IM & Presence application

[Ajin Skariah]

Hello,

I would appreciate if someone can tell me what's the real use of IM and Presence?. Is it a must when deploying VCS (for Jabber). Also I can see the availability of other users through phone without installing IM and Presence server. So why is it really used? Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,

Ajin Skariah. 

[Jaime Valencia · Accepted solution]

You can certainly use Jabber as Phone only mode, but IM&P enables IM&P, you can enable XMPP/SIP federation to other companies, or intra-company to other systems, you can configure compliance to record all the messages, persistent chat, managed file transfer, etc.

Probably the data sheet would be the best place to read a summary of what IM&P offers.

[Chris Deren · Accepted solution]

Instant Messaging, ability for chat between users. Presence is limited to phone presence only on the phone, but true presence of a user is reflected by what the user is doing on his/her computer which you need IMP solution for.