Publishing Web Interfaces to the Internet by Using HTTPS Reverse Proxy

Office Communications Server 2007 uses a Web service managed by the Web Components Server role to allow users to join a Web conference session, and it uses Office Communicator 2007 to expand distribution groups (DGs) and download the Address Book when connecting externally. Office Communications Server 2007 also offers another server role, called Communicator Web Access, for users to sign in to Office Communications Server by using a browser.

Internal users can connect to both of these server roles directly. For remote users and anonymous users, these server roles must be accessible externally from the Internet. The recommended way to securely expose your Web Components server ...

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