Microsoft Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server Software

The Exchange team has made a significant investment in real-time collaboration for the Exchange 2000 family of servers. In addition to the new Instant Messaging capabilities and enhanced Chat Services of Exchange 2000 Server, Microsoft is introducing a significant new product called Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server. It is the vision of Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server to enable "meetings without walls."

Analysts have long talked about the benefits of virtual meetings. They can reduce travel costs, improve productivity, and enable problem solving anytime and from anywhere. However, until now, market solutions have fallen short of providing the technology to enable this vision in a compelling, cost-effective way. Enter Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server, which provides a platform that supports scalable and reliable data, video, and audio conferencing. NetMeeting users connected to Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server will experience single-click access to conferences and full integration of real-time meetings with their Microsoft Outlook calendars. At the same time, administrators will experience the powerful management features of Conferencing Server, which enable protection of bandwidth, load balancing, and failover.