I'm a big fan of keeping internal corporate communications inside the corporation, and monitoring the rest - that's what email archiving is for. If we were to use federation, I think I'd want something like that for IM as well, so that's nice stuff to know.
Thanks. On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 16:10, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: > Public IM federation with AOL and MSN now no longer requires a per > user license. Yahoo still does. Text Archiving can be built into it. > It has a subset of Live Meeting features as well. > > note: I am in the midle of migrating from LCS2005 to OCS2007r2. LCS > was merely chat based, OCS is multi-media based. > > Further notes: If you integrate OCS with your telecom system (i.e. > it's on the list) you can even do remote phone calls through your > communicator client (no vpn needed). I can't wait to test the OCS > version. LCS 'worked' internally with some client issues but > Microsoft told us that would happen before we tested it anyway. > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> OK. That's quite interesting. Adding that to the list of things to consider. >> >> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 15:03, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >>> You know, we don't use the web client. I believe it supports desktop >>> sharing, but not videoconferencing. >>> >>> On the other hand, you can easily federate with the public MSN Messenger >>> servers and your folks can use that to join your conferences. There are >>> also public federation points for AOL and Yahoo. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 5:27 PM >>> To: NT System Admin Issues >>> Subject: Re: A new challenge for me... >>> >>> Forgot to ask... >>> >>> Does the web client do videoconferencing? >>> >>> Kurt >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 13:57, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> No. OCS is heavily AD dependent. The Edge server just protects the inside >>>> from the outside, similar to the edge server concept in Exchange. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 4:56 PM >>>> To: NT System Admin Issues >>>> Subject: Re: A new challenge for me... >>>> >>>> That makes me feel better. >>>> >>>> Is this amenable to setting up a standalone environment in the DMZ, so I >>>> don't have to tie it up with AD? >>>> >>>> I'm currently googling like mad, while having this conversation with y'all. >>>> >>>> Kurt >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 13:51, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> No. it's a different kind of edge server. >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 4:49 PM >>>>> To: NT System Admin Issues >>>>> Subject: Re: A new challenge for me... >>>>> >>>>> New territory here. From what I've read, an Edge server normally refers >>>>> to an Exchange environment. Is what's being proposed here an extension of >>>>> my Exchange 2003 environment? >>>>> >>>>> Kurt >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 13:30, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Yes. Setup OCS2007r2. Then setup an Edge server. The Edge server >>>>>> will do Audio/Video conferencing. Microsoft strongly suggests you >>>>>> haev an ISA server in front but you can do it without an ISA server. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> Unknown. I have zero experience or knowledge of it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Will it work in a DMZ? The reason I ask is that for the folks out >>>>>>> of the country, the CEO is likely to want to videoconference with >>>>>>> them while they are at their homes - that is, the CEO would be in >>>>>>> the office, the others at their homes off-hours, at least some times. >>>>>>> Thus, they won't have a VPN connection - we have a SonicWall SSL >>>>>>> VPN unit here, which is not really amenable to forwarding a >>>>>>> chat/video session.. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Kurt >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 13:02, Don Guyer <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> Will Office Communication Server take care of that? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Don Guyer >>>>>>>> Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & >>>>>>>> Roach/Trident Group >>>>>>>> 431 W. 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