[farsight]

I was at a conference (UC Summit 2010) a week ago. Microsoft was there and presented OCS. I think this is a new name but it is what it is.

They claim to have 100,000 connections worldwide. Most of those appear to be large multi-national corps.

I've done some research on it since getting back and the documentation is really thin. Much the same for the product -- but it is picking up speed. The versions started with 2005 then 2007 and 2007R2. Version '14' will probably be released this fall as 2010. I couldn't find a beta release and only one article on the upcoming product.

It does not replace the PBX but it has some deep hooks into it.

What does 3CX think of this product?

[LeonidasG]

Hi,

We are currently competing with OCS in terms of features.
Though in some areas we might not be as strong as them, in some areas they will not be as strong as ours when V9 comes out.

[igor.snezhko]

Check this also http://www.nickonit.com/2010/03/microso ... d-pbx.html

[jaiume]

I think it would be an advantage for 3Cx to have OCS integration, and I don't think that OCS integration would lose 3CX any of its customers, here's why :

Many businesses that install OCS, just install it for inter-company communication, chat, voice and video. OCS is reasonably easy to set up for that scenario. When it comes to OCS calling the outside world or trying to do some of the things that a PBX does, the set up becomes a whole lot harder.

I work for a Microsoft Partner, and every customer we have set up OCS for, only uses it internally, and has no plans to replace their PBX. Infact we can use OCS for free as a partner, but we are about to pay for a 3CX install.

We would love to be able to call betwenn OCS and 3CX, allow OCS to make outbound calls through 3CX, and have a 3CX extension in an OCS conference or vice versa.

Jamie