IM Capabilities

[Dan Betting]

I can't find the details anywhere of the corporate
capabilities of Microsoft's IM product.

Does anybody know if Microsoft offers a corporate version
of IM where:
1. The members list can be pulled from the Active
Directory listing.
2. Auditing/Logging of all generated traffic can occur.
3. Restrictions to various levels of access can be put in
place.

If so, where can I get details? Required infrastructure?
Cost? Etc.

Thanks for the assistance.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Dan,

You're looking for the Office Live Communications Server 2003 (which uses Windows Messenger 5
as a client), which integrates a number of these features.

See here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/livecomm/default.asp
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Dan Betting" > wrote in message
...
> I can't find the details anywhere of the corporate
> capabilities of Microsoft's IM product.
>
> Does anybody know if Microsoft offers a corporate version
> of IM where:
> 1. The members list can be pulled from the Active
> Directory listing.
> 2. Auditing/Logging of all generated traffic can occur.
> 3. Restrictions to various levels of access can be put in
> place.
>
> If so, where can I get details? Required infrastructure?
> Cost? Etc.
>
> Thanks for the assistance.
>