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Mac Client for OCS Released

The Beta period is over. Mac client has released. It can be downloaded here; http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx?pid=Mactopia_Messenger 

The key features for both Corporate and Personal are:
Corporate Features:
•    For corporate Mac users, increased support for Office Communications Server 2007 make it easy to search a corporate address book from within Messenger and quickly find internal contacts.
•    Corporate Mac users with Office Communications Server and Messenger for Mac 7 installed on their corporate network, can participate in face-to-face meetings with co-workers.
•    New features and “presence” enhancements in Messenger for Mac 7 include the ability to add a personal message to corporate Mac users contact information.
•    With an improved connection to an organization’s Global Address List, users can search the corporate address book from Messenger for Mac 7 to quickly find internal contacts.
•    Take advantage Mac OS X Bonjour instant networking technology to let you see which contacts are available to connect on your local network.

Personal Features:  
•    Conveniently and instantly share files and gather feedback.
•    Messenger for Mac 7 takes advantage Mac OS X Bonjour instant networking technology to let users see any available contacts located on their local network.
•    Find a contact, just search, click and connect using the new contact search tool.  
•    Keep track contacts by assigning nicknames even as friend/family members are changing their screen names.

Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:28 PM by gkatz

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