Microsoft is extending its Microsoft Office Live
Communications Server 2005 capabilities to instant messaging on
mobile devices.
The company is developing a new mobile Live Communications
Server 2005 client for Windows Mobile-based devices to deliver the
extra connectivity.
It is based on the user interface of the Microsoft Office
Communicator 2005 messaging client.
Live Communications Server already supports e-mail, PC instant
messaging, short message service (SMS), videoconferencing and web
conferencing.
Gurdeep Pall, Microsoft corporate vice-president for the
real-time collaboration group, said, “Through the new Windows
Mobile client, we'll offer mobile users an integrated
communications and presence-sharing experience, all within a
security-enhanced trusted environment.”
Microsoft said a beta version of the instant messaging client
would be available in the second half of 2005.
The company has also signed an agreement with push e-mail
solutions provider RIM to jointly develop an enterprise instant
messaging client for Blackberry mobile devices supported by Live
Communications Server, which should be available by the end of the
year.