Microsoft Unveils Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Release 2

14 October 2008
Today, Microsoft Corp. debuted Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Release 2 (R2), an update to the award-winning Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. Microsoft representatives demonstrated the new release for the first time before an audience of telecom and IT professionals at the VoiceCon tradeshow in Amsterdam. Customers will be able to purchase the release, currently in private beta testing, beginning in February 2009.

To me, the main point of this announcement is Microsoft's assertion later in the press release that Office Communications Server (OCS) Mark II will do more than a private branch exchange (PBX) at lower cost. Such claims need proof, whoever makes them.

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