OCS 2007 R2 Rumours - CG On Unified Communications

9/22/2008

OCS 2007 R2 Rumours

Various sites have been talking about the forthcoming release of Office Communications Server, known as OCS 2007 R2. There is no confirmation of the rumour from Microsoft, and there are no details currently available regarding what updates or features might be included in R2. Bearing this disclaimer in mind, here are some of the "new features" reported on the various blog posts:

A dedicated telephony switchboard or “attendant console”

A new interface for group IM

64-bit Support: Its official now. The OCS team is now openly discussing the next release on their blog, and its confirmed that OCS 2007 R2 will be 64 bit only. Rumour has it that some components might still need to be 32 bit, like the Communicator Web Access.

“One number calling”

The Communicator Web Access will be upgraded to allow application sharing the within the web application

A Telephony queue system should be included, and will give people dialling in to the system, access to a touchtone menu to have their calls forwarded to the right department/person.

So, can we expect a BETA? There has been rumours of an public beta of Office Communications Server 2007 R2, but there is none out there yet. The current beta program is running as an TAP program (Technology Adoption) and is out there for selected customers mostly in the US.

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