Microsoft Communicator for Mac

The company I'm currently working for uses Dell laptops with Microsoft Office Communicator as their IM. I have a Macbook Pro and have installed Communicator for Mac. It persists in either logging out constantly or refusing to log in, despite the password being correct.
It's very unstable - making my work day very hard work. Has anyone else come across this problem and do you know how to fix it?
I'm using version 13.1.3.
Many thanks,
Phil

Ask on the Microsoft Mac forums since it's their software you're having issues with:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac

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