TeamMessenger

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Publisher:	Addwit Ltd
Version:	1.0
License:	Freeware
Price:	$0.00
Operating Systems:	WinXP,Windows Vista Starter,Windows Vista Home Basic,Windows Vista Home Premium,Windows Vista Business,Windows Vista Enterprise,Windows Vista Ultimate,Windows Vista Home Basic x64,Windows Vista Home P
File Size:	6.67 MB
Total Views:	1815
Total Downloads:	1
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Release Date:	10/1/2008
Last Update Date:	10/14/2017

TeamMessenger Short Description:
TeamMessenger: Microsoft certified team collaboration and instant messaging tool

TeamMessenger Long Description:
TeamMessenger is a Microsoft certified secure real-time collaboration and live communications application for business and virtual teams for whom privacy, security and compliance are a key requirement. It consists of a desktop instant messenger client and a private messaging server supporting im, file sharing, multimedia broadcasting and contact book / in-out board with online presence.

Team Messenger is perfect for team communication, web conferencing, online meetings, webinars, virtual team management. Its rich functionality includes offline messages, conversation logs, away messages, user profiles with photos, presence indication / buddycheck and in-out boards integrated with Microsoft applications such as Office and SharePoint 2007.

Simple to set up and easy to use over LAN, intranet or extranet, TeamMessenger is suitable for Project Teams, Support Teams, Sales Organisations, Partner Programmes, Research Teams, Collaborative Virtual Teams and educational users among others.

Technically, TeamMessenger consists of im messaging server and im messenger client applications, compatible with Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. No database is required, although optional SQL Express, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008 may be used to store User details. TeamMessenger presence indication is compatible with Windows SharePoint Services (WSS3), Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS), Windows Live, Office 2007 and other applications supporting Smart Tags. TeamMessenger security is provided by Windows Authentication and / or Active Directory, and security and encryption by Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).

TeamMessenger is Microsoft Certified and has been developed in the UK by Microsoft Gold Certified Partners.

TeamMessenger enterprise im server is free to download and use, and includes a free 3-user im client access license.

TeamMessenger Reviews by Users

Average Rating: TeamMessenger is rated 5 stars.

(5 Stars)

Total Reviews: 1

(5 Stars)

Great product for private online collaboration network

Reviewed by veiko herne on 1/22/2009

I needed to find a private instant messaging program for a bunch of boffins doing top-secret stuff, and came across TeamMessenger which seemed to fit the bill, so I decided to test it out.

To my surprise, it worked without any hassle on both Windows Vista and XP. I was a bit worried as the product says it needs the Microsoft dot-net framework for security and such, but the installer didn't make fuss about it - on Vista it existed already and on the XP it kindly downloaded and set it up for me. I wish more products would be as smooth with their drivers and things!

The configuration offers TCP port 96 as the default for communicating with the hub ("server" as they call it), but if you don't want to bother configuring firewalls, it's better to change this to the usual port 80 (as long as you are not running a web server on the same computer with the TeamMessenger hub.

Starting the program, it was very much like MSN except with it you can create your own secure environment and keep your conversations private, at least unless someone is so interested that they are ready to spend some serious time on a supercomputer to crack your encryption.

Sending files over the conversation was also easy, and the "broadcast" feature was nice - send a piece of video or music, and it plays to everyone automatically without them needing to download it. There wasn't any problem even with bigger files although I wouldn't try sending DVD's over it.

The tabbed discussions were great, I wish MSN had the same - my screen is often full of chat windows which sometimes create embarrassing accidents when I type in the wrong window...

TeamMessenger also has a "smart tags" feature which they promise shows your free / busy status on Web pages and many Microsoft apps such as Sharepoint 2007. The idea is that where you see somebody's name, a little traffic light shows green, yellow or red depending on whether that person is online and free or busy, and you can start chatting to them with a click. I couldn't test it as I don't have Sharepoint, but it's supposed to be easy to add those traffic lights on any web page.

The product came with three licenses which are free forever, so I have been using it to chat with that boffin friend of mine for a few weeks, as she's not allowed to use MSN at work. The only missing feature I could think of is that there is no import tool for addresses - so every user has to fill in their details themselves at the start into the shared address book.

If you want to have your own private online collaboration network, Team Messenger can be the product for it. It's not as much fun as some of the things that kids use, but being Microsoft certified, even the guardians of corporate IT should not have big objections against installing it.

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