Hosted OCS

Hosted Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007

Waypoint’s hosted Microsoft OCS 2007 solution gives your business secure instant messaging, presence and unified communications. Microsoft OCS 2007 is available as a stand-alone application or as an add-on to Waypoint Hosted Exchange Service

Why use Office Communications Server?

While most companies have email systems they can archive and track, many still use non-secure instant messaging systems. Often unknown and untracked by IT or management, public IM systems open a business to serious legal and security risks.

Waypoint’s hosted Office Communications Server 2007 service is:

  • Secure and private
  • Legally compliant
  • Built for business use
  • Integrated* with your hosted Exchange email

*This feature is only supported in the Exchange-integrated version of OCS, not the stand-alone version

OCS-2007 (Office Communications Server) main window screenshotBUSINESS BENEFITS

Hosted OCS provides a secure and professional alternative for instant messaging and unified communications. Benefits include:

  • Free/busy status – integrated*
    Hosted OCS users can see whether colleagues are available, away, busy or offline. It integrates* with Outlook, SharePoint and the desktop client Office Communicator (included free with the service). So if a user has a meeting from 10am to 11am, they will automatically display as ‘busy’ in Office Communicator.
  • Conversations are saved
    Office Communications Server lets users save and search all IM conversations inside Outlook, just like their email.
  • Secure and private
    Secure instant messaging allows users to send messages with end-to-end encryption so sensitive information is never at risk of being hacked.
  • Higher productivity
    PC-to-PC file transferring functionality allows instant document-sharing, increasing productivity and efficien

*This feature is only supported in the Exchange-integrated version of OCS, not the stand-alone version

OCS-2007 (Office Communications Server) main window screenshotUnified Communications

In addition to a secure instant messaging tool, Waypoint’s hosted Office Communications Server 2007 service provides your business with unified communications. It integrates* Outlook email, instant messaging, voice and video, all in one product. Specifically, hosted OCS 2007 comes equipped with:

  • Free/busy integration* across Outlook and SharePoint
  • Secure instant messaging
  • PC to PC file transferring
  • PC to PC voice and video calls