Microsoft VoIP Announcement
Microsoft is getting on track for becoming a dominant IP telephony provider. Their VoIP phone announcement on Tuesday represents a significant step toward Microsoft’s IP telephony goals.
15 IP telephones, by nine manufacturers, were unveiled and compatible with Office Communications Server 2007, Microsoft’s software for providing IP PBX functions over a corporate network.
What this means is that companies using Microsoft’s phone solution will have options beyond headsets. A study, which Microsoft had commissioned, shows that its soft phones provide better quality than some desk phones of Cisco’s.
Although the study seems to indicate that Microsoft was counting on their headsets and soft clients run on PCs, the latest announcement has proven otherwise.
