Microsoft released the public beta for its Office Communications Server 2007 this week. Here are some key facts about the product. OCS 2007 is the centerpiece of Microsoft’s unified communications ...

Microsoft has come out with support for unified communications in a big way with its Live Communications Server portfolio. Traditional telephony suppliers, including Alcatel, Avaya, Cisco, Genesys, ...

Microsoft Corp. today announced a unified communications product road map, demonstrating voice, video and messaging capabilities that it expects to ship in the first half of next year. Jeff Raikes, ...

The firm said it will open the beta to 2,500 IT professionals in the second quarter of 2007. The beta is aimed at business users, who will be able to utilize their existing telephony infrastructure.

Microsoft Office Communication Server (OCS) is the evolution of Microsoft’s previous collaboration server, Microsoft Live Communication Server (LCS). While the main component of OCS is the backend ...

A year-and-a-half into its strategic unified communications partnership -- the Innovative Communications Alliance (ICA) -- Microsoft Corp. and Nortel Networks today unveiled four new solutions taking ...

Office Communications Server 2007 There’s an element of confusion surrounding exactly how Exchange 2007 and OCS play together — who brings what to the sandbox. Exchange boasts several new features ...

Miercom test lab put OCS Release 2 through its paces, and found many worthy additions--with a few caveats. When the Miercom team took a look at a RTM (Release to Manufacturing) version of Microsoft ...

Microsoft is slated to outline plans today for major upgrades to the programs that have extended its Office product line into corporate instant messaging, phone calling and online video conferencing.

Microsoft has released a nearly completed preview version of its next-generation communications server and associated software, which the company has collectively renamed as Lync. This release ...

Microsoft representatives said Friday that the company has begun distributing a beta version of its Web-based Communicator messaging software to qualified customers. The company said the tool is ...