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OCS 2007 R2 now supports Server 2008 R2

Previously, installing OCS 2007 R2 roles on a server with Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system was not supported. Microsoft has now announced that OCS 2007 R2 finally supports 2008 R2 OS.  It’s worth to note that the Group Chat Server role still does not support 2008 R2. Upgrading an existing installation to Server 2008 R2 is not supported either, so it looks like this support only applies to new OCS 2007 R2 installations.

More info here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/982021?p=1

It’s also also worth to note that Server 2008 R2 domain also is supported. If you introduce 2008 R2 domain controllers to an existing domain, you’ll have to run forest prep again.

More info here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982020

March 30th, 2010 | Tags: | Category: OCS, OCS 2007 R2 | Leave a comment

OCS 2007 R2 Create pool error: Unable to access database file location

I was setting up a OCS R2 installation when I got this message when creating the pool:

“Unable to access database file location”. Hmm. The disk and folder I specified was there, no doubt about it. The back-end server and the Front End was on different subnets, so at first I thought this was a firewall problem. The next step was to check if this was a permissions problem – gave my user full access on the SQL server, full control on the database file folders, set my user as local admin, gave the SQL Server service account full control one the catalogs – but no change, still the same error. Continue reading →

January 21st, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: OCS, OCS 2007 R2 | 3 comments