BCM 2.0 Database sharing via server

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Chris Treanor

I'd like to deploy BCM 2.0 on 10+ workstations and have the ability to share
contacts in one central database. How can I get the underlying database to be
on a server instead of local on a client machine? Can I support 10+ users
with over 7K+ contacts with BCM?
 
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Stormin Norm via OfficeKB.com

Chris-
I installed outlook on the server. Then installed bcm on each client pc, And
pointed to the database file on the server instead of generating a local
database file.
I believe BCM only works with 5 pc's. But I also need to search this forum if
I can bump this up to at least six or seven. A MS speaker at a technet event
said anything above five the performance is aweful. My issue is only three to
four will be concurrent.
We have 9,550 records loaded so far and not a problem.
-stormin
 
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Stormin Norm via OfficeKB.com

One more thing-
Do NOT install outlook/bcm through a terminal server connection (remote
connection). You must be sitting in front of the server.
I also found the install fails, then I restart outlook-bcm and it then
completes okay. Not sure whats going on. But I have seen this on every client
pc.
 
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Luther

There's no limit in BCM itself regarding the number of users. MSDE,
however, has a limit of 5 concurrent connections. Additional connection
requests are then queued up, waiting for an earlier connection to
complete its work. So the practical limit depends on how much work the
clients are doing.
 
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Stormin Norm via OfficeKB.com

Luther-
Is there a way to bump up the concurrent to 7 or 8??
What message will I view on the client side? I've seen the server spit out a
licensing error or something like that (can't remember the exact message).
-thanks!
Stormin'
 
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David Aspinall

Hi Stormin Norm!

Thanks for the interesting post - I'm trying to do something similar to what
you've done. However, our server already has Exchange 2003 SP2 on it, and MS
advise not to install Outlook on the same machine that has Exchange on it.

Do you (or anybody else) know of a way to install and share the BCM2
database on server, without installing the Outlook or BCM2 front end? I
assume it's a case of running an MSDE install for BCM2, but I'm not sure of
the various options or settings required to get it running correctly and so
that our 5 users can connect to it.

Thanks in advance,
DaveAsp.
 
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stormin_norm via OfficeKB.com

Hi David.
We just installed a new server. W2K3 small business server. It was
preinstalled by Dell with exchange and outlook installed. So no problem
running both. Maybe it is a performance issue.
I am NOT a fan of BCM. It was a turtle on our old server. and what do you
really gain? a few fields and forms you can't modify. I guess the reports are
the benefit.

We are dropping BCM and having all our users go directly to an exchange
public folder for contacts and notes for the contact.

Have you looked at MS CRM? You would need SQL Server in addition to exchange.

-Norm.

David said:
Hi Stormin Norm!

Thanks for the interesting post - I'm trying to do something similar to what
you've done. However, our server already has Exchange 2003 SP2 on it, and MS
advise not to install Outlook on the same machine that has Exchange on it.

Do you (or anybody else) know of a way to install and share the BCM2
database on server, without installing the Outlook or BCM2 front end? I
assume it's a case of running an MSDE install for BCM2, but I'm not sure of
the various options or settings required to get it running correctly and so
that our 5 users can connect to it.

Thanks in advance,
DaveAsp.
Chris-
I installed outlook on the server. Then installed bcm on each client pc, And
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