Chapter 8. Public IM Connectivity Scenario

Users nowadays can use client software such as Office Communicator 2007 to communicate with users of instant messaging (IM) services provided by the MSN network of Internet services, by Yahoo!, and by AOL. Office Communications Server 2007 provides mechanisms both on the server side and on the user side to control which MSN, Yahoo!, and AOL users can interact with the users in your organization. This allows users to establish connections with one or more of these providers, or to disable existing connections if necessary. Administrators can authorize employees for public ...

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