Audio, Video, Web Conferencing

With Office Communications Server 2007 R2, participants can join a conference using Office Communicator, Office Communicator Phone Edition, a private branch exchange (PABX) phone, a public switched telephone network (PSTN) phone, and even through the Internet using Communicator Web Access. Due to the increased availability and usage of Web conferencing, audio conference service bills have increased, but with the broad availability of Web conferencing capabilities through Office Communications Server 2007 R2, users can increase Utilisation while lowering costs of expensive services like service provider based audio conferencing.

With Office Communications Server 2007 R2, users get Web based conferencing with integrated audio and video, which provides a rich experience for instant collaboration and meetings. High definition video has been added to video conferencing and offers the highest video quality available for a clear conferencing experience. Web conferencing allows one-click desktop share in Office Communicator so that documents, applications, and media with integrated voice and audio can be shared in real time as if the people in your conference were gathered around a table in the meeting. Users can easily initiate meetings with anyone from within Outlook and Communicator – right from an active conversation or a meeting request. Audio conferences can even be started from a mobile phone and then moved onto a PC once the user gets into the office. Office Communicator Web conferencing uses the same client as the Office Live Meeting Service for a consistent experience.

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 reduces the cost of your conferencing solutions by working with your existing messaging and telephony infrastructure. Administrators can deploy an on-premise solution for audio, video and Web conferencing that allows users to participate in the conference using a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) connection as well as an audio bridge. Administrators can also plug their current on-premise communication solution directly into session initiation protocol (SIP) trunks from an Internet Protocol – PABX (IP-PABX) or the telephone company without additional hardware.

Office Communicator 2007 R2 Conferencing helps you stay connected with colleagues and customers with a familiar, unified interface that helps users transition into a meeting with ease. Automatic authentication simplifies logging in to a conference session by applying the same credentials needed to log in to Office Communicator and Office Communicator Phone Edition. Also, integration between conferencing types provides many options for communicating, using any combination of text, video, and voice. Set up meetings from anywhere without the cost and hassle of extra conferencing service providers or the overhead of getting everyone in the same place.