As many OCS R1 deployments move to OCS R2, mixed deployments with both OCS R1 and OCS R2 pools are becoming more common.
Here are some notable reminders about the OCS R2 Administrative Tools in a mixed deployment that you should know about:
- The R1 and R2 Admin Tools cannot be installed side-by-side together on the same machine.
- The R1 and R2 Admin Tools can only administer their respective OCS server versions). For example, the R2 Administrative Tools cannot be used against an R1 pool.
- The R2 Admin Tools are not supported on a Windows XP O/S. Windows 2003 SP2, Windows 2008, and Windows Vista SP1 are supported. For Vista and Windows 2008 there are some pre-requisites you must install first (follow the links).
- Although OCS 2007 R2 is only supported on a 64-bit platform, the 32-bit Administrative Tools are available in the Support\i386 directory of the R2 installation media.
- Active Directory Users & Computers is not automatically extended for R2 management like the R1 Admin tools did.
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