Microsoft NetMeeting

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Microsoft NetMeeting
Other namesWindows NetMeeting
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial releaseMay 29, 1996; 27 years ago (1996-05-29)
Final release
3.02 / March 22, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-03-22)
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeVideotelephony

Microsoft NetMeeting is a discontinued

VoIP and multi-point videoconferencing program offered by Microsoft. NetMeeting allows multiple clients to host and join a call that includes video and audio, text chat, application and desktop sharing, and file sharing.[1] It was originally bundled with Internet Explorer 3 and then with Windows versions from Windows 95 to Windows Server 2003
.

History

NetMeeting was released on May 29, 1996, with Internet Explorer 3[2] and later Internet Explorer 4. It incorporated technology acquired by Microsoft from UK software developer Data Connection Ltd[3][4] and DataBeam Corporation (subsequently acquired by Lotus Software[5]).

Before video service became common on free IM clients, such as Yahoo! Messenger and MSN Messenger, NetMeeting was a popular way to perform video conferences and chat over the Internet (with the help of public ILS servers, or "direct-dialing" to an IP address). The defunct TechTV channel even used NetMeeting as a means of getting viewers onto their call-in shows via webcam, although viewers had to call on their telephones, because broadband Internet connections were still rare.[citation needed]

Protocol architecture

NetMeeting is an implementation of the ITU

interoperate with other H.323-implementing software, such as Ekiga
.

Discontinuation

In Windows XP, the Start menu shortcut to NetMeeting was removed “by design”. Users must start conf.exe manually from the Start menu Run dialog.[7]

As of

Windows XP Mode
to run NetMeeting.

Microsoft originally recommended using newer applications such as

Remote Assistance, Skype, Microsoft Office Live Meeting and SharedView in place of NetMeeting. Skype for Business Server and Skype for Business (known previously by Office Communicator and Lync), and Microsoft Teams
represent recent videoconferencing products from Microsoft, which may be considered successors to NetMeeting.

See also

  • Ekiga: a free and open source VoIP and video conferencing application that uses H.323
  • H323Plus: an implementation of the H.323 VoIP protocol suite that has been integrated into a number of open source and commercial software products

References

  1. ^ Jackman, Michael. "Net result: Microsoft NetMeeting enhances Windows 2000". TechRepublic. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Microsoft NetMeeting Conferencing Software Provides Easy Voice, Data Internet Communications; Available on the Web Now". 29 May 1996.
  3. ^ "History". Metaswitch. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012.
  4. ^ Implementing Collaboration Technologies in Industry, Bjørn Erik Munkvold, 2003; Chapter 7
  5. CBS Interactive
    .
  6. ^ "Microsoft NetMeeting Protocol" (PDF). Microsoft Corporation. June 1, 2017.
  7. ^ "NetMeeting Is Not Available on the Windows XP "Communications" Menu". Support. Microsoft. January 25, 2006. Archived from the original on December 8, 2006.
  8. ^ a b c "A hotfix is available to install NetMeeting 3.02 on computers that are running Windows Vista". Support. Microsoft. March 22, 2007. Archived from the original on May 2, 2007.
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