Last week while at a client site we decided to deploy some Microsoft "Security Updates" that included KB974571 for CryptoAPI. The updates were applied to a W2K8 OCS 2007 Enterprise R2 installation.
Then the party started.....After a quick lunch the IT Staff mentioned the OCS client was not logging into the server as usual. A quick look at the event logs by on the technicians noticed this:
Log Name: Office Communications Server
Source: OCS Server
Date: Date
Event ID: 12290
Task Category: (1000)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Computer
Description:
The evaluation period for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 has expired. Please upgrade from the evaluation version to the full released version of the product.
The client had asked if we had installed and evaluation copy of OCS? A quick sanity check on TechNet for the licensing model was in order and I found out we were good...as suspected.
I quick Bing and found that we were not the only ones in this sinking boat. We simply pulled KB974571 off the server and a quick reboot; all was well again.
Just a heads up if you are on the more proactive side of applying Microsoft patches.....This was published October 13, 2009. This is similar to the incident back in May that broke Share Point Server 2007 BTW!
Links in case you want to know what Uncle Billy's Staff in Redmond have to say:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974571
Later Ninjas
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