Overview

ITS provides support for Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), a telephone and voice option for faculty and staff. OCS combines instant messaging, presence, conferencing, desktop sharing, and multiparty voice and video calling for a seamless, low-cost communication and collaboration experience.

Get Started

1. Contact your departmental Voice/Data coordinator to get the appropriate account numbers.
2. Fill out and submit the OCS order form.

Features

• Receive and place calls from your computer, desk phone, or mobile phone
• Consolidate email and voicemail integrated with the campus Exchange servers
• Utilize presence or availability indicators for contacts
• Streamline communication with a single interface for audio, video, conferencing, and desktop sharing
• Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access provides Office Communications Server services such as instant messaging (IM), presence, audio conferencing, and desktop sharing to users who do not use Office Communicator

Requirements

• ISU Net-ID and Exchange email account
• E911 waiver (submitted on the OCS order form)
• USB/Bluetooth headset or USB attached headset
• Windows Microsoft Office Communicator (MOC) client (fully functional, requirements here) or Mac client (limited functionality)
• See OCS/Lync Phones available from the ISU Bookstore

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