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Federation between Microsoft LCS\OCS and IBM
Sametime (08-Nov-08) |
Co-existence of IBM
Sametime and Microsoft LCS\OCS:
By default Sametime
and LCS\OCS don’t work together. It means a Microsoft
office Communicator (MOC) user can’t communicate with
the Sametime user. You need to use a third party
solution to enable the same.
There are two tools
(what I know!) to enable the co-existence of Sametime
and LCS\OCS. Convergence Session Manager (CSM) from
Convergence and Instant Buddy list Migrator from Instant
technologies.
Convergence Session
Manager (CSM) acts as an intermediate device between the LCS\OCS and Sametime setup.
Instant Buddy List Migrator’s integration with
Session Manager from Convergence enables Sametime users
and LCS/OCS users to belong to single, unified buddy
lists so they can communicate seamlessly across
platforms.
Mostly you
would use the internetworking of LCS\OCS and Sametime
due to following two reasons:
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If a
company with Sametime setup wants to federate with a
company having LCS\OCS setup
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If a
company having Sametime setup wants to migrate to
LCS\OCS setup. In this case the company needs to
afford the co-existence period.
See
how to migrate contact list from
Sametime to LCS\OCS.
Related Links:
Solution brief by Convergence
Instant Buddy List Migrator
Cross Platform Communication notes by Convergence
