Three of the key objectives or strategies that companies today are looking to execute on are improving client relationships, building a high performance workforce and cost reduction. The development of an appropriate collaboration and communication strategy is one of the ways that a business can really deliver on these objectives. In this session we will look at how a well designed communication and collaboration solution can improve responsiveness, productivity and the range of ways of communicating effectively with customers, build communities of expertise and, crucially, reduce costs through reduction in travel and eliminating duplication of effort.

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So what would it look like and who will it effect

Communication and collaboration solutions can be seen as a broad service platform that has wide ranging benefits, with different methods and uses that are dependent upon the way people work and the objectives of their role. In this session we look at a number of different significant ways such a platform is commonly deployed as well as outlining various scenarios, where we can see how its usage really influences working methods and practices.

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SharePoint in action

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OCS and Exchange in Action

This session will show a modern Unified Communications environment in action. We will begin by showing presence and will then move on to look at the tight integration between OCS 2007 R2 and Exchange 2007. This will focus on the single inbox for voicemail and the storing of IM conversations in the mailbox. Along the way we will touch on the new Communicator Mobile client which gives single number reach capabilities.

Having looked at the core functionality we will demonstrate some of the exciting enhanced voice capabilities listed below:

• Auto Attendant
• Group Chat
• Single Number Reach
• Response Group
• Desktop Sharing
  

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Configuring OCS and Exchange

In this session we will get hands on with Exchange 2007 and OCS 2007 R2. We will look at key configuration points which will enable you to setup and try out for yourselves the functionality discussed in the OCS and Exchange in Action session.

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SharePoint Power out of the box

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Compliance and Archiving Demo using Exchange
and SharePoint

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