Overview: Information Technology and Computing Services (ITCS) will be testing Microsoft Communicator 2007 for eventual deployment to ECU users who have a need to communicate securely with contacts through instant messaging (IM), audio/video conferences, and data sharing sessions. Your feedback will be very useful in making this testing a success.
How Can Communicator Help You?
- Initiate a one-to-one or group text-based conversation when you need information quickly;
- Schedule video conferences using a Web camera for more personal communications;
- Place Communicator calls (calls from your computer to another computer or to a phone) from any connected location;
- View presence information—whether a person is online, in a meeting, out of the office, etc.—from an e-mail message received in Outlook 2007;
- Share documents through Communicator “data sharing” sessions;
- Instant message contacts securely using public IM programs such as AOL Instant Messenger, MSN / Windows Messenger, and Yahoo! Messenger. Communicator calls and audio/video conferencing are not supported with public instant messaging contacts.
Familiar with Communicator 2005? Microsoft's 2007 Version Offers Many New and Improved Features:
- Add your location—in office, at home, etc.;
- Set different access levels for different groups in contacts;
- Multi-select contacts for single click conferencing;
- Add Subject and Importance to a Communicator call;
- OneNote 2007 integration;
- Reply to e-mail with IM or voice call.
For a comprehensive listing, see Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 version comparison.