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I found it was labor intensive to setup AND maintain... though it does do everything you asked.<br />
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I had a hard time finding online documentaion too... I ended up buying the book.
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I found it was labor intensive to setup AND maintain... though it does do everything you asked.

I had a hard time finding online documentaion too... I ended up buying the book.

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I am thinking of using Live Communications Server 2005 in our company, I wanted to hear from someone who has used it:<br />
-How easy / hard it is to setup / use.<br />
-What features work well and what don't<br />
-Can it handle VoIP? &nbsp;Remotely?<br />
-Can it handle online meetings / ie. remote company users have a 'meeting' with local users in our confrence room?<br />
-What does it require to setup?
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I am thinking of using Live Communications Server 2005 in our company, I wanted to hear from someone who has used it:
-How easy / hard it is to setup / use.
-What features work well and what don't
-Can it handle VoIP?  Remotely?
-Can it handle online meetings / ie. remote company users have a 'meeting' with local users in our confrence room?
-What does it require to setup?

Live Communications Server 2005 - Worth it?

Voice over IP (VoIP) is a methodology and group of technologies for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. Other terms commonly associated with VoIP are IP telephony, Internet telephony, broadband telephony, and broadband phone service. The term specifically refers to the provisioning of communications services (voice, fax, SMS, voice-messaging) over the public Internet, rather than via the public switched telephone network (PSTN).  Examples of the VoIP protocols are H.323, Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), H.248 (also known as Media Gateway Control (Megaco)), Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP), Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP), Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP), Session Description Protocol (SDP), and Inter-Asterisk eXchange (IAX).