Microsoft KB Archive/945053

= Description of the update package for database issues in Communications Server 2007: November 30, 2007 =

Article ID: 945053

Article Last Modified on 1/8/2008

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access

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SUMMARY
This article describes the database issues that are fixed in the update package for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 that is dated November 30, 2007.

Additionally, this update package applies to the Microsoft SQL Server scripts in Communications Server 2007.

This article describes the following items about the update package:


 * The issues that the update package fixes.
 * The prerequisites for installing the update package.
 * Whether you must restart the computer after you install the update package.
 * Whether the update package is replaced by any other update package.
 * Whether you must make any registry changes.
 * The files that the update package contains.



Issues that the update package fixes
This update package fixes the following issues:

943024 A dial-in user is not shown on the participant roster of the meeting console if the dial-in user is the first participant in a meeting when you use a Communications Server 2007 server

943023 Publications in Communicator 2007 may be truncated when a user is moved or a user is imported

Update package information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Communications Server 2007 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Customer Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for installing this update package.

Restart information
You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this update package.

Update replacement information
This update package is cumulative, and it contains updates from the previous package.

Registry information
To use one of the updates in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

Installation Information
Standard Edition of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007

Install this update on any of the following servers that are running Office Communications Server 2007:
 * Standard Edition Server
 * Standard Edition Server
 * Director (Standard Edition)

To install this update, run the OCS2007-DBUpgrade.msi file.

Enterprise Edition of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007

Install this update on any of the following servers that are running Office Communications Server 2007:
 * Enterprise Edition (Back-end)
 * Director (Enterprise Edition) Back-end

On the back-end (Microsoft SQL Server) servers that are hosting the databases for Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise Edition, run the following command:

OCS2007-DBUpgrade.msi POOLNAME=poolname

Removal information
This update cannot be removed. To remove the update, you must remove Office Communications Server 2007. Then, you must reinstall Office Communications Server 2007 by using your original Office Communications Server 2007 CD.

Standard Edition of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007

Install this update on any of the following servers that are running Office Communications Server 2007:
 * Standard Edition Server
 * Director (Standard Edition)

To remove this update from Add/Remove Programs, run the OCS2007-DBUpgrade.msi file.

Note Click OK in the following message:

Warning 25000.

This hotfix made changes to the database schema that cannot be removed. If you proceed, you will remove the hotfix from the Add/Remove Programs list, but the changes will remain in the database schema. Do you want to proceed?

Enterprise Edition of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007

Remove this update from Add/Remove Programs on any of the following servers that are running Office Communications Server 2007:
 * Enterprise Edition (Back-end)
 * Director (Enterprise Edition) Back-end

On the back-end (SQL Server) servers that are hosting the databases for Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise Edition, run the following command:

OCS2007-DBUpgrade.msi POOLNAME=poolname

Note Click OK in the following message:

Warning 25000. This hotfix made changes to the database schema that cannot be removed. If you proceed, you will remove the hotfix from the Add/Remove Programs list, but the changes will remain in the database schema. Do you want to proceed?

File information
This update package may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This update package contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that are listed in this article.

After the update is installed, the global version of this update has the file attributes, or a later version of the file attributes, that are listed in the following table:

For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Additional query words: OCS 2007

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