Microsoft Office Communicator INTRODUCTION Microsoft Office Communicator (Office Communicator) is a unified communications client that helps employees communicate using a wide range of options including, instant messaging (IM), voice, video, and conferencing. Office Communicator 2007 is part of the Microsoft Office system and is closely integrated with other Microsoft Office programs. This ensures that communications can occur in the context of the program being used, withouthaving to switch to a different program. Cisco Systems has formed a partnership with Microsoft to deliver enhanced Office Communicator functions. With the integration of Cisco Unified Communications, Office Communicator can provide click-to-call and third party call control, presence information displayed on your Cisco IP Phones, and incoming call management for calls directed to your Cisco IP Phone. FEATURES Distribution groups - Add email-enabled groups in the Active Directory to your contact list. Drop-and-drag - Users can drop-and-drag contacts into groups, from contact lists to the conversation window, and from Microsoft Outlook . Presence management - Users can assign varying levels of access to contacts to control who can see personal information. Multi-select contacts - Start IM, phone, audio or video conferences by multi-selecting contacts and then selecting a communication mode. Instant messaging - Format IM text and copy and paste rich text Office documents.
BENEFITS Inbound calls to a Cisco IP Phone registered to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager are forked, and simultaneously ring on both the Cisco IP Phone and the Office Communicator. Office Communicator with Cisco's solution is based on the industry standard stack of SIP as well as SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE). Office Communicator users can now benefit from the enterprise-class conferencing capabilities of Cisco Unified Communications Manager. With the integration of Cisco Unified Communications Manager, the scalability of Office Communicator can increase to 10,000 users per cluster and to more than 100,000 users for multi-cluster enterprise solutions. Office Communicator is compatible with Windows 2000, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.
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