Can you use OCS with Office XP on Windows 2000?

Friday, August 08, 2008 6:29 PM

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We're currently upgrading our users to Windows XP/Office 2003 but need to deploy an IM solution long before we complete that upgrade. We want to use OCS 2007 Enterprise. Will it work?

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Friday, August 08, 2008 7:34 PM

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Yes, here are some details from the Communicator 2007 Testing Guide:

Communicator 2007 Compatibility List

Operating System	Outlook Version	Exchange Server Version
Windows Vista® 32-bit (RTM) operating system	Microsoft Office Outlook® 2007 Outlook 2003 SP2	Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Exchange Server 2003
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2 or later	Outlook 2007 Outlook 2003 SP2	Exchange Server 2007 Exchange Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 with Service Pack 1 or later	Outlook 2007 Outlook 2003 SP2	Exchange Server 2007 Exchange Server 2003
Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4 or later	Outlook 2003 SP2	Exchange Server 2007 Exchange Server 2003

You may potentially see alerts or errors with Presence information in Outlook 2003, but not necessarily. Search the forums here to find out about some of the issue some users run into. Other than that it is supported and there is no reasons to hold off an OCS deployment until upgrading clients to Office 2007.