How to : Confiugre Pidgin To Connect Microsoft OCS/LCS IM Server
Note:I am seeing so many people visiting this page, but leaving early.. please feel free to comment at comment section what problems you faced in installing PIDGIN, i am very much interested in helping you.. Good news for all the Linux lovers who are working in Corporate companies where most of the communication is through Microsoft OCS(Office Communicator Software)/IBM Same time IM clients. OCS is primarily used for IM communications, but if you want to use OCS in Linux it’s not possible till this point. Recently Pidgin started supporting SIP(Session Initiation Protocol) Protocol. So for the people how know about MS OCS. Here is the short notes for you. MS OCS is a proprietary software is an enterprise real-time communications server, providing the infrastructure for enterprise instant messaging, presence, file transfer, Peer to peer and multi-party voice and video calling, ad hoc and structured conferences (audio, video and web) and PSTN connectivity. These features are available within an organisation, between organisations, and with external users on the public Internet, or standard phones, on the PSTN as well as SIP trunking. --Wikipedia.org Its little bit tricky to install and use it. Here are the steps how to accomplish this. Note : By default Pidgin will not support MS OCS. We require a third party ( pidgin-sipe) to accesses MS OCS. Step1 : Check if pidgin is installed or not, From...
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