text in the message body

• 972403 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972403/ ) Communicator 2007 R2 users may experience network performance issues that are caused by Global address list (GAL) full file download or GAL delta file download

• 971844 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971844/ ) No name appears in Communicator 2007 R2 when a Private Branch Exchange telephone user calls a Communications Server 2007 R2 user

• 971078 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971078/ ) An Automatic Update download is not initiated on a computer that is running Office Communicator 2007 R2 build 3.5.6907.9

• 968504 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968504/ ) Description of the Communicator 2007 R2 update for Microsoft Online Services

• 968623 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968623/ ) You experience one-way audio when LG-Nortel IP8540 or Polycom CX700 phones are used in an Audio Video call on Windows XP

• 968624 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968624/ ) Error events occur when you disconnect a computer that is running Communicator 2007 R2 from the network: "Event ID: 3" or "Event ID: 7"

• 968625 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968625/ ) Description of a hotfix that applies the initial changes for the integration of Office Communicator 2007 R2 and the next version of Office after the Office 2007 release

• 968628 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968628/ ) Communicator 2007 R2 stores the Actual Remote Number (The number that is dialed) for outgoing calls to a remote party

• 968631 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968631/ ) The font in the Conversation window is very small when you run Office Communicator 2007 R2 on a Windows Vista-based computer that has high DPI (120 DPI) with Internet Explorer 8 installed

• 968632 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968632/ ) You cannot click the password field and enter a password when you sign in to Office Communicator 2007 R2

• 968634 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968634/ ) Description of Office Communicator 2007 R2 update to support Polycom roundtable devices

• 968690 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968690/ ) In Office Communicator 2007 R2, User A gets a failure-to-deliver message after sending an IM to User B even though User B receives the message

New version: Office Communicator Phone Edition (2007 R2)

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Version:
6907.55

Knowledge Base (KB) Articles:
KB977065

Date Published:
10/27/2009

Language:
English

Download Size:
12.9 MB

Issues that this update package fixes

This update package fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

• When you connect your IP phone through the Internet, the telephone call logs are not populated with received or dialed calls.
• When you block a contact, you cannot call that contact from the Contact List.
• After you apply the update package in KB 972398 to your IP phone, the telephone performance becomes slow. The response time of the dial pad also becomes slow

Overview

This download was originally released on February 1, 2009. For a complete list of fixes and changes in this latest version, please see KB article 977065.
Office Communicator Phone Edition, which provides a rich, Office Communicator-like user experience on select standalone IP phones from Microsoft partners (e.g., LG-Nortel IP 8540 and Polycom CX700), has been updated with new functionality that provides an enhanced user experience on these phones:

• Single sign-in. Users can now connect their Office Communicator Phone Edition phone to their computer with a USB cable and sign in to both their phone and Office Communicator 2007 R2 at the same time.
• Integration with Office Communicator 2007 R2 on the PC. Users can now click a contact or phone number in their Office Communicator 2007 R2 contact list on their PC to place a call using their Office Communicator Phone Edition phone. Call controls are synchronized on both the phone and Office Communicator on the PC. If their PC is configured with a webcam, users can escalate the call by adding video.
• Support for new Office Communications Server 2007 R2 voice features. New call delegation, team calling and Response Group service functionality in Office Communications Server 2007 R2 are also supported in Office Communicator Phone Edition.
• Audio quality enhancements. Latency, audio quality and call setup time have all been improved.
• User interface enhancements. The user interface has been improved and streamlined. For example, a Redial button enables users to easily redial the last dialed number, searching through the corporate directory is easier, and users can select from one of four ring tones.
• Office Live Meeting support. Users can now use their Office Communicator Phone Edition phone as an audio device in Office Live Meeting.

FIX for OCS: kb974571 MS09-056: Vulnerabilities in CryptoAPI could allow spoofing

Resolution for the known issue

A fix that resolves this issue is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. To obtain the fix, visit the following Microsoft Web page:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=168248 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=168248)

The fix (OCSASNFix.exe) is governed by the Microsoft Software License Agreement for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Office Communications Server 2007, Live Communications Server 2005, Office Communicator 2007 R2, Office Communicator 2007, and Office Communicator 2005.
This fix works for both clients and servers, and it is applicable to the following roles for all versions of Office Communications Server and Live Communications Server 2005 SP1 and for evaluation versions of Office Communicator:

• Standard Edition Server
• Director server role
• Enterprise Edition Consolidated
• Enterprise Edition Distributed – Front End
• Edge Server
• Proxy server role
• Office Communicator 2007 Evaluation version only
• Office Communicator 2007 R2 Evaluation version only
• Office Communicator 2005 Evaluation version only

To run the fix, type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER:

ocsasnfix.exe

When you run the command on a computer that is running Office Communication Server 2007, Office Communication Server 2007 R2, or Live Communications server 2005 Service Pack 1, you receive a message that resembles the following:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974571

If you are using non US Explorer, this is the link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974571/en-us

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Office Communications Server 2007 Visio stencil

Use the Office Communications Server 2007 Visio stencil to create your own diagrams of Office Communications Server topologies using Visio.

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New: Office Communications Server Public IM Connectivity Provisioning Guide

Updated: October 2009

This document describes the requirements and processes for provisioning public instant messaging (IM) connectivity for Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Office Communications Server 2007, and Live Communications Server 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

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Office Communications Server Public IM Connectivity Provisioning PIC

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After installing KB974571 the OCS server might stop working

After installing KB974571 the OCS server might stop working with events like this (se below)

The solution for now, is to remove KB974571 again and stop automatic install update if it’s turn on. just do the setting “download but let me choose when to install them” for now.

After removing KB974571 you need to restart the server.

Event Type:    Error
Event Source:    OCS Server
Event Category:    (1000)
Event ID:    12290
Date:        16-10-2009
Time:        19:47:41
User:        N/A
Computer:    XXXXXXXX
Description:
The evaluation period for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007  has expired. Please upgrade from the evaluation version to the full released version of the product.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type:    Error
Event Source:    OCS Server
Event Category:    (1000)
Event ID:    12299
Date:        16-10-2009
Time:        19:47:41
User:        N/A
Computer: XXXXXXXXX   

Description:
The service is shutting down due to an internal error.

Error Code: C3E93C23 (SIPPROXY_E_INVALID_INSTALLATION_DATA)
Resolution:
Check the previous event log entries and resolve them. Restart the server. If the problem persists contact Product Support Services.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Update Update :)

Update: client update, this is not the case (or at least not on my XP client)

But on my Windows 7 it’s a problem having kb974571 installed  

User desktop that has the KB974571 installed will not be able to login.
Remove the KB974571 from the desktop PC and restart, this should fix the problem.

Source for some of the information on this blog: http://golumolu.in/blogwp/2009/10/ocs-front-end-service-stopped-with-service-specific-error-3286842403-0xc3e93c23-due-to-windows-update-kb974571/

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Operations Manager 2007 R2 Management Pack

The Operations Manager 2007 R2 Management Pack alerts you to problems with components such as agents, management servers, the Operations Manager database, agents, modules used by workflows and services so that you can continue to monitor the servers and clients that your business depends on.
The management pack includes tasks that you can automate to get easy access to common diagnostic tools, such as restarting a health service or reloading an agent configuration.
Feature Summary
The Operations Manager 2007 R2 Management Packs includes the following features:

• Local and Remote Monitoring of an Agent’s Health
  • Operations Manager agents monitor themselves for events and performance indicators that signal an issue with the agent’s health.
  • Management servers also maintain an external perspective of an agent’s health via the Health Service Watcher.
  • The ‘Agent Health State’ view provides a side-by-side dashboard of both perspectives on the agent.
• Optional, Automatic Agent Remediation Capabilities
  • If the Health Service Watcher determines that an agent is unhealthy, a series of diagnostics and recoveries can be enabled to further diagnose the problem and event take actions to attempt to fix the problem (e.g. Ping the server to see if it is completely offline, start a stopped agent, trigger a reinstall, etc.). Refer to the management pack guide for more details.
  • Agents are monitoring their own process to ensure that memory utilization is not sustained at unacceptable levels. If this condition is detected then the agent will automatically restart itself to force the freeing up of memory.
• Detection of Problems and Misconfigurations with Run As Accounts and Profiles
  • Checks are run on a regular basis to detect if any of the management group’s “Windows” type Run As Accounts have credentials which are about to expire. Alerts will be raised, and where possible this will be done in advance of the credentials expiring to avoid outages.
  • Alerts will be raised if any errors are encountered during the distribution of Run As Accounts.
• Monitoring of problems with Running Workflows in Management Packs
  • Numerous rules are provided to detect if workflows within management packs are failing. Examples of workflows include discoveries, rules, monitors, etc. Failures can range from bad configurations on the workflows themselves, script failures, permissions problems, etc.

 

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Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 XMPP Gateway

Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) Gateway enables users to share presence information and communicate via instant messaging (IM) between Office Communications Server and XMPP-based providers and servers, such as Google Talk and Jabber. After XMPP Gateway is deployed in an Office Communications Server environment, users hosted on Office Communications Server can do the following:

· Add or delete users of an XMPP environment as contacts.

· Communicate with users of an XMPP environment through one-on-one IM conversations.

· For details about XMPP Gateway, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=141529.