Microsoft to link LCS 2005 with public IM networks
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
In a move that advances instant messaging (IM) interoperability, Microsoft will open up communication between its enterprise IM server and the public consumer-oriented IM networks run by its MSN division and by rivals Yahoo and America Online.
Microsoft is announcing Thursday that Live Communications Server (LCS) 2005, due to ship during this year's fourth quarter, will allow users to exchange instant messages with users on AOL's AIM, Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger. "This has been the top request from our corporate customers. They have clearly told us that anything we could possibly do to make this happen would make them the happiest," said Taylor Collyer, Microsoft's senior director for LCS.