Thanks guys. I knew there was some sort of communications server. It never occurred to me that it was an Office branded product. Looks like cheap is not going to be in my solution. Not terribly expensive either though. List is $700 +31 per user.
Thanks, Bill On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: > OCS with Archiving and federation. Otherwise some network logging > appliance but i fthe clients are using something like SimpLite then > you are out of luck > > http://www.secway.fr/us/products/simplite_msn/home.php > > Get OCS2007r2. Connecting with MSN and Yahoo Public IM (PIC) networks > now does not require a license. Just block AOL or pay for licenses. > > Steven > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Brian Desmond <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Bill- > > > > > > > > You need an appliance. I know Symantec makes one as a previous employer > > imposed this upon us. Depending on your FW/Proxy environment that vendor > > might also make a plugin or have a 3rd party addin to it for this. > > > > > > > > A better solution would be something like OCS with Archiving and > Federation > > w/ MSN, etc., IMO. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Brian Desmond > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > c – 312.731.3132 > > > > > > > > From: Bill Songstad [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 4:52 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: log Windows Live Messenger conversations > > > > > > > > My office uses WLM for communication to supplement email and telephones. > > That battle is lost. But the next battle is to log communications > through > > that medium for legal purposes. My Google Fu has been less > than encouraging > > as the popular opinion is that since there are no GPOs for WLM and since > the > > reg keys needed are encrypted and unpredictably variable, it wouldn't be > > possible to turn on logging with Group Policy. > > > > > > > > So what I am asking is: Does anybody know how to, or have a strategy to > > administratively turn on logging for Windows Messenger? Or will I just > > have to disable it if we ever become involved in a lawsuit? > > > > > > > > What I need to do is turn on message history and prevent users from > turning > > it off. Ideally this would be something I could turn on or off as > needed. > > > > > > > > Any insight would be appreciated, > > > > > > > > -Bill > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
