Live Communications Server 2005 / WM 5.1 Beta

Live Communications Server 2005 / WM 5.1 Beta

Neowin Staff on 13 September 2004 - 18:54 · 25 comments & 9398 views

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The Live Communications Team is please to announce that the Release Candidate build of Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and Microsoft Windows Messenger 5.1 client are available for immediate download on Beta Place.

The Release Candidate (RC) build represents significant improvements over the previous release; it is also a major step towards shipping RTM. Please download and begin testing as soon as possible.

Thank you for your continued participation in our beta program. We look forward to your feedback!

Thank you,
The Live Communications Server Team

News source: Microsoft Beta Site

To access Beta Place, go to http://beta.microsoft.com. Sign in using your Microsoft Passport account. Beta participation is a personal invitation for you only, so please do not share your Passport or your access to beta.microsoft.com with others.
If you need assistance, please send e-mail to <<mailto:ms_lcs@microsoft.com>>.

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#1 BackWash on 13 Sep 2004 - 19:23

any guest id ne1 ?

#2 Sporkguy on 13 Sep 2004 - 19:25

got in without the id.. they always tend to invite me to these betas for some reason

(1 reply) #3 Skwerl on 13 Sep 2004 - 19:29

"Beta Release Candidate for testers available"
Well, that's a little vague! Not to mention "Beta Release Candidate" is a bit redundant.

#3.1 OPaul on 13 Sep 2004 - 20:03

That's exactly what I was thinking. That's the vaguest title I've ever seen, who wrote that?

#4 BackWash on 13 Sep 2004 - 19:33

How dou you get invited for this beta ? Ne form to complete ? Badly want to test it !

#5 xxpor on 13 Sep 2004 - 19:44

Who's the news staff?

(6 replies) #6 EduardValencia on 13 Sep 2004 - 19:49

can anyone post a screenshot please?

#6.1 furby on 13 Sep 2004 - 22:25

Of LCS or messenger? messenger looks just the same to me. But anyway here it is

#6.2 Jason on 13 Sep 2004 - 22:32

no of course we don't want pics of Messenger we want pics of the program that matters - LCS2005.

#6.3 rIaHc3 on 14 Sep 2004 - 00:15

tha screenie looks fake. The main Messenger window title bar is suppose to have the text Windows Messenger. Why would you edit that out? FAKE. Please someone post a real screenshot (showing desktop, title bar text ect)

#6.4 Geo on 14 Sep 2004 - 01:20

idiot, it's a custom windows theme

#6.5 furby on 14 Sep 2004 - 11:27

LOL Do you really think I'd waste my time faking it. The "windows messenger" text dissapers when you reduce the window size.

Will post some LCS2005 Shots later

#6.6 XP-RTM on 14 Sep 2004 - 12:47

LOL @ 1.3 hahahahaha

#7 MadDog on 13 Sep 2004 - 19:53

Beta Release Candidate - I'm guessing they mean it's an RC1 build.

#8 tktino on 13 Sep 2004 - 20:15

I will make a few screenshots. I am testing it

#9 rIaHc3 on 13 Sep 2004 - 20:24

coughcoughleakitcoughcough

Man i wish we were ALL beta testers

(2 replies) #10 divertom15 on 13 Sep 2004 - 20:29

want windows messenger 5.1 badly

#10.1 Jason on 13 Sep 2004 - 20:38

Why ? all the updates will be about making it work with LCS2005.

#10.2 XP-RTM on 13 Sep 2004 - 20:43

exactly i just installed it and theres absolutely nothing new.... at least that i can see

(1 reply) #11 bingham. on 13 Sep 2004 - 20:35

i am a beta tester but never got told about this

#11.1 Jason on 13 Sep 2004 - 20:39

You don't get every program to test and do you have a big enough network to do this beta justice ?

#12 mram on 13 Sep 2004 - 21:38

I want to be a beta release candidate.

#13 allfive6 on 13 Sep 2004 - 21:51

I am in this beta even though I told them I have no way to test it

#14 kowcop on 13 Sep 2004 - 22:17

does anyone know of an organisation which has implemented this? Sometimes I wonder who has the cash to throw around for things like this

#15 BackWash on 14 Sep 2004 - 00:05

We r using it for testing purpose, lc server 2003 on a ad network. We have our own windows messenger server and me and my co-workers chat locally using this server. Works very well using sip.

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