Features & Benefits	Connect and Collaborate: Microsoft Office Live Meeting integration Share security-enhanced instant messaging (IM) and presence between two or more organizations (federation) Connectivity to MSN, AOL, and Yahoo! public IM service providers1 Link corporate telephone system and computers (private branch exchange (PBX) and public switched telephone network (PSTN) integration)3 Presence Awareness and Contacts: Presence status control (online, away, busy) Do not disturb setting, disabling notifications3 Server-side or "roaming" contact list Integration with Microsoft Office programs Support for Microsoft Office Communicator 20052 Offline presence status3 150+ contacts supported Contact search outside contact list3 Microsoft Exchange Server free/busy and Out of Office information3 Real-Time Collaboration Features: IM Audio and video Handwriting messages (ink support) Application and whiteboard sharing Desktop sharing (remote assistance) Point-to-point file transfer Multi-party data and application sharing3 Support for the Public IM Connectivity Service2,3 Server Performance: Active user capacity (Over 100,000 per server pool) Scalability planning tools Failover support for planned growth or unplanned downtime Clustering capability Security: Optional logging of text messages Optional archiving of text messages4 Audio/video and IM text encryption Kerberos, NT LAN Manager (NTML) authentication Protection against unsolicited instant messages (spam over IM (SPIM) control filters) URL blocking Administration and Reporting: Manage both Live Communications Server 2003 and 2005 servers Support for Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 versions and Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Support for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 and MMC Capacity Planning Toolkit Active Directory service integration Group Policy Object management Enable users by per-user, bulk-user, and per-feature basis Data recovery XML-based management tools Enhanced federation support using DNS2 Extensible Standards-Based Platform: Server application programming interface (API) Updated client APIs 1. Public IM Connectivity is a separate service license and is additional to the Live Communications Server Client Access License (CAL). For pricing and licensing details, please visit the How to Buy Live Communications Server page on Microsoft website. 2. This feature requires Live Communications Server 2005 Service Pack 1. For more information on SP1, see the Live Communications Server Service Pack 1 Overview on Microsoft website. 3. This feature is best supported when using Microsoft Office Communicator 2005. For more information on Office Communicator, see the Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 Overview on Microsoft website. 4. This feature requires a non-Microsoft partner solution for full compliance with United States government regulations for electronic communication required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Get more information on Live Communications Server partner solutions on Microsoft website.
Language Supported	English
Distribution Media/Method	CD-ROM
Package Type	Retail
Platform Support	PC