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Live Meeting Features from Microsoft Small Business

Live Meeting 2005 takes the best of Live Meeting 2003 Web conferencing technology and makes it easier to work together with colleagues, customers, and partners, no matter where you are. Live Meeting 2005 introduces innovative functionality that makes online meetings more productive. The result is a powerful solution that improves collaboration between either individuals or large groups.

Use the tables on this page to see what's new in Live Meeting 2005 and which edition is right for you.

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Interactive: Engaging for Groups of All SizesInteractive: Engaging for Groups of All Sizes
Integrated: Integrates with Microsoft Office and Existing SystemsIntegrated: Integrates with Microsoft Office and Existing Systems
Easy to Use: Familiar and Easy for Organizers and Meeting ParticipantsEasy to Use: Familiar and Easy for Organizers and Meeting Participants

Interactive: Engaging for Groups of All Sizes

KEY:Feature Optional = Feature Optional    Feature Included = Feature Included
FeaturesLive Meeting Standard EditionLive Meeting Professional Edition

Interactive Tools (whiteboards, text slides, polls, web slides, snapshots, annotations, chat, question manager, audience seating chart, mood indicators)

Feature Included

Feature Included

New: Document Viewer (documents and files)

Feature Included

Feature Included

Updated: Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Viewer (support for animations and transitions)

Feature Included

Feature Included

Updated: Application and Desktop Sharing

Feature Included

Feature Included

Application and Desktop Sharing Remote Control


Feature Included

New: Remote Assistance


Feature Included

Updated: One-Click Content Controls

Feature Included

Feature Included

Updated: Manage Attendees

Feature Included

Feature Included

New: Meeting Lobby

Feature Included

Feature Included

Integrated: Integrates with Microsoft Office and Existing Systems

KEY:Feature Optional = Feature Optional    Feature Included = Feature Included
FeaturesLive Meeting Standard EditionLive Meeting Professional Edition

Updated: Live Meeting Add-In for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 (schedule meetings and Meet Now)

Feature Included

Feature Included

Live Meeting Add-In for Microsoft Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger (Meet Now)

Feature Included

Feature Included

New: Live Meeting Add-In for Microsoft Office Collaboration (Meet Now from Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2003, PowerPoint, Microsoft Office Visio 2003, and Microsoft Office Project 2003)

Feature Included

Feature Included

Live Meeting Add-In for Lotus Notes (schedule meetings and Meet Now)

Feature Included

Feature Included

New: Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Integration (My Upcoming Live Meetings and My Live Meeting Recordings)

Feature Included

Feature Included

Audio Conferencing Call Controls

Feature Included

Feature Included

Internet Audio Broadcast


Feature Included

Easy to Use: Familiar and Easy for Organizers and Meeting Participants

KEY:Feature Optional = Feature Optional    Feature Included = Feature Included
FeaturesLive Meeting Standard EditionLive Meeting Professional Edition

Live Meeting Manager (schedule meetings, Meet Now, manage meetings and recordings, users, groups, administration policies, account preferences)

Feature Included

Feature Included

Live Meeting Replay Recordings


Feature Included

Meeting Reports

Feature Included

Feature Included

New: Intranet Portal

Feature Included

Feature Included

Personal Address Books


Feature Included

Custom Invitations


Feature Included

Custom Branding


Feature Included

Print to Portable Document Format (PDF)


Feature Included

Additional Recording Storage


Feature Optional

Live Meeting Registration


Feature Included

Adoption Services

Feature Optional

Feature Optional

Event Services

Feature Optional

Feature Optional


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