Via InfoWorld:
“Microsoft will try to entice partners and customers to integrate functionality from its enterprise instant messaging (IM) system into their applications when on Thursday the vendor introduces new developer tools.
Microsoft will make available for download ActiveX controls and sample code that the company says will simplify the integration of IM and presence capabilities from Live Communications Server (LCS) 2005 into business applications.
Microsoft hopes that the controls and code will motivate developers from both its partners and its customers to thread LCS functions into their applications, said Marc Sanders, senior product manager of real-time collaboration at Microsoft.“