OCS delivers three main conferencing solutions:
?– On-Premises Live Meeting Web conferencing This service provides a more
secure and possibly more cost-effective way to host Web conferences. Most of the
features of the Hosted Live Meeting service are now available through OCS.
?– Audio and videoconferencing By using the Microsoft Offi ce Communicator
(MOC) 2007 client, you can contact another OCS user(s) via an audio or video
call. OCS even allows you to invite multiple parties to the audio/videoconference
within MOC.
?– IM conferencing using MOC OCS also provides an easy way to conduct IM
conferences via MOC. With MOC 2007 you can now instantly start a group chat
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that includes other users inside your organization as well as users outside your
company. You can even invite members from public IM networks such as AOL,
MSN, and Yahoo! to the conference.
Both Live Meeting and IM conferencing using MOC include the ability to use audio
and video within conferences. Because on-premises conferencing moves video, IM, and Web
conferencing to your network, you need a good understanding of what it takes to support
a conferencing infrastructure in-house.
Before you begin any implementation or proof of concept, you should plan to evaluate
and review features and limitations of competing products. During your OCS evaluation,
you may want to check out other Web conferencing solutions such as Adobe Acrobat
Connect and IBM Lotus Sametime.
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