1. UK User Groups – Community Day 2008 Day 1, Breakout 2 (Room A) 1Text material (c) Art C Ho, 2008.

2. 2 Microsoft Unified Communications User Group, United Kingdom. http://mucuguk.org/ Art C Ho, LLB, BA, MCTS & MCP for LCS. art.ho@greyconvergence.com (corporate, via e-mail, MSN, Groove, SIP and OCS) art.ho@greyconvergence.com Survey time!

3. 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. 4 Circa the Jurassic era: - Unix talk daemon - Dial-up bulletin board systems When was the last time anyone even used talkd anyways? LOL @ 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...

5. Text material (c) Art C Ho, 2008.5 Integration Compliance Persistence versus Real-time Federation Identity management Collaboration Presence Offline support

6. Text material (c) Art C Ho, 2008.6

7. 7 Integration Compliance Persistent Real-time Collaboration Presence Offline support

8. Text material (c) Art C Ho, 2008.8 Compliance Persistent Real-time (but better using Groove chat) Collaboration Presence Offline support Federation Identity Management

9. Text material (c) Art C Ho, 2008.9 Compliance Persistent Real-time (but better using Groove chat) Collaboration Presence Offline support Federation Identity Management

10. Text material (c) Art C Ho, 2008.10 Compliance Persistent Real-time Collaboration Presence Offline support Federation Integration

11. Text material (c) Art C Ho, 2008.11 Do you need search? Real-time OR collaborative: there is no middle ground! Inclusive or exclusive? Purpose and end users? SharePoint UG UK: http://suguk.org/ Groove UG: http://grooveuser.org/