FYI: Update on the Outlook BCM and Windows Mobile 5.0 compatibility issue

[Leonid S. Knyshov]

During the course of today's presentation for Microsoft Partners on
Microsoft's current mobile devices, I had the opportunity to ask the
question about Outlook BCM and WM 5.0.

Question: Outlook BCM support in Windows Mobile 5.0 - what is the status on
this? My customers are killing me over this.
Answer: BCM will have an update (don't know the exact release date) but we
are addressing the issue.

So there is no release date so far, but I read the word "update" as not
requiring a version "upgrade" to Office 2007.

 

[Raul]

Hi Leonid

Thanks for the update ,was this a webcast ? if so do you have a Url for the
same

 

[Leonid S. Knyshov]

Hi Leonid

Thanks for the update ,was this a webcast ? if so do you have a Url for
the same
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The webcast is now available:
http://www.msreadiness.com/recordedeventregister.asp?eid=3890

 

[Boe]

Thanks! Any chance the next time you meet with them you could ask about a
status for getting BCM contacts viewable in OWA? I understand it might not
have all the data but name, phone, e-mail would be one hell of a leg up.

 

[Leonid S. Knyshov]

Thanks! Any chance the next time you meet with them you could ask about a
status for getting BCM contacts viewable in OWA? I understand it might
not have all the data but name, phone, e-mail would be one hell of a leg
up.

I can probably write an application to make that possible actually

The question is whether I want to support it and whether it even makes sense
financially vs. simply going to MS CRM 3.0 Small Business.

 

[Boe]

Depends on how much MS likes ACT, Saleslogix, Goldmine etc being the market
leaders I guess. It seems like if it isn't about making an interface more
Mac like MS doesn't really want to invest development time.

 

[Raul]

Hi Leonid

Thanks a lot for the info