Microsoft is planning to ship in February the first public beta of Office Communications Server 2007, which is key to the company's voice and unified messaging strategy.
The company also plans to ship next month a public beta of Office Communicator 2007, the client software for OCS 2007, sources say.
The Microsoft Unified Communications & RTC User Group in the United Kingdom has also said in a recent blog posting that betas for Office Communicator and OCS 2007 would be available in February.