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Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Product Overview – v 2009.1.30 53
Adaptive codecs conserve bandwidth usage
Adaptive audio and video codecs (RTAudio, RTVideo) use minimal network bandwidth, which enables a
superior quality of experience on LANs, WANs, and the Internet. This allows IT administrators to deploy
real-time media applications over both unpredictable public networks and constrained private networks
without requiring complete network overhauls. Finally, for broadband interoperability, Office
Communicator supports G.711 μ-Law, G.711 A-Law, G.722.1, G.723.1, G.726, GSM 6.10.
Client Group Policy objects (GPO) support
The Office Communicator 2007 R2 client is supplied with an .ADM file so that the client can be
configured by IT administrators using their existing Active Directory infrastructure in conjunction with
Group Policy. This allows for many configuration options, including controlling which communications
methods are and are not allowed.
Client version check and automatic upgrade
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 allows IT administrators to control which clients can sign on to
the server. This ensures all clients are upgraded during a migration, if IT administrators wish to stop
potential rogue clients from connecting to the server. IT administrators can also push new client
upgrades to the desktop when users sign in.
Customizable action menu
The Office Communication Action menu can be extended to include actions such as launching an
organization-specific application. This could be leveraged so that users could “escalate” from a
conversation in Communicator to a communications session in an Line of Business (LOB) application.
Customize help menu
The Help menu in Office Communicator 2007 R2 can be customized so that users are directed to
resources that are specific to their organizations.
Least cost routing
If customers have multiple VoIP gateways deployed in their organizations, least cost routing provides
the capabilities to allow calls to be terminated to the PSTN in the location that allows for the cheapest
termination cost. This means that the customer’s WAN network is used to transport the call across a
large geographical area (perhaps internationally), and then the call is terminated in a location where an
international PSTN call is not required.
Local dial plans
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 has flexibility in dial plan configuration to ensure that when
connected to the PSTN via a PBX, the right translation for telephone numbers occurs. This allows the
PBX to route the call appropriately.