Director Role
When you are deploying a single Standard Edition Server or Enterprise pool, your topology remains simple. However, to handle a large number of users or users who are geographically dispersed, deploying multiple Standard Edition Servers or Enterprise pools might be necessary. In such situations, it is best to deploy a Director or array of Directors. The Director server role directs client traffic to the correct home server. Before explaining why it is important to deploy this role, some background information is necessary.
When users sign in to Office Communications Server, Office Communicator performs a DNS Service Record Locator (SRV) query to locate an Office Communications Server (Access Edge Server, Director, Standard Edition ...
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