Lap around the next generation of the Microsoft Unified Communications Platform

In Q1 of 2009 Microsoft will be shaking up the dusty telecom world once again by releasing the second release of its powerful communications software platform. Come and see an end-to-end 'real life' sample application showcasing the new platform features of the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Office Communicator 2007 R2 and Exchange Server. Learn about the new APIs of the platform and about the key new scenarios that will be enabled so you as a developer can embed communications deeply in client as well as server applications. New APIs we will showcase are the enhanced Unified Communications Managed API 2.0 which contains a complete SIP signaling stack, combined with a media stack, a managed speech API, UC Windows Workflow Activities, and tools integrated into Visual Studio 2008. Also witness the debut of a new Web Services based Managed API for Microsoft Exchange that can be used both for client side as well as server side development.