UK User Groups – Community Day 2008 Day 1, Breakout 2 (Room A) 1Text material (c) Art C Ho, 2008.
2 Microsoft Unified Communications User Group, United Kingdom. Art C Ho, LLB, BA, MCTS & MCP for LCS. (corporate, via , MSN, Groove, SIP and OCS) Survey time!
Historical chat and discussion forums: A retrospective look them good ol’ days. The evolution of communications: Paradigm shifts in the way we waste time increase productivity. The need for change inside the organisation. Product round-up: SharePoint discussion forums: strengths and weaknesses. Groove discussion forums: strengths and weaknesses. Groove chat: strengths and weaknesses. Group Chat functionality for Office Communications Server: strengths and weaknesses. Inclusive or exclusive? Picking your poison(s). 3Text material (c) Art C Ho, 2008.
4 Circa the Jurassic era: - Unix talk daemon - Dial-up bulletin board systems When was the last time anyone even used talkd anyways? dialup speeds... Desktop integration? Federation? Offline messages? Persistence? Compliance? Desktop integration? Federation? Real time communications? Collaboration? Persistence? Compliance? Collaboration? More recent: - Internet relay chat (IRC) - Web-based discussion forums Current: - public IM - forums, spaces, blogs, peer-to-peer...
Text material (c) Art C Ho, Integration Compliance Persistence versus Real-time Federation Identity management Collaboration Presence Offline support
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7 Integration Compliance Persistent Real-time Collaboration Presence Offline support
Text material (c) Art C Ho, Compliance Persistent Real-time (but better using Groove chat) Collaboration Presence Offline support Federation Identity Management
Text material (c) Art C Ho, Compliance Persistent Real-time (but better using Groove chat) Collaboration Presence Offline support Federation Identity Management
Text material (c) Art C Ho, Compliance Persistent Real-time Collaboration Presence Offline support Federation Integration
Text material (c) Art C Ho, Do you need search? Real-time OR collaborative: there is no middle ground! Inclusive or exclusive? Purpose and end users? SharePoint UG UK: Groove UG: