Microsoft Internet Communications – Office Communicator/Call Button Integration Support Update

Background

Microsoft headsets and webcams currently launch Windows Live Messenger when the Call button is pressed. The goal of the Call Button Integration Support Update is to enable a Group Policy setting that will change that will launch Microsoft Office Communication using the Windows Live Call button.

Target Audience

This update is intended for use by workgroup or enterprise administrators in organizations that are using Office Communications Server 2007 and Office Communicator 2007.

The update enables an organization-wide change in the configuration of Microsoft LifeChat (headset) and LifeCam (webcam) software so that the Windows Live Call buttons on the headsets and webcams to start Office Communicator instead of Windows Live Messenger.

System Requirements

This update requires the following Microsoft Hardware software versions:

LifeCam v2.0 and higher (for webcam support)
LifeChat v1.3 and higher (for headset support)
Click here to download the software

This update requires Office Communicator 2007. Earlier versions of Office Communicator are not supported.

Installation Instructions

Use the following .ADM file snippet to set the Group Policy:

    CLASS MACHINE

    CATEGORY !!MSHW

      POLICY !!EnableMOCIntegration
      KEYNAME "Software\Policies\Microsoft\Hardware"
      EXPLAIN !!EnableMOCIntegrationExplain
      VALUENAME "EnableMOCIntegration"
        VALUEON  NUMERIC 1
        VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
      END POLICY

    END CATEGORY

    [strings]
    MSHW="Microsoft Hardware"
    EnableMOCIntegration="EnableMOCIntegration"
    EnableMOCIntegrationExplain="Enables MOC Integration"

    ; Online Help Strings
    ADM_TITLE="Group Policy settings for Microsoft Hardware"
    COMPUTER="Computer Configuration"
    COMPUTER_EXPLAIN="Contains settings that may only be used to configure Computers."
    SUPPORTEDON="Requirements:"

Instructions for setting Group Policies can be found here.

Ensure you have set the Group Policy and waited an appropriate time to propagate to all the computers in your organization (the time required depends on your Group Policy settings).
Ensure that all target user machines have LifeChat version 1.3 and/or LifeCam version 2.0 and higher software installed.

Notes on Working with the Update

If LifeCam or LifeChat software is installed before the Group Policy is set, certain services need to be stopped and restarted in order to properly read the new Group Policy setting. Whenever this policy changes, users will need to restart their machines (the system administrator can also force this behavior).

If users do not restart their machines, they may launch Windows Live Messenger and Office Communicator simultaneously when they press the Windows Live Call button, or they may launch neither program depending on whether the policy has been changed to on or off.