Introduction

Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 is Microsoft’s latest version of Live Communications Server 2005. The product provides management for all synchronous communications that take place in real time. This includes instant messaging (IM), voice over IP (VoIP), and audio conferencing and videoconferencing. It will work with your company’s existing telecommunications systems without major hardware upgrades. This means your business can deploy advanced VoIP and conferencing without tearing out its preexisting legacy telephone network.

OCS 2007 also provides improved presence control, a key benefit of the Microsoft unified communications package, which unites all the contact information stored in Active Directory with the various technologies that people communicate with today. Presence provides you with instant information regarding whether someone is available and allows you to contact people with a click of the mouse via IM, a phone call, or videoconferencing.