Comments on: Microsoft's PBX ambitions? http://www.saunderslog.com/2007/01/02/microsofts-pbx-ambitions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=microsofts-pbx-ambitions An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew http://www.saunderslog.com/2007/01/02/microsofts-pbx-ambitions/#comment-4288 Andrew Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:41:07 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/01/02/microsofts-pbx-ambitions/#comment-4288 I am pretty sure that the UI is there (much in the same way you can place a call in Outlook) but the actual functions and system req. fall back to the IP PBX, I know they have been integrating the Nortel BCM into LCS for some time, I would imagine it became pretty apparent to them that call control was needed if you were using Windows messenger with a SIP PBX. Nortels own Softphone and the peripherals that go along with it (astronomically priced) have these capabilities now, (as do other proprietary softphones) so it isnt' too far a stretch to add the protocol to Windows messenger. Fax and Voice resources aren't Notels forte', so I would be very surprised if they are adding that functionality as a pure software play. I am pretty sure that the UI is there (much in the same way you can place a call in Outlook) but the actual functions and system req. fall back to the IP PBX, I know they have been integrating the Nortel BCM into LCS for some time, I would imagine it became pretty apparent to them that call control was needed if you were using Windows messenger with a SIP PBX.

Nortels own Softphone and the peripherals that go along with it (astronomically priced) have these capabilities now, (as do other proprietary softphones) so it isnt' too far a stretch to add the protocol to Windows messenger.

Fax and Voice resources aren't Notels forte', so I would be very surprised if they are adding that functionality as a pure software play.

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