<s>
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Office	I-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
commercial	O
subscription-based	O
web	B-Protocol
conferencing	I-Protocol
service	O
operated	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Live	B-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
included	O
software	O
installed	O
on	O
client	O
PCs	O
and	O
used	O
a	O
central	O
server	O
for	O
all	O
clients	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
now	O
produces	O
Skype	B-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Business	I-Protocol
which	O
is	O
an	O
enterprise	O
Unified	O
Communications	O
product	O
,	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
rolled	O
out	O
either	O
on-premises	O
or	O
in	O
the	O
cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Office	I-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
was	O
a	O
separate	O
piece	O
of	O
software	O
which	O
was	O
installed	O
on	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
PC	O
(	O
Windows	O
Based	O
Meeting	O
Console	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
also	O
operated	O
in	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
desktop	O
client	O
for	O
Live	B-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
was	O
not	O
compatible	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	O
in	O
either	O
Firefox	B-Application
or	O
Safari	B-Application
3.x	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
non-Windows	O
users	O
could	O
connect	O
to	O
a	O
web-based	O
Live	B-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
,	O
if	O
the	O
meeting	O
organizer	O
published	O
an	O
HTTP	O
URL	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
meeting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Live	B-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
was	O
convergence	O
software	O
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
allowing	O
integration	O
with	O
an	O
audio	O
conference	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
User	O
accounts	O
were	O
grouped	O
together	O
in	O
Conference	O
Centers	O
(	O
a	O
unique	O
URL	O
)	O
starting	O
with	O
:	O
www.livemeeting.com/cc/	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
join	O
a	O
Live	B-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
session	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Charges	O
for	O
Live	B-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
were	O
on	O
an	O
account	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Office	O
365	O
Office	O
,	O
Live	B-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
customers	O
were	O
encouraged	O
to	O
move	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Lync	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Live	B-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
2007	O
Microsoft	O
offered	O
both	O
a	O
hosted	O
model	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Office	I-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
2007	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
CPE	O
(	O
customer	O
premises	O
equipment	O
)	O
solution	O
,	O
namely	O
Office	B-Protocol
Communications	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
directly	O
hosting	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Office	I-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
2007	O
,	O
hosting	O
partners	O
also	O
offered	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Office	I-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
2007	O
as	O
a	O
fee-based	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whether	O
attendees	O
used	O
the	O
Live	B-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
service	O
or	O
the	O
Office	B-Protocol
Communications	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
2007	O
(	O
OCS	O
2007	O
)	O
to	O
power	O
their	O
web	B-Protocol
conference	I-Protocol
,	O
they	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
same	O
client	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Live	B-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
Web	O
Access	O
(	O
MWA	O
)	O
was	O
redesigned	O
in	O
this	O
release	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
user	O
experience	O
nearly	O
identical	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
Windows-based	O
Live	B-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
benefit	O
was	O
that	O
Live	B-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
Web	O
Access	O
was	O
a	O
Java	O
applet	O
and	O
therefore	O
ran	O
on	O
non-Windows	O
operating	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
Linux	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
and	O
MacOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Live	B-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
product	O
was	O
also	O
intended	O
to	O
operate	O
with	O
the	O
Polycom	O
CX5000	O
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Algorithm
RoundTable	I-Algorithm
)	O
,	O
a	O
360	O
degree	O
video	O
camera	O
optimized	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Office	I-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
new	O
feature	O
included	O
in	O
this	O
version	O
allowed	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Office	I-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
client	O
to	O
automatically	O
switch	O
the	O
larger	O
video	O
window	O
to	O
the	O
actively	O
speaking	O
participant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
specially	O
designed	O
microphones	O
,	O
the	O
CX5000	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
determine	O
the	O
location	O
of	O
the	O
active	O
speaker	O
and	O
then	O
tell	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Office	I-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
which	O
camera	O
angle	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Live	B-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
was	O
originally	O
a	O
separate	O
company	O
called	O
PlaceWare	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
acquired	O
PlaceWare	O
to	O
improve	O
upon	O
NetMeeting	B-Protocol
,	O
its	O
own	O
webconferencing	B-Protocol
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
subsequently	O
dropped	O
development	O
of	O
NetMeeting	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
