The rapid pace of Internet revolution has totally revolutionized the concept of Net Meeting. Today, Net Meeting downloads are offered by several companies which are feature rich. Multipoint data conferencing, text chat, video and audio conferencing, program sharing, remote desktop sharing, whiteboard and file transfer are some of the important features.

Microsoft Net Meeting is included in windows 2000. The users of Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows NT 4.0 need to download Net Meeting and a service pack in order to run it. Security updates are done automatically. Net Meeting download has a size of 1.6 MB and takes about 4 minutes with a dial up 56K. It is available in several languages. The other software available from different companies can run on most of the Windows platforms.

To install and run Net Meeting the system needs to have certain basic requirements. A modem with speed of 28,800 bps or faster is a basic requirement. Pentium processor of 90 megahertz and above, 16 MB Ram, Microsoft internet explorer version above 4.01 and 14 MB hard disk, sound card with microphone and speakers are the other major requirements. Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0 requires 24 MB RAM. To use audio and video features the system requires a Pentium 133 processor. A video capture card and 56K or faster modem are the important requirements to use video features.

Net Meeting offers business houses with a complete solution for conferencing. It saves time and money and increases productivity. It is mostly used by business houses who needs to share information and indulge in discussion with two or more people. Taking real time snaps and displaying it, and downloading of video files are some of the other features. Office live meeting, a latest offering from Microsoft, is available for download. This download is a free 30-day trial version.