Messenger for Mac 7.0 adds videoconferencing for biz users

BetaNews | at | by Mike

While consumers are still not able to use the audio-visual features of Microsoft's instant messaging client for Macs, a new version adds support for AV for businesses.

In order for businesses with Mac clients to be running Microsoft's Messenger for Mac 7.0 with video support, an organization must be running Exchange server and Microsoft Communicator. Video and audio chats will be available, as well as multi-party conferencing.

Video and audio conferencing on the platform is something that the Mac Business Unit has been talking about for quite some time, in fact as early as 2006 in an interview with BetaNews.