No. it's a different kind of edge server. -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 4:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: A new challenge for me...
New territory here. From what I've read, an Edge server normally refers to an Exchange environment. Is what's being proposed here an extension of my Exchange 2003 environment? Kurt On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 13:30, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes. Setup OCS2007r2. Then setup an Edge server. The Edge server > will do Audio/Video conferencing. Microsoft strongly suggests you > haev an ISA server in front but you can do it without an ISA server. > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> Unknown. I have zero experience or knowledge of it. >> >> Will it work in a DMZ? The reason I ask is that for the folks out of >> the country, the CEO is likely to want to videoconference with them >> while they are at their homes - that is, the CEO would be in the >> office, the others at their homes off-hours, at least some times. >> Thus, they won't have a VPN connection - we have a SonicWall SSL VPN >> unit here, which is not really amenable to forwarding a chat/video >> session.. >> >> Kurt >> >> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 13:02, Don Guyer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Will Office Communication Server take care of that? >>> >>> Don Guyer >>> Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & >>> Roach/Trident Group >>> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue >>> Devon, PA 19333 >>> Direct: (610) 993-3299 >>> Fax: (610) 650-5306 >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 3:58 PM >>> To: NT System Admin Issues >>> Subject: A new challenge for me... >>> >>> Our new CEO want her direct reports to use Live Messenger accounts >>> for IM/chat, and a couple of them (out of the country) to have web >>> cam conferencing. >>> >>> This, of course, means poking holes in the firewall and installing >>> the client, both of which I'm not happy about. Does anyone have some >>> arguments as to why this isn't a good idea? >>> >>> Along with that, does anyone have thoughts on something I could >>> install (probably in a DMZ) to provide this service? >>> >>> Open Source is definitely not out of the question, as far as I'm >>> concerned, but commercial is fine too. >>> >>> Kurt >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
