Live Communications Server 2005 Document: Planning Guide

This guide describes the planning process for deploying instant messaging (IM) and presence services in your organization using Live Communications Server 2005 with Service Pack 1.

Described in this guide:

• Describes some of the changes from the previous version of Live Communications Server.


• Takes you through the process of evaluating your environment to deploy and use Live Communications Server 2005.


• Presents recommendations for designing a Live Communications Server IM and presence infrastructure system.


• Discusses the considerations that help you design a highly reliable and consistently available instant messaging system, including performance tuning, security considerations, capacity, federation, remote access, and archiving planning.


• Identifies network infrastructure, hardware, Active Directory® directory service, and administrative considerations.

Supported Operating Systems

Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

• This download works with the following Office applications:
  
  • Microsoft Office Word 2003
  • Microsoft Word 2002

To install this download:

1. Download the file by clicking the Download button (above) and saving the file to your hard disk.
2. Double-click the LCS_2005_Planning.exe program file on your hard disk to start the Setup program.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.

Instructions for use:

After you install this download, open the guide as you typically would.

To remove this download:

To remove the download file, delete the file LCS_2005_Planning.exe.

To remove the document file, delete the file LCS_2005_Planning.doc.