Response Level, Microsoft;s phone for small-business end users, was one of the casualties of Microsoft;s layoffs final 12 months.However it wasn;t till Might 18,
Office 2007 Professional, 2010, that Microsoft officially announced the discontinuation of its small-business-targeted VOIP item.Microsoft minimize the bulk with the Response Position staff final spring. At that time, regardless of rumors that Response Level was dead, Microsoft officials insisted on stating the company was continuing to appraise the future of the product.Here;s the official discover regarding the future of Response Point (which I discovered by way of NetworkWorld):“After transitioning Microsoft Response Position to engineering maintenance status a yr ago, Microsoft has made the decision to discontinue the sale, support and development with the Response Position telephone system for tiny businesses, effective August 31, 2010. Current clients will be able to continue to use their Response Level product(s) as per their equipment manufacturer purchase agreement.”The Microsoft Web site acknowledged a lack of demand for Response Position phones. Instead,
Office 2007 Serial, Microsoft plans to encourage SMB customers to look at its Office Communications Server (OCS) item. Microsoft is currently working on a new version of OCS, expected to be called either OCS 2010 or 2011 (based on when it finally ships).Buyers who bought Response Position phones won;t see those phones abruptly stop working in August. The actual cut-off date is up to the OEMs,
Microsoft Office Pro 2010, according to Microsoft.Microsoft released Response Position 1.0 in October 2007. The software platform,
Microsoft Office 2007 Professional, which offered VOIP calling and a voice-activated user interface, is aimed at companies with 1 to 50 phones. Response Stage OEMs — including D-Link, Uniden,
microsoft Office 2010 keygen, Quanta Computer and Aastra, bundle Microsoft’s Response Stage software with their phone systems. Microsoft was working on version 2.0 with the platform, codenamed “Austin,” when the layoffs hit final 12 months.