Choosing a Web Conferencing Solution

When selecting a Web conferencing solution, organizations face the important choice between conferencing as a hosted service or an on-premise server.

To ensure consistency of experience, the Office Live Meeting service and Office Communications Server 2007 are designed and built using a common Web conferencing technology platform. In addition, regardless of whether a meeting attendee is interfacing with the Office Live Meeting service or Office Communications Server 2007, they use the same Web conferencing client. Providing a single, common client for both Live Meeting and Office Communications Server 2007 assures meeting attendees of a simple and consistent experience, regardless of which Microsoft Web conferencing solution their organization deploys.

When determining which solution to use for Web conferencing, there are three sets of factors to consider:
• Priorities and resources of the IT department
• Information policies and compliance requirements of the organization
• Web conferencing feature requirements