Microsoft Communicator 2007 R2
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We have 2 domain controllers (Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise). We're moving to Skype for Business (at some point, still trying to get management to fund the project). We HAVE to move away from Communicator, I know that. I'm pushing SO hard to get us off of it. But we have pending issues immediately that I need to address. These consist of folder redirection not working, etc. Looking at the domain functionality, it is at 2003. The Office Communications Server 2007 R2 installation is on a 2003 server. I've been told by an admin they "think" OCS would break if I raised domain functionality to see if that fixes our GPO and file share issues but I want to be certain.
Anyone have experience with this circumstance?
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No idea. But have you considered just leaving Communicator instead of updating it? Rocket Chat is nice.
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@scottalanmiller said:
No idea. But have you considered just leaving Communicator instead of updating it? Rocket Chat is nice.
No joke, I have dreams of dumping Communicator. That is 100% not an option right now, management is the barrier. We're definitely moving to Skype for Business but they were shell shocked by the $24k Lync project, Skype is down to about $11k.
I skimmed a Rocket Chat thread of yours. You set that up on CentOS right? Any mobile support? Having support on iOS & Android is crucial for some reason. Not sure why it's becoming a requirement, considering we don't use it with OCS. I've got the whole Skype topology setup, they just won't throw in the money for me to license it.
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Yup, has mobile support. Rocket is free, so you could implement and bypass their budget issues. Hard to get people to spend money when something better and free is already up and running.
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https://rocket.chat/ for the software and information.
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@coliver said:
https://rocket.chat/ for the software and information.
Rocket.Chat itself works quite nicely. I set it up for my Pops to run a chatroom and it's done fairly well for them... Low number of users though.
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Are you only using the chat feature of Communicator?
Do you have another thread talking about your GPO problem?
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OK you do
http://mangolassi.it/topic/8561/folder-redirection-gpo-not-being-applied/10 -
@Dashrender said:
Are you only using the chat feature of Communicator?
Do you have another thread talking about your GPO problem?
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OK you do
http://mangolassi.it/topic/8561/folder-redirection-gpo-not-being-applied/10Nice grab. Yeah I was starting to look at alternatives to Communicator but for reasons I can't discuss on a public forum, I just found out we have to go to Skype (on-premise). Lync was too expensive (~$24k), but Skype for Business is about ~$14k and they're considering that more affordable.
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So I'm seeing that Rocket.Chat is web based, but I can't seem to find info for an on-premise installation. Such as how OpenFire/Spark are open source and setup on premise (used it before, not bad considering it was free). Something hosted in the cloud would be impossible to get approved due to client contracts restricting hosted communication.
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@BBigford said:
So I'm seeing that Rocket.Chat is web based, but I can't seem to find info for an on-premise installation.
Rocket.Chat themselves said that this one was great and wanted me to help get their official docs updated:
http://mangolassi.it/topic/8086/installing-rocket-chat-on-centos-7
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@BBigford said:
Such as how OpenFire/Spark are open source and setup on premise (used it before, not bad considering it was free).
Like this?
http://mangolassi.it/topic/7956/installing-openfire-4-0-1-on-centos-7
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@BBigford said:
Something hosted in the cloud would be impossible to get approved due to client contracts restricting hosted communication.
Fully available on premises, no issues there. Or cloud, you have options. We have it running right now on a Scale HC3 cluster.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@BBigford said:
Something hosted in the cloud would be impossible to get approved due to client contracts restricting hosted communication.
Fully available on premises, no issues there. Or cloud, you have options. We have it running right now on a Scale HC3 cluster.
And by cloud I think he means private cloud.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@BBigford said:
So I'm seeing that Rocket.Chat is web based, but I can't seem to find info for an on-premise installation.
Rocket.Chat themselves said that this one was great and wanted me to help get their official docs updated:
http://mangolassi.it/topic/8086/installing-rocket-chat-on-centos-7
Yeah I ran across that one in the past. I was going to circle back around and check it out. Recent information that I can't post about on here is that we have to go with Skype, sucks to say.
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@BBigford said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@BBigford said:
So I'm seeing that Rocket.Chat is web based, but I can't seem to find info for an on-premise installation.
Rocket.Chat themselves said that this one was great and wanted me to help get their official docs updated:
http://mangolassi.it/topic/8086/installing-rocket-chat-on-centos-7
Yeah I ran across that one in the past. I was going to circle back around and check it out. Recent information that I can't post about on here is that we have to go with Skype, sucks to say.
That sucks. Are you sure that you "have to go with Skype" even when they won't approve it? they can "say" all that they want that they have to go with it, but if they are not approving the budget, what does that mean? Just install Rocket in the mean time and see what happens. it is just a stop gap until they "get around to releasing the budget".
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@BBigford said:
we have to go with Skype, sucks to say.
It's not too bad. It has been kind of unreliable lately though which sucks.
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@MattSpeller said:
@BBigford said:
we have to go with Skype, sucks to say.
It's not too bad. It has been kind of unreliable lately though which sucks.
He means Skype for business which REALLY sucks.
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But currently... they are not going with it? I thought that they were stalling on the decision at this point.
