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Macintosh and OCS 2007 clients |
There are three clients for Macintosh platform:
· 1: Mac Messenger
7.0
· 2: Communicator web Access
· 4: Live Meeting Web Console
Mac Messenger 7.0 :
This is the Mac
client which supports an OCS 2007 user with Enhanced
Presence enabled. Previous version of Mac Messenger
doesn't support an OCS 2007 user due to their
incapability to understand Enhanced Presence feature.
Mac Messenger provides real time collaboration service
with two types of communication services:
Personal Account :
for Windows Live Messenger service.
Corporate Account :
for OCS 2007 service.
Download Location:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx
Which Mac we can run it on? :
We can run it on PowerPC and Intel based Macs.
Will it work with LCS 2005?
: No. It wont
run with LCS 2005. Only OCS 2007 users with enhanced
presence enabled can login to Mac Messenger 7. If your
organization is running LCS 2005, use Mac Messenger 6.
Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac
:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/help.mspx?CTT=PageView&clr=99-0-0&ep=7&target=ffe35357-8f25-4df8-a0a3-c258526c64ea1033
Comparison list among Mac Messenger 7, Office
Communicator 2007 and Communicator Web Access :
|
Features |
Mac Messenger
7 |
MOC 2k7 |
CWA |
|
Instant
Messaging |
Available |
Available |
Available |
|
Rich
presence |
Available |
Available |
Available |
|
PIC
Connectivity |
Available |
Available |
Available |
|
1:1
Voice/video (VoIP) |
Available |
Available |
Not available |
|
Multi-party
voice/video (VoIP) |
Available |
Available |
Not available |
|
Call
management features |
Limited
option |
Available |
Limited
option |
|
Remote Call
Control |
Not available |
Available |
Not available |
|
PC2Phone |
Not available |
Available |
Not available |
|
Office
Integration |
Limited
option |
Available |
Not available |
|
Calendar
Free/busy & Out off office message |
Not available |
Available |
Available |
|
Conversation
history |
In Mac
Messenger |
Available |
Not available |
|
Bonjour
Support |
Available |
Not available |
Not available |
What is Bonjour support on
Mac Messenger 7.0:
This is a newly launched feature in Mac Messenger 7.0
and its not available in any other version or type of
messenger. It enables a Mac Messenger user to connect
with people on local network.
Live Meeting for Mac:
Following features are available for users on Mac using
Microsoft office Live Meeting.
Join LM sessions
Join audio through telephone conferencing (Call me)
Downloading handouts
Share desktop
Features such as whiteboarding, polls, Q&A
Following features are not available for users on Mac
using Microsoft office Live Meeting.
Computer audio
Webcam & RoundTable video support
Uploading content from Mac
English only user interface
Supported Languages for Mac
Messenger 7 : Spanish, German, French,
Italian, Finnish, Danish, English, Japanese, Dutch,
Swedish, Norway
which OS will it run on? :
Mac OS X version 10.4.9 or later
Web Based Live Meeting:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/livemeeting/CH102342251033.aspx
Supported OS and browser for
web based Live Meeting on Macintosh platform:
|
Macintosh OS
Version |
Browser |
JVM |
|
MAC OS X V10.3 |
Safari 1.3 |
Apple Java™ 1.4.2 |
|
MAC OS X V10.4 |
Safari 2.0 |
Apple Java™ 1.4.2 |
What are the web browsers
you can use to connect as a web client on Macintosh? :
Safari and Firefox.
Related Links:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2CBFD726-DD67-4FEC-8FCE-6012EA4C515F&displaylang=en
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/livemeeting/CH102342251033.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/communicator/HA102200601033.aspx
