[olug] Groupware suggestions - Long

[Andrew Embury]

No.  Unless an exchange server is in the mix, outlook opens the address
book/calendar exclusivly.

Drew

On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, VincentR wrote:

> Can't Outlook share calanders and address books independantly, without a server?
> I believe it has that functionality, although limited, built into it.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Penne" <epenne at yahoo.com>
> To: <olug at olug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:44 PM
> Subject: [olug] Groupware suggestions - Long
>
>
> > I'm completely fed up with my companies setup of the computers and
> > their functionality.  My boss wants a sharable address book by
> > everybody in the company (currently 4 people).  In this address book he
> > wants to be able to add notes to the contacts and have it instantly (or
> > relatively quickly) seen be everybody after he saves the note.  He also
> > wants it to interact nicely with his email client (MS Outlook 2000).
> > He would like to be able to share calendars and see what is on
> > everybodies calendar and vice versa.
> >
> > I've looked into LDAP and using rolodap but he wasn't very keen on the
> > idea of having to go to the web interface to add a user instead of just
> > adding the person from Outlook.
> >
> > So far I've found the options of using MS Exchange Server (~1300 bucks)
> > or going with something like Bynari's Insight server and the Outlook
> > plugin that they sell to get a hacked together groupware function.
> > Either way it is going to cost a lot of money.  I'm afraid of the setup
> > and maintenance of Exchange and I don't have any idea about Bynari.  I
> > don't have a lot of time/knowledge/balls to devote to these projects.
> > My boss would love to have somebody affordable come out and do
> > everything and then when it breaks down or anything be able to call
> > this affordable person up and have them come fix it.
> >
> > Our server currently is running Win2k Server with Active Directory.  It
> > is misconfigured and login takes forever and none of the permissions
> > stuff works correctly.  It only is used for file sharing, dhcp server,
> > and logining in the win2k machines on the network.  It really needs to
> > be taken down and redone from the ground up.
> >
> > The specs are:
> > IBM Netfinity 5100
> > Dual P3 733?
> > 256MB Ram
> > 4 hard drives in some sort of raid array?
> > TApe backup
> >
> > Then I got to thinking about groupware and running all email, contact,
> > and calendaring and everything all the throught the web browser and
> > haveing everything stored on the server.  That would get rid of part of
> > our MS outlook problem.  I'm willing to look at running a groupware
> > package from win2k server or putting linux on the server and running it
> > from that.  I'm also looking for simple configuration so that my boss
> > could hire a local student from the college that wants to earn some
> > extra money to install and maintain the system.  I'm willing to look at
> > commercial software and/or free software with paid tech support.
> >
> > Right now I just don't know where to begin.  It seems like a project
> > that I could take on then get busy doing other things and never finish,
> > except in this case I don't have the option not to finish.  I'm really
> > sheepish about taking on a project this large without some kind of
> > support.  I would like to present all the options to my boss but that
> > would be a waste of time because he would rather see an all in one
> > solution with a plan of attack on how to do it and how much it costs.
> > Getting him involved with choosing the system turns into a giant circle
> > jerk.  Right now he just doesn't understand why we can't do all this
> > stuff with outlook.  I try explaining that outlook has limited
> > functionality unless you purchase exchange but he just doens't
> > understnad.  We spent about an hour today having the same discussion we
> > had 2 months ago and about 3 months before that about why we can't do
> > this with outlook.
> >
> > So my final question is (drum roll please):
> >
> > What have members of OLUG used for groupware suites, how easy were they
> > to setup and maintain, and how functional were they (ie user interface
> > and suitable features)?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Eric Penne
> >
> >
> >
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