Just over six months after releasing the first version of its Office Live Communications Server, Microsoft Corp. plans to announce on Tuesday that it is ready to start picking candidates to trial the next version of its enterprise instant messaging (IM) product. The Redmond, Washington, software maker plans to select up to 1,000 customers to participate in a beta test for Live Communications Server 2005, according to Dennis Karlinsky, a lead product manager at Microsoft. The beta should start in June or July with the final product due in the fourth quarter of this year, he said.
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