After describing the different clients and topologies available for Live Communications Server 2005 SP1, this guide offers advice on deploying the standard edition server in medium-sized companies or the enterprise pool in large data centers. The authors also explain user configuration, the address book service, federation with users in another organization, public instant messaging connectivity, backup procedures, logging, archiving, troubleshooting, and telephony integration. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)