Microsoft has shared a list of most requested features from customers running Business Productivity Online Standard Suite. The Redmond company is essentially asking for additional input from customers, testers, partners, etc., in order to prioritize items on this list for their addition to BPOS.
Top 12 BPOS feature requests, based on support desk, advisory board and early adopter feedback:
1. Single SignOn: The ability to sign in to Online Services and your own network with the same credentials
2. Sharing Free/Busy information in Outlook between on-premises and online users
3. The ability to federate Office Communications Online instant messaging with Office Communications Server, business partners and via Public IM Connectivity (PIC)
4. Hosted Voice Mail and Unified Messaging: Integrating Exchange Online with an on-premises PBX to provide a single inbox for voice mail and email
5. Improved Blackberry Administration: Provide a web-based Blackberry Enterprise Server administration portal to enable customers to perform common administration functions without having to submit a service request
6. SharePoint Enterprise Features: Anonymous access and extranet capability, cross site-collection search, BI features, “social” features like tagging and more
7. OC Conferencing and Voice: Converge instant messaging, voice and conferencing in Office Communicator
8. Server-Service Parity: Provide the same rich features of Exchange Server, SharePoint Server and Office Communications Server whether hosted or on-premises
9. More Configuration Control: Remote Powershell, large batch processing, more control over policies and settings
10. More API’s and application integration opportunities
11. Public Folder support with Exchange Online
12. Email-enabled lists in SharePoint Online
