Microsoft is planning to integrate Speech Server 2007 into Communications Server 2007, the company announced on August 8 at the SpeechTek conference in New York. Microsoft is touting tighter integration, increased simplicity – and the possibility of new apps like a presence-enabled personal call assistant that routes calls on individuals' preferences – as the reasons behind its Speech Server decision. Microsoft will support current standalone Speech Server users through 2014, and the company will continue to offer Speech Server 2004 R2 on its price list through the end of 2007. Communications Server 2007 is due to ship next year.