Microsoft
Live Communications Server 2005 Standard Edition Server license with 5 CALs
(Part#: A9T-00011 )
Brand New, Factory
Sealed. Full Version, Retail Box
Live
Communications Server 2005 delivers instant messaging (IM) and presence as part
of a scalable, enterprise-grade solution offering enhanced security, seamless
integration with other Microsoft products, and an extensible, industry-standard
development platform. Your organization can realize cost savings and improved
business efficiencies, increased individual productivity, and enhanced
intellectual property protection with this easy-to-manage, highly available
solution.
Find and Communicate with People Instantly to Increase Productivity
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Increase
productivity with integrated presence and real-time communication to locate
people and share information quickly.
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Instantly
find and collaborate with local and remote users to share critical and
time-sensitive information. Presence awareness within your desktop and
line-of-business applications eliminates delays in locating and
communicating with key work partners.
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Provide
mobile workers with access at home or on the road. Enable remote users to
access security-enhanced presence and IM solutions without requiring Virtual
Private Networking (VPN).
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Collaborate
with business partners and other organizations as easily as co-workers while
protecting sensitive business information. By providing encrypted and
optionally logged transactions between public IM data centers and Live
Communications Server internal users, organizations can more securely and
effectively connect information workers to the most popular public IM
services (MSN, AOL, and Yahoo!).1
Take
Advantage of Microsoft Office System Integration
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Microsoft
works to ensure that customers can extend current infrastructure
investments, yet have the opportunity to incorporate new technologies into
existing computing environments. Live Communications Server 2005 is part of
the Microsoft Windows Server System, and adheres to the common engineering
criteria.
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Improve
the security of your collaboration infrastructure. Live Communications
Server 2005 allows users to share Microsoft Office and other applications
from work or home with encrypted IM and voice- and video-enhanced
collaborative sessions.
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Allow
users to find and communicate with people without interrupting their
workflow. Real-time communication capabilities within Microsoft Office
Excel, Microsoft Office Word, and other familiar Office programs indicate
presence to accelerate team collaboration dramatically.
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Eliminate
Communication Delays with Co-Workers and Business Partners
With advanced presence technology, Live Communications Server 2005 offers
instant access to team members, partners, suppliers, and customers across
multiple geographies, time zones, and organizational boundaries.
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Improve
business efficiency by enabling information workers to find and communicate
with people in a security-enhanced enterprise-grade real-time communications
environment. Live Communications Server provides presence awareness from
your familiar Microsoft Office and line-of-business applications to
eliminate delays in locating and communicating with co-workers and business
partners.
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Get a
manageable and scalable solution with seamless integration among Live
Communications Server 2005, the Microsoft Office System, and the Windows
Server System infrastructure.
Develop
Enterprise-Grade Real-Time Communications Solutions
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Build
solutions that are integrated with your existing Microsoft infrastructure,
delivering enterprise-grade security, scale, and manageability.
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Authenticate
users and provide Kerberos and NT LAN Manager (NTLM) capabilities for single
sign-on. Integration with Microsoft Windows Active Directory consolidates
your network, server, and IM user resources to give you more security and
control over your network.
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Provide
a real-time collaboration solution that can scale up as your company grows.
Extend real-time communications to customers, partners, and suppliers while
scaling to over 100,000 users with Enterprise Edition and approximately
15,000 users with Standard Edition.
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Increase
uptime for your enterprise communications. Advanced architecture using
Microsoft SQL Server offers future growth and data recovery capabilities,
which guard against unscheduled downtime and data loss.
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Ensure
compliance with regulatory and internal controls. Use SQL-based logging and
searchable conversation logs in Live Communications Server to allow internal
auditing of IM transactions.
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Use
Familiar and Powerful Windows-Based Management Tools
Simplify your setup, management, and administration tasks with new
deployment tools and familiar, easy-to-use management interfaces.
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Get your
organization up and running quickly. Take advantage of new deployment tools
that simplify the introduction of enterprise-grade instant messaging into
your Windows environment.
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Save
time and reduce training costs by using familiar Windows graphical user
interface (GUI)-based administration tools to manage users, servers, and
global settings. Live Communications Server integrates with your existing
Windows-based management tools including Windows Management Instrumentation
(WMI), Microsoft Management Console (MMC), and Microsoft Operations Manager
(MOM) to reduce server management and training requirements.
Simplify the
Creation of Real-Time Applications
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Presence-enable
your existing applications and develop next-generation software solutions.
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Add
real-time capabilities to your information gathering solutions. Separate
client and server application programming interfaces (APIs) to enable
innovative new applications.
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Introduce
new ways of using presence enabled real-time communication. Take advantage
of the vibrant partner ecosystem to complement and enhance your Live
Communications Server solution.
Support for
Microsoft Office Communicator 2005
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Integrate
rich communication to allow teams and information workers to more easily and
efficiently communicate in real time.1
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Search
for, and easily find, contacts through integration with corporate
directories.
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Interact
in new, rich ways with 1:1 video and voice communication capabilities.
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Maximize
reach and collaboration through integration with the corporate phone system.
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View
extended presence information, including the ability to set 'custom notes'
and display Microsoft Exchange Server 'Out of Office' messages directly in
Microsoft Office Communicator 2005.
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Switch
from a multi-party IM conversation to a public switched telephone network (PSTN)-based
conference call.
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