Provide secure professional communication service such as instant messaging, presence, audio-video conferencing and web conferencing functionality within your organisation and between your organisation and the world with on-demand Office Communications. Stay connected and in touch whether you are in the office or travelling.

Azurance will take care of the complex server side infrastructure and deliver a service accessed by your users through Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 with Office Outlook integration.  It is the first step towards the vision of Unified Communications, which provides the platform for convergence between IT and telephony infrastructure and allows easy communication through instant messaging (IM), voice, and video.

Reduce travel and training Costs with Web conferencing that connect participants with meetings or "events" where they do not need to be physically present

• Reduce conferencing charges by sharing your desktop easily
• Save time as presence awareness results in better directed e-mail, fewer telephone calls because callers can see the availability of intended recipients and recipients can determine rules for how they wish to be reached
• Improve user and team productivity by making it easier to contact colleagues for information, checks for messages and work securely while out of the office
• Support a flexible working environment and provide leading-edge workplace tools for an enhanced working experience

Hosted Office Communications Server allows colleagues and team members see each other’s presence status and instantly connect with each other through a secure and auditable internal company instant messaging system or through a PC-to-PC voice connection.  Other features include:

	Automatic Presence State Unites real-time status information based on calendar information, login/activity status, and user preference, you can see whether a person is available, offline, busy, in a meeting, in a call, or out of the office with all the ways you communicate with a web browser using Communicator Web Access, a Microsoft Windows Mobile device using Communicator Mobile, or from your desktop PC using Office Communicator 2007.
	Instant Messaging Allows real-time text-based communication, which helps to reduce turnaround time and increase productivity.  Also has the capability to log and archive all instant message traffic to create call detail records for conferences and voice.
	Web and Audio Conferencing Transform any conversation—a phone call or an instant message session—into a rich voice and videoconferencing meeting environment that includes whiteboarding, polling and application sharing on the fly that supports multiple.
	Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Utilise powerful phone features through your PC  like making PC-to-PC calls, call another phone, forward calls to another number, call hold, call transfer, conference call, call logging, simultaneous ring another number, whether you are in the office or at a remote location with an Internet connection.
	Microsoft Office Integration Allows office integration via Microsoft Office Outlook conference scheduling, conversation history, integrated presence, Microsoft Office OneNote integration, and the ability to reply to e-mail with real-time communication. For instance, from an e-mail message received in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, you can view presence information of the contacts and initiate real time communication from within the message — without the need to switch applications and search for colleagues.

In today’s global markets, organizations must react swiftly and respond effectively to opportunities and challenges.  Yet many companies today are held back by their reliance on yesterday’s communications technologies.  Their workers still engage in phone and e-mail tag, resulting in lost productivity and delayed decision-making.  They incur travel expenses and costly long-distance charges to communicate with colleagues physically separated by location or time zone, driving up operations budgets.

Chat, Voice and Video Together

A communication might start with a simple IM. With Office Communicator 2007 you can add other modes of communication. If voice or video would be more effective, you can add those modes without opening new windows or starting another program.

Increase "off the clock" Employee Participation

Allow for more employee productivity by encouraging telecommuting during non-business hours. Now you can stay connected on one or multiple devices using the same sign-in credentials. Connect from your desktop PC, a public Internet kiosk using Communicator Web Access, Microsoft Windows Mobile® device using Communicator Mobile, or device offers the most convenience.

Become More Efficient and Increase your Bottom Line

Stay agile and grow by keeping branch inter-office communications fast and easy. From an e-mail message received in Office Outlook 2007, users can view presence information about other users and initiate real-time communication from within the message, avoiding the need to switch applications and search for users.

Be Mobile, Interact out of the Office and Away from Home

Communicator Mobile delivers anywhere access, rich presence, and enterprise instant messaging (IM) that helps people quickly find and communicate with each other. The 2007 version of Office Communicator Mobile is designed with a similar look and feel to the desktop version of Microsoft Office Communicator 2007.

Connect your Phones, Voicemail, IM, and Presence Together

Works directly with Azurance Business Voice to help track calls.  Office Communicator 2007 focuses on the people in a conversation and provides a consistent experience regardless of whether the conversation is using IM, voice, video, or other modes.

See when Colleagues are Available, Away, Busy or Offline

Hosted OCS users can see whether colleagues are available, away, busy or offline. It integrates with Outlook, SharePoint, OCS for Windows Mobile© and the desktop client Office Communicator. When working on a document in Office Word 2007, users can see a list of the people associated with the document along with availability information for those users. From this contextual list and based on this availability information, users can initiate a conversation directly with the appropriate people.

Never Forget an Important Conversation Again

Office Communications Server lets users save and search all IM conversations inside Outlook, just like their email. With Office Communicator 2007, you can maintain a log of all incoming and outgoing calls and IM sessions, including the date and time, subject, participant names, and if applicable.

Most Companies use Secure Private E-mail, but Insecure Public IM

Secure instant messaging allows users to send messages with end-to-end encryption so sensitive information is never at risk of being hacked. Azurance's hosted OCS enables real-time communications, including enterprise-class secure instant messaging, software-powered Voice over IP (VoIP), and audio and video web conferencing.

Drag and Drop File Transfer

PC-to-PC file transferring functionality allows instant document-sharing, increasing productivity and efficiency. You can share data in a rich format, drag contacts to initiate calls, invite users to join a conference, or transfer files.