Live Communications Server 2005 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) includes new features and enhancements to improve reliability, manageability, and the ability to share presence and instant messages (IM) with partners, suppliers, and users of public IM service providers such as MSN, AOL, and Yahoo!. This document provides an overview of features in Live Communications Server 2005, as well as features found in Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 and Microsoft Office programs such as Microsoft Office Outlook and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003.

Included in this document:

• Overview of Live Communications Server 2005
• Key benefits of Live Communications Server 2005
• Scenarios and examples
• Develop real-time communications applications with Live Communications Server
• System requirements
• Summary

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