Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 Disk Kit, IT MVL

Office Communicator 2005 Disk Kit, IT MVL Communicator 2005 is an integrated communications client, enabling information workers to communicate in real time. As the recommended client for Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005, Communicator 2005 integrates with Microsoft Office System applications and enterprise telephony infrastructure.

Connect People Inside the Enterprise in Real Time
In a world of communications overload where virtual working continues to increase, existing forms of asynchronous communication are no longer sufficient. Communicator 2005 integrates rich communication capabilities to allow teams and information workers to more easily and efficiently communicate in real time.

- Find people you need to communicate with easily via integration with existing corporate directories.
- Communicate seamlessly with others in different locations or time zones, with a range of different communication modalities.
- View rich information about a contact's availability—details about their schedule, or even their 'out of office' message—through integration with Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 and Microsoft Exchange Server.
- Avoid continually checking for colleagues' status. Communicator 2005 lets you tag key contacts so you can know when they become available and can communicate with them more quickly.
- Use 1:1 video and voice communications capabilities for rich interactions beyond text-based instant messaging (IM) conversations.

Connect the PC and the Phone
The enterprise telephone has been a key form of real-time communications for some time, although until today it has not been well integrated with the PC. Communicator 2005 bridges the gap between the enterprise phone and the PC.

- Initiate telephone calls with your enterprise phone directly from Communicator 2005, or other applications such as Outlook, without having to take the number out of one application and dial it into the phone.
- Forward your desk phone automatically, based on where you are—if you walk away from your desk, your calls can automatically be diverted to a mobile phone.
- Access phone features via Communicator 2005—accept, transfer, and divert calls or add people to the phone conversation—through an easy-to-use, intuitive user interface, rather than having to remember complicated sequences to dial into a telephone.
- Switch from a group IM conversation to an audio conference call at the click of a button using Communicator 2005's integration abilities with audio conferencing service providers. The conferencing bridge automatically calls participants at the number they choose, making it unnecessary to circulate PINs or passcodes via another form of communication.
- See pop-up notifications for incoming calls. Integration with Outlook and your corporate directory lets you know who is calling you and whether they are online of offline. With one mouse click, you can answer the call if you are next to your phone, or, divert the call to another number such as a mobile or home phone.