Building Software on the Microsoft Unified Communications Platform

Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 provide the infrastructure for enterprise communications including e-mail, voice, video, IM, conferencing, and unified messaging. Building on this infrastructure, the UC Platform APIs provide a platform that you can leverage to build communications into your solutions adding incredible value to your users. Learn how to add communication features to your applications, including: 1) Launching IM, voice, and video communications from your application using data from your app to provide context directly in the conversation, 2) Building SIP enabled services that allow you to broadcast time critical information via IM messages, 3) Build Automated IM Agents that allow users to interact with back-end services and data securely and conveniently talking to an IM Robot, and 4) Create voice UIs allowing your applications to leverage Text to Speech and Automatic Speech recognition to allow your workflows to communicate with users anywhere on any phone using voice. We show demos of each capability and provide code samples to help you understand how each capability can be added to your solution. We also discuss the UC platform relative to your application's architecture and provide details on underlying protocols and security in solutions.