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Build communications into business processes
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and Office Communicator 2007 R2 are built on an extensible
software foundation that allows developers to easily build communications enabled applications and
business processes on top of a robust and scalable enterprise-grade platform.
The range of communications capabilities that can be integrated and desktop applications, workflows
and business processes is wide ranging, and are categorized in Table .
Table 5. Modes of Communication
Person to person communications,
or Contextual Collaboration
Machine to person communications,
or Business Process Communications
Person to machine communications,
or Anywhere Information Access
For details about developing solutions on the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 platform, see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905773.aspx.
Contextual collaboration
Contextual collaboration enables users to streamline their communications by using three key
capabilities of the unified communications platform:
 Integrated presence information
 Contextual information
 Click to communicate
Advanced scenarios allow building of custom clients for instant messaging, telephony or video
conversations.
Presence information about people surfaced in applications gives information about a user’s availability
and willingness to start a conversation. Additional information displayed in the presence information
provides more detail, such as whether a person the user wants to contact is in a meeting, in a call, or is
not available on instant messaging.
The presence icon also enables a click to communicate experience right from the application. Click the
icon and a drop-down menu appears giving access to the built in click to communicate capabilities.
Developers can integrate presence into any desktop application whether it is a rich client or a browser
based application. When using the Microsoft developer samples available on the Office Communications
Developer Portal on MSDN, the presence Controls for Visual Studio come with an integrated drop-down