Comments on: Microsoft’s PBX ambitions? http://saunderslog.com/2007/01/02/microsofts-pbx-ambitions/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:31:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Andrew http://saunderslog.com/2007/01/02/microsofts-pbx-ambitions/#comment-94633 Andrew Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:41:07 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/01/02/microsofts-pbx-ambitions/#comment-94633 I am pretty sure that the UI is there (much in the same way you can place a call in Outlook) but the actual functions and system req. fall back to the IP PBX, I know they have been integrating the Nortel BCM into LCS for some time, I would imagine it became pretty apparent to them that call control was needed if you were using Windows messenger with a SIP PBX. Nortels own Softphone and the peripherals that go along with it (astronomically priced) have these capabilities now, (as do other proprietary softphones) so it isnt' too far a stretch to add the protocol to Windows messenger. Fax and Voice resources aren't Notels forte', so I would be very surprised if they are adding that functionality as a pure software play. I am pretty sure that the UI is there (much in the same way you can place a call in Outlook) but the actual functions and system req. fall back to the IP PBX, I know they have been integrating the Nortel BCM into LCS for some time, I would imagine it became pretty apparent to them that call control was needed if you were using Windows messenger with a SIP PBX.

Nortels own Softphone and the peripherals that go along with it (astronomically priced) have these capabilities now, (as do other proprietary softphones) so it isnt’ too far a stretch to add the protocol to Windows messenger.

Fax and Voice resources aren’t Notels forte’, so I would be very surprised if they are adding that functionality as a pure software play.

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