Lots of customers would like to know which major changes Microsoft has made to their existing OCS infrastructure (OCS 2007) vs OCS 2007 R2. Let make a very short list for you. Enjoy it and feel free to leave some comments if you like.
Update Server:
The Update Server no longer requires Windows SharePoint Services
Roles impacted: Front End, Web Components, Reverse Proxy
Comments: A file share is used instead to store image updates which are published through a virtual directory on the Web Components server and through the Firewall via the HTTP Reverse Proxy. Integration with Microsoft Software Update Services is no longer provided.
QoE Server:
QoE Server becomes Monitoring Server and includes CDR functionality that was in the Archiving Role
Roles impacted: Quality of Experience Monitoring Server
Archiving Server:
Archiving Server no longer collects CDRs
Roles impacted: Archiving Server
Enterprise Edition Expanded Topology:
Enterprise Edition Expanded Topology is no longer a preferred deployment scenario
Roles impacted: Expanded Edition roles
Comments: Consolidated Edition should be deployed for Enterprise Edition Pools. The Expanded Edition configuration is no longer offered in the setup wizard.
Consolidated Edge role:
The Consolidated Edge role is now the only supported edge topology.
Roles impacted: Edge
Comments: Multiple consolidated edge servers can be deployed behind a load balancer for scale and high availability
Publicly routable IP address:
A publicly routable IP address is no longer needed in a site with only a single Edge Server
Roles impacted: Edge
Comments: When multiple edge servers are deployed with a load balancer, a publicly routable IP address is still required.
Edge Server port requirements:
Edge Server port requirements have been changed:
Roles impacted: Edge
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