Microsoft Sends Messenger to Work "Microsoft Wednesday will announce a new package of products and services that modify its consumer instant messaging software to meet the needs of business customers, hoping to tap into the growing market for corporate messaging. The software company will show off MSN Messenger Connect for Enterprises, a secure set of software and services that can be used by a company that interacts with customers over instant messenger. The offering is expected to debut in the first quarter of 2003. It will include the set of software and services necessary to manage and audit instant messaging transactions so businesses can record, log, and search every conversation that takes place between employees and customers. The offering will cost $24 per employee, with discounts for bulk licenses."