The X-Lite softphone client for the Mac OS X platform connects your Mac to Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. The X-Lite is part of Evangelyze Communications SmartSIP product line, which also includes Windows SIP phones. These SIP phones to connect with any other SIP phone over the Internet, or with any Internet telephony service provider that supports SIP. That will shortly include Skype, which is currently beta testing SIP support with a service it calls "Skype for Business."
Here is a demo of the X-Lite softphone from Microsoft Subnet guest blogger Joe Schurman.
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