Microsoft expands hosted messaging

PC World | at | by Mike

Microsoft is expanding its hosted Exchange product for service providers to include instant messaging and Web sites that serve as collaborative online workspaces, the company plans to announce this week.

Previously, the offering consisted only of Exchange Server 2003 and was called the Microsoft Solution for Hosted Exchange 2003. It has been renamed the Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration and also includes Live Communications Server 2005 and Windows SharePoint Services, says Morgan Cole, product manager of hosted messaging and collaboration at Microsoft.