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Graphical overview of the topology and list of hardware requirements
After collecting the information, the tool
delivers a recommended topology. This
graphical overview shows the various parts of
the infrastructure (see Figure 59).The tool also
generates a list of hardware requirements and
allows the user to export the information to a
Microsoft Office Visio® diagram or Microsoft
Office Excel®. If more information is needed,
the tool provides links to additional online
documentation that relates to planning and
deployment.
Figure 59
Simplified management
After it is deployed, management of the communications infrastructure can sometimes be higher for a
unified communications solution than the deployment costs (including the purchase of software and
hardware). The Microsoft approach to unified communications is to simplify communications
management.
Managed from the same interfaces as the rest of the Microsoft infrastructure
Microsoft Management Console (MMC) provides common navigation, menus, toolbars, and workflow
across diverse tools to unify and simplify day-to-day system management tasks.
IT administrators can implement MMC tools
(called snap-ins) administer networks,
computers, services, applications, and other
system components.
MMC does not perform administrative
functions, but it does host a variety of
Windows and non-Microsoft snap-ins that
do. To simplify and unify the management
of all communications, Office
Communications Server 2007 R2 supports
this framework, which is the same console
support that Exchange Server provides (see
Figure 60).
Figure 60