Live Communications Server 2005 delivers instant messaging (IM) and presence as part of a scalable, enterprise-grade solution offering enhanced security, seamless integration with other Microsoft products and an extensible, industry-standard development platform. Your organization can realize cost savings and improved business efficiencies, increased individual productivity and enhanced intellectual property protection with this easy-to-manage, highly available solution.

Find and communicate with people instantly to increase productivity
Live Communications Server 2005 makes it possible to increase productivity with integrated presence and real-time communication to locate people and share information quickly. Mobile workers can have security-enhanced presence and IM solutions without requiring Virtual Private Networking (VPN). By providing encrypted and optionally logged transactions between public IM data centers and Live Communications Server internal users, organizations can more securely and effectively connect information workers to the most popular public IM services (MSN, AOL and Yahoo!).
 
Take advantage of Microsoft Office System integration
Live Communications Server 2005 is part of the Microsoft Windows Server System and adheres to the common engineering criteria. It allows users to share Microsoft Office and other applications from work or home with encrypted IM and voice- and video-enhanced collaborative sessions. Real-time communication capabilities within Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office Word and other familiar Office programs offer the opportunity to accelerate team collaboration dramatically.

Develop enterprise-grade real-time communications solutions
With advanced presence technology, Live Communications Server 2005 offers instant access to team members, partners, suppliers and customers across multiple geographies, time zones and organizational boundaries. You can authenticate users and provide Kerberos and NT LAN Manager (NTLM) capabilities for single sign-on. Integration with Microsoft Windows Active Directory consolidates your network, server and IM user resources to give you more security and control over your network. The server can scale up as your company grows, to more than 100,000 users.
 
Use familiar and powerful Windows-based management tools
With Live Communications Server 2005, you can simplify your setup, management and administration tasks with new deployment tools and familiar, easy-to-use management interfaces. You can also simplify the creation of real-time applications.