Hosted Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007

While most companies have email systems they can archive and track, many still use non-secure instant messaging systems. Often unknown and untracked by IT or management, public IM systems open a business to serious legal and security risks.

Citytalk's hosted Office Communications Server 2007 service is:

• Secure and private
• Legally compliant
• Built for business use
• Integrated* with your hosted Exchange email

*This features is only supported in the Exchange-integrated version of OCS, not the stand-alone version.

Business Benefits:

Hosted OCS provides a secure and professional alternative for instant messaging and unified communications. Benefits include:

• Free/busy status – integrated*
• Hosted OCS users can see whether colleagues are available, away, busy or offline. It integrates* with Outlook, SharePoint and the desktop client Office Communicator (included free with the service). So if a user has a meeting from 10am to 11am, they will automatically display as 'busy' in Office Communicator.

Conversations are saved:

Office Communications Server lets users save and search all IM conversations inside Outlook, just like their email.

Secure and private:

Secure instant messaging allows users to send messages with end-to-end encryption so sensitive information is never at risk of being hacked.

Higher productivity:

PC-to-PC file transferring functionality allows instant document-sharing, increasing productivity and efficiency.*This features is only supported in the Exchange-integrated version of OCS, not the stand-alone version.

Unified Communications:

In addition to a secure instant messaging tool, Citytalk's hosted Office Communications Server 2007 service provides your business with unified communications. It integrates* Outlook email, instant messaging, voice and video, all in one product. Specifically, hosted OCS 2007 comes equipped with:

• Free/busy integration* across Outlook and SharePoint
• Secure instant messaging
• PC to PC file transferring
• PC to PC voice and video calls