Monday, November 26, 2007 11:17 AM
GavinGee
Communicator 2007 bandwidth requirements
I came across this info on the bandwidth requirements for Communicator and OCS 2007 server.
Hardware and software requirements for Communicator 2007 from the OCS 2007 deployment guide: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=f1d1a947-6eff-4ac4-8878-f0a77894ac99&displaylang=en
Table 4. Minimum system requirements for Office Communicator 2007
|
System Component |
Minimum Requirement |
|
Display Resolution |
Required: Super VGA 800x600
Recommended: Super VGA 1024x768 or higher
Note: Microsoft® Windows® Tablet PC portrait mode is supported. |
|
Operating System |
Windows Vista™ 32-bit (RTM) operating system
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4 (requires Microsoft® Windows Media® technologies player, version 9, and Microsoft® Windows® Installer, version 3.0 or later) |
|
Computer/Processor |
Data and Voice: 500-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor, Intel Pentium-compatible
For video: 1 GHz or higher
For Microsoft® Office RoundTable™ communications and archival system: 1.8 GHz or higher |
|
Memory |
512 megabytes (MB) of RAM |
|
Install Space |
1.5 MB |
|
Video Memory |
Video card with 64 MB of RAM (video RAM or VRAM) and Microsoft® DirectX® application programming interface |
|
Telephony |
Microphone and speakers, headset with microphone, or equivalent device |
|
Video |
Video camera or Office RoundTable device |
|
Bandwidth Requirements |
|
Minimum1 |
High-Quality1 |
|
Data |
56 kbps |
56 kbps |
|
Voice |
50 kbps |
80 kbps |
|
Video |
50 kbps |
350 kbps |
|
Office RoundTable |
50 kbps |
350 kbps |
|
Security |
Administrator privileges, or, in Windows Vista® Standard User Mode, administrator credentials. |
|
Other Requirements |
Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007 and Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 are required for Outlook integration options. See the section titled, "Outlook 2007 Integration," later in this document. |
1 The required and recommended bandwidth speeds are cumulative. For example, if you want to use voice, webcam, and RoundTable, the minimum bandwidth would be 50+50+50=150 kbps.
