Tuesday, November 11, 2003

Review of Live Communications Server 2003

eWeek takes a look at <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1379318,00.asp">Microsoft's Office Live Communications Server 2003</A>, which delivers only the basics of instant messaging for sites that haven't upgraded to the company's latest and greatest. In eWEEK Labs' tests, Live Communications Server and the required Messenger 5.0 client performed the IM basics and includes good integration with Microsoft Outlook 2003. The Microsoft platform also doesn't provide Web conferencing, an application that delivers productivity gains when used hand in hand with IM. IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing does provide Web conferencing and costs a relatively cheap $48 per user, given the broader client and server options.

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