Pool Front End Properties: General

Use the General tab to specify the back-end database for this Office Communications Server pool and the number of contacts to which each user may subscribe.

Display name

This is the display name for this pool or server. This value is specified when the pool is created and cannot be modified.

Back end server address

This is the address of the Office Communications Server back-end database server, which consists of the name of the server and database instance in the format servername\instancename. This value is specified when the pool is created and cannot be modified.

Automatic database maintenance time

This is the hour when database cleanup starts each day. The possible values are 0 (midnight) to 23 (11 P.M.). The default is 2 (2 A.M.).

Maximum contacts per user

This is the maximum number of contacts to which a single user may subscribe.

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The Office Communications Server back-end database stores user and configuration information. When you specify the maximum number of contacts per user, consider the storage and performance impacts to your back-end database server.

For details, see the Operations section of the Office Communications Server Technical Library.