Live Meeting 2007
With Live Meeting 2007 Microsoft offers both a hosted model for Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 as well as a CPE (customer premise equipment) solution, namely Office Communications Server 2007. In addition to Microsoft directly hosting Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007, hosting partners will also offer Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 as a fee-based service. Whether attendees use the Live Meeting service or the Office Communications Server 2007 (OCS 2007) to power their web conference, they will use the same client to deliver a seamless meeting experience.
- New features are
- Rich media presentations (incl. Windows Media and Flash)
- Live webcam video
- "Panoramic video" with Microsoft RoundTable
- Multi-party two-way VoIP audio
- PSTN and VoIP audio integration
- Active speaker indicator
- Public events page
- Advanced testing and grading
- High fidelity recordings
- Personal recordings
- Virtual Breakout Rooms
- "Handout" distribution (File Transfer)
Live Meeting Web Access (MWA) was redesigned in this release to provide a user experience that is nearly identical to the new Windows-based Live Meeting client. One huge benefit is that Live Meeting Web Access is a Java applet and therefore is available on non-Windows operating systems such as Linux, Solaris, and MacOS.
The Live Meeting product is also intended to operate with the Polycom CX5000 (formerly known as the Microsoft RoundTable) which is a 360 degree video camera optimized to work with Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007. One new feature included in this version allows the Microsoft Office Live Meeting client to automatically switch the larger video window to the actively speaking participant. This auto-switch feature isn't specific to the Polycom CX5000 product - it will work with any USB-based camera. The main advantage of the CX5000 is its 360 degree camera view, which is suitable for conference rooms with several participants. With specially designed microphones, the CX5000 is able to determine the location of the active speaker and then tell Microsoft Office Live Meeting which camera angle to focus on.
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