Figure 1.8 Windows Messenger
SOME INDEPENDENT ADVICE
If you are a user of Exchange 2000 IM services, you probably already know
that you can??™t get to LCS 2005 or OCS 2007 directly. The only way to get to these
more recent presence technologies is to fi rst migrate your 2000 IM services to
LCS 2003. For more information, visit www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.
aspx?FamilyId=94676200-EC51- 4B5F -B261-8B72FC996833&displaylang=en.
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LCS 2005
LCS 2005 was truly a breakthrough for Microsoft regarding its unifi ed communications
and presence initiatives. Finally, it had what could be considered a proper presence solution.
Table 1.1 is a breakdown of the feature comparison between LCS 2003 and LCS 2005.
Table 1.1 LCS 2003/2005 Feature Comparison
Feature LCS 2003 LCS 2005
Secure IM X
Federation
(communication
between two
LCS installations) X
Public IM connectivity X
PBX integration X
Up to 150 contacts X
Exchange
integration for
Busy/Out of Offi ce X
Application sharing X
Capacity planning toolkit X
Microsoft Operations
Manager 2005 support
Archiving X
Clustering
(Enterprise Edition) X
File transfer X X
Desktop sharing X X
Presence status X X
Live Meeting integration X X
???Do Not Disturb??? setting X X
Integration with
Microsoft applications X X
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As you scrolled down Table 1.1, you probably noticed that a signifi cant number of
features really made LCS 2005 a ???prime-time??? application.
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