What is required server-side to run Office Interops?

Question

I am currently working on a MVC4 website and would like to add interoperability with MS Office for the following:

Communicator 2007 (Presence status\'s only). Outlook (T

Answer 1

Unfortunately, the interops themselves don't actually implement any of the office functionality, you still need the required Office applications installed.

I'd look at using SMTP for sending emails, and NPOI for your Excel needs. This will avoid the need for Outlook and Excel on the server. I'm not sure about communicator.