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Not within Exchange as a popup.
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That's kind of what I told him. &nbsp;I think Communications Server is the solution for that, but I just wanted to make sure... &nbsp;
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That's kind of what I told him.  I think Communications Server is the solution for that, but I just wanted to make sure...  

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I have been asked to research an affordable (read: free) way to send pop up style messages to people within my company's organization. <br />
We are planning on an Exchange 2007 upgrade and my director wants to know if there is a facility within Exchange 2007 which will allow for this. &nbsp;<br />
An example of this may be the need for a message to all IS employees saying an impromptu meeting is taking place. &nbsp;Or for a certain building to say someone left their vehicle's lights on. &nbsp;<br />
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I guess email is not a valid option for him. &nbsp;Does anyone know of a way it can do this?
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I have been asked to research an affordable (read: free) way to send pop up style messages to people within my company's organization. 
We are planning on an Exchange 2007 upgrade and my director wants to know if there is a facility within Exchange 2007 which will allow for this.  
An example of this may be the need for a message to all IS employees saying an impromptu meeting is taking place.  Or for a certain building to say someone left their vehicle's lights on.  

I guess email is not a valid option for him.  Does anyone know of a way it can do this?

Messaging Options in Exchange 2007

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).