Allen Abrahamson Microsoft Communications Specialist State and Local Government aabraham@microsoft.com
Collaboration Portals Streamlined processes Content management Business intelligence Search Word processing Business modeling Presentations Information management Business data management
Individual Impact Increase employee self-sufficiency and effectiveness
The New User Experience Office 2007 introduces a new way of working with Office applications Top design goals Make the product easier to use Help people save time Make it easier to discover more of the functionality people need in Office Help people create rich, great looking documents
DEMO Before we get into the demo Are you learning anything here today? Would it be easy for others to learn from this? The New User Interface
Communications chaos Phone tag, voice mail jail, E-mail overload Too many devices, too little time
Unified Identity Across Devices and Networks Alex Hankin Contoso, Ltd. Senior Director New York, NY Tel: (207) 555-1000 Direct: (207) 555-1112 Fax: (207) 555-9999 Mobile: (775) 551-2345 Home (208) 555-5656 Telex: 781 234 Work Email: alexhankin@contoso.com Work IM: alexhankin@contoso.com Home Email: Alex@hotmail.com Home Alex IM: Alex@hotmail.com Hankin Skype: AlexH Senior Director Contoso, Ltd. work mobile alexhankin@contoso.com home
Voice communications through IP-PBXs PBX E-mail, communications IM, web communications through PCs through PCs
People-centric with single identity Rich, contextual and standards based Device and network agnostic Secure, robust, efficient to manage and operate
Anywhere Access Outlook experience from desktop to mobile devices By 2007 telework will be practiced by more than 60 million people - Gartner Management Update 2004 Built-in: no special server or services required Rich access for the many, not the few
Integration of telephony, fax, and e-mail capabilities into desktop and mobile clients Use the telephone to manage email, calendar, and personal contacts Less wasted time One inbox Anywhere access Reduced costs Foundation for Unified Communications
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Presence Controls in Office System Applications Office Communicator 2007 (IM, Telephony Integration, Group IM). Office Communicator Mobile 2005 Exchange Unified Messaging. Office Roundtable & Livemeeting 2007
Office Communicator for Windows Mobile Presence and Location Corporate address book Secure IM Integrated IP telephony
Unified Messaging Integration of telephony, fax, and e-mail capabilities into desktop and mobile clients Use the telephone to manage email, calendar, and personal contacts Less wasted time One inbox Anywhere access Reduced costs Foundation for Unified Communications
Compliance Built-In Protection Reduce risk, keep users productive. The Challenge Legal needs to reduce risk Users don t want to think about it IT doesn t want the complexity Exchange 2007 Solution Managed Email Folders Journaling Discovery Disclaimers Rules
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Extending Communicator experience Today: PCs, web, mobile devices Tomorrow: Dedicated communications devices Software for innovative IP phones Implementation design with embedded software Partners will deliver production devices
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Evaluate Communications Investments Holistically Messaging, Telephony, IM, Video/Web conferencing What can you offer users today based on your infrastructure with incremental enhancements (vs. forklift replacements) Build the Foundation For Unified Communications Single identity and managed directory Put the person at the center of your focus Evaluate The Future Evaluate Exchange Server 2007 Evaluate Live Communications Server 2005 and Office Communicator 2005 Schedule a UC consultation about our next wave of offerings Contact your Account Representative Proof of Concept (lab environment)
Links Unified Messaging Product Documentation http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9b3340d9-5465-41ec-be48-926ea8264160.aspx Meeting the E-Mail Compliance Challenge With Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/compliance.mspx Magic Quadrant for unified communications, 2006(Gartner) http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/microsoft/vol3/article8/article8.html Nortel and Microsoft Form Innovative Communications Alliance http://innovativecommunicationsalliance.com/ The Telephony Advisor - good starting point if you are thinking about deploying UM http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/telephony-advisor.mspx
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