Office Communicator Pilot

Office Communicator better known as OCS was introduced to a number of staff members included in the pilot project in 2008. OCS continues to run in a semi production environment for approximately 300 staff. The number of licenses is limited until the University makes a firm decision on the future of desktop communications.

Currently the tool either indicates or provides:

Staff presence
Instant messaging
File Sharing
Security control, auditing and logging
Face to face video plus Interface between Audio Visual equipment and desktop client

Benefits:

Streamlines communications
Increases Effectiveness and Productivity
Reduces travel by online and real time communication and collaboration

Support:

Support is limited. Outages to the service can be expected when configuration changes are made or problems occur. There are no guarantees the service will be available 100%.