BCM 2007 vs Office live Small business contact manager

K

Kevin

What is the difference between these 2 products? Are they meant to be used
in conjunction with one another, or is the online version just a watered down
version of BCM 2007.

Thanks for any info.
 
L

Lon Orenstein

Kevin:

They were originally supposed to synch with each other but MS pulled that at
the last minute. So, now it's just a confusing situation. I believe in the
latest Office Live version they've changed the name back to Contacts instead
of Business Contact Manager.

Other people have tried to link them but it's really hard. I would say
"either/or".

HTH,
Lon

___________________________________________________________
Lon Orenstein
pinpointtools, llc
[email protected]
Author of Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager For Dummies
Author of the eBook: Moving from ACT! to Business Contact Manager
www.pinpointtools.com
 
K

Kevin

Lon:

I guess for me I would prefer to use BCM integrated with outlook as opposed
to a solution via the web. Is there anything important, that you are aware
of, that the office live version offers that BCM does not. The main
difference(advantage) that I see is office live can be accessed from multiple
locations.

Thanks again,

Kevin
 
L

Lon Orenstein

The Office Live doesn't offer anything for contact management or opportunity
management that is better than BCM. They add SharePoint-like workspaces and
workflow that BCM doesn't have and there's a semi-integrated website that
can get data directly from a webform into the contact manager.

HTH,
Lon


___________________________________________________________
Lon Orenstein
pinpointtools, llc
[email protected]
Author of Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager For Dummies
Author of the eBook: Moving from ACT! to Business Contact Manager
www.pinpointtools.com
 
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