Break through communications barriers with unified communications and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007

Government organizations at all levels rely on robust communications systems to operate effectively. In your day-to-day communications—and especially in crisis situations—you need a single, unified communications platform that smoothly meshes all of your communications functions.



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Chances are good that your agency or department is already using Microsoft Office and Microsoft Exchange and may have even taken steps to integrate internal and external communications with Microsoft Unified Communications technologies. But are you realizing the full value of your existing infrastructure investments?

By breaking down old barriers separating telecom, Internet, intranet, and mobile communications, Office Communications Server 2007 lets you leverage your current technology and can help your agency benefit from cost savings and improved productivity, collaboration, and security. Enhanced capabilities made possible by Office Communications Server 2007 include:

Enterprise Voice (software-based VoIP).
Audio/video/Web conferencing.
Group chat.
Instant messaging and presence.
Public instant messaging connectivity.
Support for mobile users and teleworkers.

Regardless of medium, device, or location, Office Communications Server 2007 powers a seamless set of communications services in a unified environment. Voice mail and faxes, for example, move over the network like e-mail—they arrive in your Microsoft Office Outlook Inbox, where you can sort, prioritize, and forward them like any other e-mail. And when you're away from the agency, you can dial in over any phone to hear your e-mail messages and your calendar. You can even access your Office Outlook address book and call anyone in it—just by speaking his or her name.

By building on your existing IT infrastructure and dovetailing with the familiar applications you use every day, a Microsoft Unified Communications solution can help increase efficiency and reduce costs. And because Office Communications Server 2007 uses common management tools and a server architecture that provides security and compliance control, your IT team benefits from simplified administration and operations, along with an extensible platform. Moreover, Office Communications Server 2007 can be deployed agency-wide, or within individual departments, depending on your needs.

Your agency or department probably has many of the components necessary for a unified communications solution but may not be taking full advantage of their capabilities. If you are considering Office Communications Server 2007 and have a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement in place, the Microsoft Enterprise Client Access License (CAL) can help you get the most for your investment. Providing significant savings (as compared to purchasing individual CALs), the Microsoft Enterprise Client Access License (CAL) Suite bundles 11 key Microsoft products:

Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Standard
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Standard
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Configuration Management License
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Client Monitoring
Windows Rights Management Services
Microsoft Forefront Security Suite

If you’re considering investments in just two of the products included in the suite, you’ll find that the economic value of the Enterprise CAL Suite becomes compelling, offering benefits that include cost reduction, increased productivity, compliance and risk management, and optimal pricing.

With the approach of fiscal year 2010, now is the ideal time to maximize the effectiveness of your existing technology investments and to prepare to meet your Continuity of Operations (COOP), telework, mobility, and other communications challenges with a Microsoft Unified Communications solution incorporating Office Communications Server 2007, which is more affordable when acquired through the Enterprise CAL Suite.

You can get started now by contacting Microsoft Services (AskFed@microsoft.com) or one of the following Microsoft federal technology solutions partners:

If it’s vital to government, it’s mission critical to Microsoft.

The Microsoft partners listed below can help you implement a Microsoft Unified Communications solution.


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GovConnection offers a wide portfolio of Microsoft products including Microsoft Office Communications Server, a nationwide network of service partners, and teams of certified technical experts. We'll design, build, and support your end-to-end IT systems. We'll also identify contracts and purchasing vehicles that enable you to achieve your goals—on time and on budget.

GTSI is government's source for IT infrastructure solutions delivered by professional and financial service experts using a technology lifecycle management (TLM) approach. TLM allows government agencies to implement solutions of national and local significance quickly and cost-effectively. GTSI uses proven, repeatable processes to design, deploy, manage, and support each solution.

MicroLink, the 2008 Federal Repeatable Solutions Award winner, can demonstrate how Office Communication Server, SharePoint, and Bing Maps for Enterprise creates a collaboration and communications solution that cuts costs on travel, increases mobility and reduces teleworking expenses.

SHI can help you determine how a Microsoft Unified Communications solution can help you make the most of your existing communications investment. SHI can help you analyze a strategy that will help your agency reduced operating costs and streamline communications with Office Communications Server and Exchange Server. SHI’s licensing experts will help you create a plan to help you integrate Microsoft technology with your existing infrastructure and telephone systems.

Microsoft Services helps customers maximize the potential of their Microsoft technology investments. Through architecture, implementation, and support services, customers receive a level of vision, expertise, and insight that only Microsoft provides. Microsoft Services, together with key partners, understands agency requirements and delivers results with direct access to the Microsoft teams that develop both the products and future product direction. Contact AskFed@microsoft.com to talk with a services representative for federal, state, and local government or for education.

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