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Hosted Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007
solution gives your business secure instant messaging, presence and unified communications. Microsoft OCS 2007 is available as a stand-alone application or as an add-on to Waypoint Hosted Exchange Service
Why use Office Communications Server?
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 .
Waypoint's hosted Office Communications Server 2007 service is:
- Secure and private
- Legally compliant
- Built for business use
- Integrated* with your hosted Exchange email
*This feature 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 efficien
*This feature 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, Waypoint'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
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