As promised, Microsoft later Monday will roll out its "unified communications" roadmap including the next versions of Live Communications Server and Live Meeting.
The new Communications Server 2007 loses the 'Live' designation. The "Live" moniker is now relegated to hosted consumer- and small-business oriented hosted services a la Windows Live and Office Live.
The new Communications Server will add Web conferencing to the instant messaging and presence capabilities of the current version, and the subscription-based Live Meeting web conferencing service, will be available in the second calendar quarter of 2007, said Eric Swift, senior director of product management for the company's Unified Communications Group, organized earlier this year.
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