Operating Systems
Microsoft betas comms server 2007
Also announces Nortel partnership
By John Fontana | Published 12:30, 19 January 07
Microsoft is planning to ship in February the first public beta of Office Communications Server 2007, which is key to the company's voice and unified messaging strategy.
The company also plans to ship next month a public beta of Office Communicator 2007, the client software for the 2007 Communications Server product, sources say.
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The Microsoft Unified Communications & RTC User Group in the UK has also said in a recent blog posting that betas for Office Communicator and Server 2007 would be available in February.
Microsoft officials would not comment on the beta release cycle, but anannouncement in the next few weeks would come at a strategic time, as long-time rival of Microsoft in this space, IBM’s Lotus, gears up for its annual Lotusphere conference the week of 22 January.
Microsoft began a private beta of the 2007 Comms Server on 11 December with 2,500 IT professionals. The company also hosted a Technology Adoption Programme Summit that same week for 250 IT representatives from 100 companies.
At the time of the summit, Gurdeep Singh Pall, corporate vice president of Microsoft's unified communications group, said in a statement, "The convergence of telecom and data networks is happening rapidly. Software will integrate these two worlds, enabling IT managers to deliver new communications possibilities that include VoIP [voice over internet protocol]."
