Ed Scannell Microsoft says it plans to ship its Office Communicator 2005 IM .
Found inside – TECH WATCH APPLICATIONS Office 12 Jumps to XML File Formats Forthcoming. In addition to needing one of the supported operating system and Internet browser combinations, an Internet connection, a phone (unless you're also running Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2), and an invitation to a Lync meeting, you will also need the Microsoft Silverlight 4.0 browser plug-in, or a later version of Silverlight, installed. Microsoft Teams Communicator and FAQ Bot App Templates. In order to use Office Communicator, you must connect to an Office Communications Server. You can add contacts from your organization's global address list (GAL), from a Federated network to Communicator for Mac 2011, or from the following networks: Windows Live, AOL, and Yahoo!.