The Conference Group announced today that they are now able to offer their clients Microsoft (News - Alert) Office Live Meeting as part of its suite of conferencing solutions.

"Microsoft Live Meeting is a cost effective way of communicating web content to large audience," said Greg Plum (News - Alert), director of business development for The Conference Group.

Microsoft Live Meeting allows users to connect with colleagues and engage customers through real-time meetings, training sessions and events.

Web conferencing allows many companies that operate on a national or international scale to keep their communications abilities high, their responsiveness fast and their costs low. By adding Microsoft Office Live Meeting to its products, The Conference Group (News - Alert) provide a way for companies to be certain they can always communicate effectively with clients, employees and vendors at any time of the day or night without having to call a face-to-face meeting.

Web conferencing enables immediate handling of issues without having to wait on meeting participants to travel to a set location. Since meetings are not impacted by this loss of time, responsiveness to client requests and employee situations can be incredibly fast.

"The Pro version, which accommodates up to 1,250 participants at one time, is a feature rich service that offers the ability to publish documents to a server, share desktop applications and even embed videos into presentations," said Plum.

It allows interactive application and desktop sharing along with whiteboard tools. Microsoft Live Meeting also features active speaker video switching and multi-party video. And with its support of rich-media presentations, native video conferencing, high-fidelity recording and web-cam capabilities

"The Conference group allows clients to purchase just the number of accounts needed, with no minimum number of licenses required," said Plum.

Purchasing Microsoft Live Office through The Conference Group gives clients access to around the clock assistance for their conferencing needs.

Microsoft Live Meeting through The Conference Group will cost $0.21 per minute, although Plum said flat rate options are coming soon.

Contact the Conference Group at [email protected] or call 877-709-8255.