Public IM Connectivity Scenarios

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 provides the means to communicate with other users on the public IM services that are managed and maintained by AOL, Yahoo!, and MSN. After the communication is established, users can share contacts and presence information, as well as communicate in real time across these networks. However, file transfers, games, formatted text, multimedia, and conferencing will be unavailable between Microsoft Office Communications users and public IM providers.

Enterprises that want to use public IM connectivity for their infrastructure need to:

  • Obtain licensing for public IM connectivity, in addition to the license for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and the Office Communications client. ...

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