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.