Compare Communicator for Mac 2011 to Messenger for Mac 7
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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.
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Outbound/inbound audio calls from PSTN callers |
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Quick access to conferences in Communicator for Mac 2011 by clicking conf: URL in a meeting request |
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Calendar-based presence status, such as In a Meeting |
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Outlook out-of-office messages appear in Communicator for Mac |
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Presence status integrated with Office for Mac 2011 |
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Access to the Conversation History from the conversation window |
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Instant messaging (IM) |
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Basic presence |
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Computer-to-computer audio calls with Communicator for Mac 2011 and Office Communicator for Windows users |
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Computer-to-computer video calls with Communicator for Mac 2011 and Office Communicator for Windows users |
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Access to external federated users |
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Public IM connectivity |
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File transfer with Communicator for Mac 2011 clients |
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Global Address List (GAL) search |
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Integration for presence states between Communicator for Mac 2011 and Office Communicator for Windows |
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Support for NTLM and Kerberos protocol |
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