Microsoft Office LCS 2005 Beta Nominations

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Microsoft has begun sending out nomination e-mails for the upcoming Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 beta program. The beta program for LCS 2005 was first officially announced on May 4th via a PressPass article.

If you would like to nominate yourself to be in the program you can log in to BetaPlace and use the Guest ID: LCS2005. LCS 2005 is scheduled for release in the fourth quarter of 2004.

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"Getting wider buy-in for the project wasn't just about ROI, it was about fitting in with the values we seek to embody as an HR consultancy. Having said that we've seen a 10% increase in billable hours with our consultants, as they have been able to utilise that dead time that traditionally existed when travelling."

Nigel said that the technology had personally benefited him recently. He explained: "I flew from London to Manchester and spent an hour catching up on all of my correspondence. This meant that when I arrived at the meeting I was up to speed with all the developments. We're now developing profiling tools that will see staff issued with Windows Mobile-based devices or laptops depending on how they work."

(1 reply) #1 Ivand on 08 May 2004 - 15:05

I dont get it, What exactly will LCS do?

#1.1 Jason on 08 May 2004 - 16:46

Nothing for home users, its a real time communication server.

#2 STV on 08 May 2004 - 15:20

my guess is that it works with Microsoft Office Live Meeting, a collaboration software.

but i could be wrong.

STV

(6 replies) #3 ThunderRiver on 08 May 2004 - 15:40

No.. It is Live Communication Server. The Greenwich project remember?
It is the local domain server that hosts local MSN Messenger chat and so on.
I am kind surprised that they are making a new one already, considering I don't think the project has taken off into the air yet.

#3.1 STV on 08 May 2004 - 15:51

thanks for the info, and thanks for not flaming

STV

#3.2 FISKER_Q on 08 May 2004 - 16:54

Ehm, isn't exchange already doing that?

As far as i remember each setup exchange server can host a windows(msn?) messenger service with a max of 50000 users.

Or is it something else?

#3.3 WindowsNT on 08 May 2004 - 17:06

Exchange Server 2000 does but Exchange Server 2003 does not. it was taken out and spun off as MS Office LCS

#3.4 FISKER_Q on 08 May 2004 - 17:28

Damn that's some pretty quantum ****

Good thing you told me that, our school needed some local service cause people were using msn messenger too much for fun and not work.

So we were considering Exchange 2003 for a local im server

So now i'm gonna tell them we gotta wait.

#3.5 Jason on 08 May 2004 - 17:40

Haven't got to wait there is LCS 2003 already out.

#3.6 ergie on 10 May 2004 - 15:17

I am running LCS as our internal IM server and it runs pretty well. Pulling it out of Exchange to me was a good move, since rebooting LCS doesn't mean rebooting exchange. There are some limitations, will only support Windows IM 5.0, and some of the cool featuers like creating custom status msg isn't available. No linux client out just yet, kind a sux. Also depending on your needs you can register your domain with passport, purchase a 3rd party gateway software and have your LCS participate with MSN IM system... This lets you log company im traffic and limit who can actually get a company domain passport. So far it's been pretty solid, most of my users are using it for video conferencing, whiteboarding etc. Nice thing is my WAN links aren't saturated with unecrypted corporate IM anymore, woohoo...

#4 nuka_t on 09 May 2004 - 03:26

this is pretty OT but i guess it kinda fits in.

since this is called 2005 and its gonna be release in h2 2k4, does that mean that windows mobile 2k5 will be released at around the same time? i dont know if i should buy a ppc now, or wait.

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