The Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 was designed to be a unified communications client that supports a large range of communication methods and makes it easier for information workers to find and connect with their colleagues and coworkers from anywhere.

Office Communicator 2007 is a unified communications client that helps people be more productive by enabling them to communicate easily with others in different locations or time zones using a range of different communication options, including instant messaging (IM), voice and video. Integration with programs across the 2007 Microsoft Office system – including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Groove and SharePoint Server – gives information workers many different ways to communicate with each other via a consistent and simple user experience

Connect with others
Office Communicator 2007 provides easy access to rich presence, IM, and other real-time communications capabilities to enable information workers to communicate with each other more easily and quickly.
· Integration with existing address books and corporate directories means that it’s not necessary to maintain separate and disconnected contact lists just for real-time communications. You can find anyone in your contact lists, see information about their availability, and communicate with them right away.
· Rich presence capabilities enable you to share information about your availability with other contacts, and to view their availability. Office Communicator 2007 integrates presence information from multiple sources-including your calendar and out of office message-to provide better information so people know if you’re available to communicate, and if so, which method would be best.

Consistent experience
Office Communicator 2007 helps to keep things simple by integrating varying modes of communication into a single user experience, centered on the person who the communication is being conducted with.
· A communication might start with a simple IM. With Office Communicator 2007 you can add other modes of communication. If voice or video would be more effective, you can add those modes without opening new windows or starting another program.
· Office Communicator 2007 focuses on the people in a conversation and provides a consistent experience regardless of whether the conversation is using IM, voice, video, or other modes.

Communicate contextually
Office Communicator 2007 is part of the Microsoft Office system and is closely integrated with other Microsoft Office programs. This integration helps ensure that communications can occur in the context of the program being used, without having to switch to a different program for a different form of communication.
· From an e-mail message received in Office Outlook 2007, users can view presence information about other users and initiate real-time communication from within the message, avoiding the need to switch applications and search for users.
· When working on a document in Office Word 2007, users can see a list of the people associated with the document along with availability information for those users. From this contextual list and based on this availability information, users can initiate a conversation directly with the appropriate people.

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 is a unified communications client, enhanced with the high quality VoIP platform on Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and equipped to help users achieve new levels of productivity. Users can initiate conversations, conduct live video or audio meetings and share desktop applications with Web-connected colleagues worldwide.

Here are some key features of “Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2″:

New Calling Features:
· Office Communicator 2007 R2 contains several new features that can be used when initiating a phone call or during a conversation.

· Invite participants using alternate phone numbers.
· Receive an alert for incoming calls while you are in an IM session.
· Use the keyboard during a call.
· Copy and paste numbers into the dial pad.

Meet Now Conferencing:
· In Office Communicator 2007 R2, there is a new Meet Now option that lets you quickly start a new conference and invite people who are either inside or outside your organization.

New Contact List Features:
· The Contact List in Office Communicator 2007 R2 contains the following new features for managing your phone contacts, call-forwarding groups, and current conversations.

· Sort by Display Name in any view.
· Add phone number contacts.
· New Groups in the Contact List for Delegates and team-call group.
· New Current Conversations group.
· “Last active” presence information is available to Company access level.

Dial-in Audio Conferencing :
· Users who do not have access to a computer but who want to join an Office Communicator audio conference, can now call into the conference using a regular mobile, desk, or home phone.

Voice Mail Enhancements:
Voice mail enhancements in Office Communicator 2007 R2 offer convenient ways to manage your voice mail and leave messages for others:

· In organizations with Exchange Unified Messaging, Office Communicator users can now directly call a contact’s voice mailbox to leave a message.
· A new option allows quick access to your voice mail greeting so that you can update it if necessary.
· When you click a voice mail indicator in Office Communicator, the voice mail indicator resets so that you can easily distinguish new voice mails from those you have already handled.

Desktop Sharing :
· With desktop sharing in Office Communicator, a participant in a Communicator conversation can share his or her entire computer desktop with the other participants. If you have a document, slide deck, or application that you want to present to others in the conversation, you can start a desktop sharing session. After you start desktop sharing, you can also share control so that other participants can provide mouse and keyboard input to your desktop.

Call Delegation :
· New call-forwarding options allow a manager or executive to select one or more assistants (delegates) to receive his or her phone calls. Delegates are contacts who can answer the manager’s calls, and make and transfer calls on the manager’s behalf.

Team Call :
· In the Office Communicator Call-Forwarding Settings dialog box, you can set up a group of contacts, referred to as a team-call group, who can answer your incoming calls.

Response Groups :
· With Response Groups in Office Communications Server 2007 R2, incoming calls are queued and routed to designated agents based on predefined routing rules.

Voice and Video Enhancements :
· In Office Communicator 2007 R2, the following voice and video enhancements improve the experience during an Office Communicator voice or video conversation.

· Video call controls are updated for easier use.
· High Definition video and Video Graphics Array (VGA) video are available.
· New video policy setting for conference rooms.
· Reduced call setup time.
· Improved connectivity.
· Voice and video quality indicators.

Desk Phone Integration:
· If you connect an Office Communicator 2007 R2 Phone Edition desk phone to your computer with a USB cable, Communicator pairs with your desk phone, and the desk phone becomes your preferred audio device for calls, conferences, and Live Meeting sessions.

Instant Messaging Enhancements:
Office Communicator 2007 R2 provides the following instant messaging enhancements:

· New option for changing the background color when the writer changes makes the instant messaging window easier to read.
· The text equivalents for emoticons are retained in the conversation history.

Automatic Updates:
· Communicator can be configured to receive automatic updates.

Requirements:

· Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Enterprise Edition or Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition

What’s New in This Release:

New capabilities include:
· With one click share your desktop with colleagues, and share and edit documents in real time
· Invite customer and partners via the web to a sharing session hosted by you
· Forward calls to your team or have a delegate answer calls on your behalf
· Schedule an audio call through Outlook and manage the call through the Communicator conversation window
· Have a video conversation with colleagues in high resolution

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