which IM can login Microsoft Office Communicator ?

[fatbuttlarry]

I created a small how-to on the connection settings, hope this helps some users (the how-to is for Windows, but it should be identical settings for Ubuntu)

http://fatbuttlarry.blogspot.com/200...municator.html

I'll get this running in Ubuntu shortly, but I just wanted to post this, as there's not much on the internet about getting it working.

-Tres

[mynk]

$ sudo apt-get install pidgin-sipe

Worked for me on Karmic Koala. The account details should be as below

Basic

Protocol: Microsoft OCS/LCS
Username:
Password:

Advanced

Use proxy: checked
Proxy Server: your ocs server
Connection Type: SSL/TLS
Auth User: domain account name
Auth Domain: your domain

Courtesy link: http://www.randombugs.com/linux/howt...ntu-linux.html

I was trying to get pidgin work on XP also. SIPE can be installed from -

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sipe/

Hope this helps,
Mayank

[TheCleaner]

$ sudo apt-get install pidgin-sipe

Worked for me on Karmic Koala. The account details should be as below

Basic

Protocol: Microsoft OCS/LCS
Username:
Password:

Advanced

Use proxy: checked
Proxy Server: your ocs server
Connection Type: SSL/TLS
Auth User: domain account name
Auth Domain: your domain

Courtesy link: http://www.randombugs.com/linux/howt...ntu-linux.html

I was trying to get pidgin work on XP also. SIPE can be installed from -

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sipe/

Hope this helps,
Mayank

Works like a champ! Thank you very much!

[dferrero]

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[suyog]

For those of you wanting SSL/TLS support, building the packages is not very easy. It involves getting the current .tar.gz file and applying some of the git updates.

As I can't quite remember how to reproduce the output, I've uploaded a .deb package with some instructions here:

http://mknowles.com.au/wordpress/index.php/2009/03/18/pidgin-and-microsoft-office-communicator-in-ubuntu/

Here's the content of that site reproduced. Please visit the URL for up to date info.

Howto:

For anyone looking for Microsoft OCS/LCS support in Pidgin, here is a debian package that you can install in Ubuntu. It has been tested in Ubuntu Intrepid on i386. It comes with no support, but I would like to hear if people are successfully using this package or if it is broken in any way.

This package is built from the sources at the SIPE project at http://sipe.sourceforge.net/. A big thankyou to Anibal Avelar aka “fixxxer”. I only packaged the project, so I cannot take any credit. If I’ve missed thanking/attributing anyone else, please let me know.

Download the package here: pidgin-sipe_1.3.2-1_i386.deb

Install the package by running the following command:

sudo dpkg -i pidgin-sipe_1.3.2-1_i386.deb

If you connect to a corporate server that runs Active Directory, the initial configuration can be a bit difficult to figure out.

Here’s a rule of thumb:

Basic Tab:

Protocol: Microsoft LCS/OCS
Username: Your Exchange email address
Password: The password for your domain account
Local Alias: Leave this blank, it’s not needed

Advanced Tab:

Use Proxy: Enable this setting
Proxy Server: Change this to the server your company is using. See note below.
Use non-standard port: This may be required. I have seen some servers run on port 5061
Connection type: SSL/TLS
User Agent: Leave as is
Auth User: The username you use to log into your domain (not your email address)
Auth Domain: The domain your Windows workstation logs into.

Determining your Server:

You can usually find out your server by typing the following command:

netstat -na | more

Look for any entries that have a remote address of 5060 or 5061. That is a dead giveaway.

Build instructions:

If anyone manages to re-build this package, some instructions would be good. I used a strange combination of a pre-built tar file and some portions of the git repository. It was difficult to reproduce, hence me sharing the package.

Where I need to run netstat command? Sorry but i am complete noob here. I am having Pidgin 2.6.6 in Ubuntu 10.04 and also installed LCS plugin 1.8 from synaptic. I see different options than described here for settings.

Please help.