IM Service

[GTX]

Hi All,

 

We are expanding from 2 floors to 4 floors in our office and had me thinking.

 

How are we going to communicate if they are on the phone? Emails a too formal... IM Service?

 

Is there any free IM service that we can install in a Hyper-V VM that will connect via Ldap etc. Then they can login with a client and see all the members of staff online?

 

Would love this to be free as i can prove its worth before asking to buy something.

 

Ideas would be really appreciated.

[MatthewL]

I've used Spark in the past but you could always use Lync or Skype.

 

I work out and about alot and often ping emails to colleagues like are you in the office, can you jump off this etc etc.

[Norphy]

I've used Spark and Openfire before as well but if you've got an active Office 365 subscription, you may as well use Lync/Skype For Business.

[Sylv3r]

We will be pushing out Skype for Business as part of our Office365 setup here.

[p858snake]

Slack, Hipchat

[angrycomputingteacher]

Not used it. But Lync seems to be good.