<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>Thanks everyone. I was asking generally, i.e. CUPS vs OCS, to gauge the availability of features. It's good to hear some level of federation is available.<br><br>I'll have to familiarize myself with what compatibility OCS has with a Cisco voice system.<br><br>With regards to the "monthly" fee - is this per user? per server? per institution? What are the costs like? Are we talking hundreds of dollars per month? thousands?<br><br>---<br>Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<br>(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)<br>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br>"Bad grammar makes me [sic]" - Tshirt<br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Matt Slaga (US)" <Matt.Slaga@us.didata.com><br>To: "Lelio Fulgenzi" <lelio@uoguelph.ca>, "cisco-voip voyp list" <cisco-voip@puck.nether.net><br>Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 2:15:16 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>Subject: RE: [cisco-voip] two questions about Cisco/Microsoft "communications clients"<br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Microsoft OCS requires a minimum of 2 servers, one for internal core
services, the other for edge services that is deployed in your perimeter
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">You can federate with MSN and AOL at no monthly charge (if you
are EA licensed with Microsoft), Yahoo for a monthly charge. They also have an
XMPP gateway to connect to Jabber, Googletalk and other XMPP based systems.
This requires an additional server in the perimeter network (in addition to the
edge server).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">CUPS requires a physical server, no co-location yet. CUPS
provides XMPP connectivity, but requires ports open all the way through your
perimeter network. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lelio Fulgenzi<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 02, 2009 1:47 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> cisco-voip voyp list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [cisco-voip] two questions about Cisco/Microsoft
"communications clients"</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black;">Just trying to get my head around two questions, with Cisco or
Microsoft's PC based clients:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">do you need a separate server?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">can you communicate with individuals outside of
your organization, say other MSN clients?</span></li>
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Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>
Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<br>
(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)<br>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br>
"Bad grammar makes me [sic]" - Tshirt</span></p>
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