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Microsoft Makes Available New Edition of Office Communications Server
Microsoft made available the latest version of Office Communications Server 2007, Microsoft's solution for unifying presence, IM infrastructure, remote conferencing, and software-based VoIP. The most recent version of Microsoft Communications Server includes improvements that offer network administrators additional flexibility for maintaining their communications infrastructure effectively while providing an extensible architecture for communications-enabled work activity.
To lower expenses, improve productivity, and support collaboration, the new Release 2 of Office Communications Server 2007 permits phone conferencing to replace costly outside services with an in-house audioconferencing bridge that can be maintained as part of an organization's current communications environment. Office Communications Server also now permits desktop sharing, which allows workers to share their desktop seamlessly and initiate calls and collaborate with colleagues outside the company on PC, Mac, or Linux computers via a web connection. The new edition of Microsoft Communications Server also allows geographically dispersed groups to work together by participating in theme-based dialogues that persist indefinitely. This tool provides participants with an index of all available chat rooms and themes, periodically backs up discussions in an XML format that addresses compliance regulations, delivers tools to search the complete history of discussion on a given topic, and provides triggers and alerts to inform someone of recent posts.
The new version of Office Communications Server also incorporates improved support for voice and mobility. The new attendant window permits support personnel or group administrators to manage phone calls and conferences on behalf of associates, establish workflows to direct calls, and handle higher volumes of incoming communications through a software-based console. A new Session Initiation Protocol trunking capability enables businesses to reduce expenses by setting up a direct Voice over IP interface between an Internet telephony service provider and Office Communications Server without needing on-premises gateways. In addition, Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile support has been extended to new device platforms such as the Nokia S40, RIM Blackberry, and Windows Mobile.
How Progent's Microsoft-certified Consultants Can Assist Your Company to Deploy Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Release 2
A Standard Edition Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 manages all necessary services on one physical Front End Server. The minimal expense in hardware and simplicity of management make this version is ideal for small and medium-sized organization and for branch offices. Microsoft Communications Server 2007 is powered by Windows Server and taps into powerful Windows Server technologies such as Active Directory, SQL Server, System Center Operations Manager, and Microsoft Exchange Server. With Microsoft Office Communications Server, you can add real-time teamwork features and presence to popular Microsoft Office applications like as Outlook, Microsoft Office Excel, and Word. Presence awareness from your server can also be incorporated into productivity software. Microsoft Communications Server also acts as the presence engine for collaborative sites and portals, providing presence awareness and Instant Messaging access from within SharePoint sites.
Progent's Microsoft-certified professionals can provide expert technical services for all these areas and can help you in planning and implementing an installation of Office Communications Server 2007 so as to optimize the business value of this IM, presence, and VoIP solution. Progent can in addition help your company to upgrade from Microsoft Live Communications Server to the Release 2 edition of Microsoft Office Communications Server.
Progent's consulting experts can help your company to install Office Communications Server and configure a range of Microsoft technologies to benefit from the presence awareness, IM, and Voice over IP features enabled by Microsoft Communications Server 2007:
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Progent’s Technical Response Center provides nationwide remote help for Windows and Cisco-based small business information networks. Progent's Microsoft and Cisco-Certified service professionals offer telephone support and online secure computer access to troubleshoot and repair technical problems rapidly and affordably. The scope of IT expertise represented by Progent's team of nationwide service professionals allows Progent to escalate even the most difficult network issues to competent specialists as required.
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