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I'm using Office Communicator and would like to communicate with someon on MSN/Windows Messenger that is outside of our organization. &nbsp;Communicator finds this person by email address only with a status of unknown. &nbsp;When I send a message, I get the error that the message can't be sent and the person appears offline. &nbsp;Are these two programs not compatible?
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I'm using Office Communicator and would like to communicate with someon on MSN/Windows Messenger that is outside of our organization.  Communicator finds this person by email address only with a status of unknown.  When I send a message, I get the error that the message can't be sent and the person appears offline.  Are these two programs not compatible?

Can Office Communicator communicate with MSN Messenger?

I&#39;m using Office Communicator and would like to communicate with someon on MSN/Windows Messenger that is outside of our organization.  Communicator finds this person by email address only with a status of unknown.  When I send a message, I get the error that the message can&#39;t be sent and the person appears offline.  Are these two programs not compatible?

Instant messaging (IM) is a type of online chat that offers real-time text transmission over the Internet. A LAN messenger operates in a similar way over a local area network. More advanced instant messaging can add file transfer, clickable hyperlinks, Voice over IP, or video chat. Non-IM types of chat include multicast transmission, usually referred to as "chat rooms". Depending on the IM protocol, the technical architecture can be peer-to-peer (direct point-to-point transmission) or client-server (a central server retransmits messages from the sender to the communication device).