Microsoft with Microsoft Office Microsoft executives have announced that the company would introduce voice technology in its coming products in San Francisco. They will develop the products, which will make communication link to all workers from e-mail and instant messaging to video conferencing and telephony.



According to Jeff Raikes, president of Microsoft’s Business Division, the new software will enable the unified office communications, which will imbedded in a new generation of IP phones, developed by Microsoft partners LG-Nortel, Polycom and Thomson.



Microsoft is already involved in communications through e-mail, voice-messaging software.



Now the new features will include following things:



1. Microsoft Office RoundTable

2. An audio-video collaboration device

3. A new version of OfficeLive Meeting

4. Unified messaging features in Exchange Server 2007



These features will allow users of Outlook voice manager to dial in, access their calendars, and send changes to meeting attendees.



The other unified communication products are:



a) Office Communication Server 2007

b) Office Communicator 2007



The research has shown that the company has 6.4 types of different communications devices and 4.8 communication applications.



Via: accounting web