Live Office and QaaWS on IIS. Is it posible?

Hi,
I've been told that Live Office does not work on IIS in release BO XI R2 SP3.
Anybody knows if it will posible in next releases like XI 3.0?
Thank you in advance.
gaota

Hello Gaota,
The Live Office component connects to BusinessObjects Enterprise using the BusinessObjects Enterprise Web Services Provider. The Provider for XI Release 2 and XI 3.0 are Java-based, and must be deployed on a Java Web Application Server.
The Provider for the next Service Pack for BusinessObjects Enterprise will remain Java-based.
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

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