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Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Product Overview – v 2009.1.30 27
Unified conferencing - audio, video, and Web
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 combines enterprise-ready IM, presence, videoconferencing,
audio, video, and Web conferencing, and Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony in one solution. Users can
seamlessly transition among communication modes, without leaving the Communicator conversation
window or re-inviting users. For example, a user can escalate a one-to-one IM session into a multiparty
conference call, and then share his or her desktop so the group can collaborate on documents,
presentations, or other applications.
Escalating to impromptu conferences
Users can now start conference calls from the Office Communicator 2007 R2 Contact List by selecting a
distribution group, contact group, or multiple users in the Contact List, and then selecting the Start a
Conference Call option. With Office Communicator 2007 R2’s conferencing features, users can start an
unscheduled conference call with a few mouse clicks (see Figure 21). Users can join a conference by
answering from their PCs or redirecting the conference invitation to an alternate phone, such as a
mobile phone.
Figure 21
Seamless switching from one-to-one phone conversations to a conference call
Users can switch from a one-to-one phone conversation to a conference call by inviting new contacts to
the call. Users can add people to a conference call by selecting contacts from Office Communicator 2007
R2 and dragging them into the conference, clicking the Invite button and selecting a user, or clicking the
Invite button and adding a phone number.
Live meeting escalation
With Office Communicator 2007 R2, users can escalate from an IM, phone, audio, or video session to an
Office Live Meeting session. With an Office Live Meeting session, users can perform web conference
activities such as give a presentation, share rich media, or administer polls.