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by mg_roberts 1 view

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I have 4 employees in the office, and 3 employees out of the office. These 7 people need to interact all day long as a group. I figure the easiest way is to create a chat room. But what can I use as a chat room? I would like to have their names as user names, and obviously have it private.

Thanks in advance.

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by j.lupo

but we use MS Communicator all the time and you can add people to the communication. It is secure within the company intranet and no matter where I login (in office, home, etc) I can use it to have meetings with anyone/everyone all day -- and have done that.

by mg_roberts

I assume this is now called Live Communication Server? If so, we have an ActionPak copy of this at the office so I thought I'd try it out and see how it works.

by j.lupo

Microsoft Office Communicator. It is linked with our Outlook e-mail. We have found it useful especially since the project team is located in 5 states and 3 US time zones.

by now left tr

Hi Old Guy...can I ask a Q?

Do you find that the use of such software reduces the load on e-mail services within the company walls?

Thanks...

by old guy

That's how we learn. Anyway, it may make a slight reduction but it would probably come closer to reducing the time on internal calls. We use it in a clinic setting. We have it installed on the workstations in each doctor pod and assistant pod as well as from the front desk. The front desk shoots a message to the appropriate hall so the assistant will know when they have a patient ready to come back. It is being used a little more now for just quick messages as well. I think as we go forward and more of the users get used to it it should help in the Exchange load as well.

I really like it because it is strickly internal communication and is extremely simple to use.

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by silentchris

HipChat is a cloud-based service that sounds like it would work for exactly what you're looking for. It provides both chat rooms and one-on-one chats with image/file sharing and searchable history.

There's a free trial and since your group is only 7 people it would be $9/mo for the most basic plan. Might consider checking it out.

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