Microsoft is planning to ship in February the first public beta of Office Communications Server 2007, which is key to the company’s voice and unified messaging strategy. The company also plans to ship ...

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 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, ...

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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

The combination of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 brings voicemail to the in-box, and speed and flexibility to how Windows workers communicate We’ve been watching ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft Corp. said today it will release Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Office Communicator 2007 and Office Live Meeting via a public webcast Oct. 16 co-hosted by Chairman Bill Gates ...

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 ...