Microsoft Office Live Meeting* Review

Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 is a web conferencing solution suited well for both planned and ad hoc meetings. The solution boasts a large set of features which makes it a solid online collaboration tool suited for various usage scenarios.

Web conferences are easy to plan in Outlook and can be started quickly. During the meeting the host can present documents in the online meeting room. The documents must be uploaded beforehand.

Bottom line: Usage is intuitive with Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007, even though the tool offers a large set of functionalities. The online collaboration tool enables many usage scenarios.

Pricing

"Standard": up to 250 participants per meeting: US$ 4.50 per month (minimum of 5 licenses); "Professional": up to 1.250 participants per meeting: US$ 16.00 per month (minimum of 5 licenses)

License options

single user license for an unlimited number of meetings (minimum purchase: 5 licenses)

Voice over IP and phone costs

Only integrated VoIP

* Software phased out, included in ranking and reviews for reference purposes only.