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Compare Communicator for Mac 2011 to Messenger for Mac 7

Office for Mac 2011 will reach end of support on October 10, 2017. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see these resources.

 

Applies to: Office for Mac 2011

Topic Last Modified: 2015-03-09

The following table compares features between Communicator for Mac 2011 and Messenger for Mac 7 hosted on Office Communications Server 2007.

Feature included Feature is included   Feature partially included Feature is partially included   Feature not included Feature is not included

Features Communicator for Mac 2011 Messenger for Mac 7

Outbound/inbound audio calls from PSTN callers

Feature included

Feature not included

Quick access to conferences in Communicator for Mac 2011 by clicking conf: URL in a meeting request

Feature included

Feature not included

Calendar-based presence status, such as In a Meeting

Feature included

Feature not included

Outlook out-of-office messages appear in Communicator for Mac

Feature included

Feature not included

Presence status integrated with Office for Mac 2011

Feature included

Feature partially included

Access to the Conversation History from the conversation window

Feature included

Feature partially included

Instant messaging (IM)

Feature included

Feature included

Basic presence

Feature included

Feature included

Computer-to-computer audio calls with Communicator for Mac 2011 and Office Communicator for Windows users

Feature included

Feature included

Computer-to-computer video calls with Communicator for Mac 2011 and Office Communicator for Windows users

Feature included

Feature included

Access to external federated users

Feature included

Feature included

Public IM connectivity

Feature included

Feature included

File transfer with Communicator for Mac 2011 clients

Feature included

Feature included

Global Address List (GAL) search

Feature included

Feature included

Integration for presence states between Communicator for Mac 2011 and Office Communicator for Windows

Feature included

Feature included

Support for NTLM and Kerberos protocol

Feature included

Feature included