multi-user support in Outlook 2003?

[Sam B]

Some of Microsoft's marketing material states that
contact sharing is a new feature in Outlook 2003. (See
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/compare.
mspx and scroll down to Exchanging Contact Information.)
However, if you keep digging, it seems as though they did
not actually include this long requested feature. (See
http://www.microsoft.com/office/outlook/contactmanager/pro
dinfo/faq.mspx and click on "Can I use Outlook 2003 with
Business Contact Manager to share my contacts with
colleagues?" Also, if you read through the old chat at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/itcommunity/chats/trans/Office/off0626.asp
you will see that the developers suggested that they may
put some multi-user functionality into Outlook 2003 with
BCM.)

Does anyone know if any kind of multi-user support
(contact sharing/syncing) has been implemented into
Outlook 2003 yet? If not, is it really planning to be
implemented in the near future?

 

[Patrick Reed [MVP - Outlook]]

There is none built in to Outlook 2003. Microsoft CRM
(http://www.microsoft.com/BusinessSolutions/Customer Relationship Manage
ment/default.mspx) does provide some of these sharing capabilities.

Also, you may find other solutions here:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm

 

[Sam B]

Any word on whether or not they are serious about putting
that feature in as they hinted they might in the
developer chat I mentioned?

I would prefer to upgrade from Outlook 2002 to 2003 if it
will offer this feature. Otherwise, I will either have to
use a 3rd party tool or switch to another contact
manager. Do you know which 3rd party tool is the best?
There are too many out there, and no definitive reviews.

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
There is none built in to Outlook 2003. Microsoft CRM
(http://www.microsoft.com/BusinessSolutions/Customer% 20Relationship%20Manage
ment/default.mspx) does provide some of these sharing capabilities.

Also, you may find other solutions here:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm

--
PATRICK REED [Outlook - MVP]~~~~~~
-Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
-Have you checked http://www.slipstick.com?
-Please post your Outlook version!

Some of Microsoft's marketing material states that
contact sharing is a new feature in Outlook 2003. (See
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/compare.
mspx and scroll down to Exchanging Contact Information.)
However, if you keep digging, it seems as though they did
not actually include this long requested feature. (See
http://www.microsoft.com/office/outlook/contactmanager/pro
dinfo/faq.mspx and click on "Can I use Outlook 2003 with
Business Contact Manager to share my contacts with
colleagues?" Also, if you read through the old chat at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/itcommunity/chats/trans/Office/off0626.asp
you will see that the developers suggested that they may
put some multi-user functionality into Outlook 2003 with
BCM.)

Does anyone know if any kind of multi-user support
(contact sharing/syncing) has been implemented into
Outlook 2003 yet? If not, is it really planning to be
implemented in the near future?

.

 

[Patrick Reed [MVP - Outlook]]

Personally, I've never used any of them. Someone else in this forum may be
able to contribute a tale from the trenches.

Major feature updates such as this would not be made to a product already
released. Maybe Outlook 12 will have some of this built into the client, but
I know very little of what's coming up with that. The lack of workgroup
sharing has indeed been a heated issue since the buggy, but at least
available Net Folders feature was removed in Outlook 2002.

--
PATRICK REED [Outlook - MVP]~~~~~~
-Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
-Have you checked http://www.slipstick.com?
-Please post your Outlook version!

Any word on whether or not they are serious about putting
that feature in as they hinted they might in the
developer chat I mentioned?

I would prefer to upgrade from Outlook 2002 to 2003 if it
will offer this feature. Otherwise, I will either have to
use a 3rd party tool or switch to another contact
manager. Do you know which 3rd party tool is the best?
There are too many out there, and no definitive reviews.

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
There is none built in to Outlook 2003. Microsoft CRM
(http://www.microsoft.com/BusinessSolutions/Customer% 20Relationship%20Manage
ment/default.mspx) does provide some of these sharing capabilities.

Also, you may find other solutions here:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm

--
PATRICK REED [Outlook - MVP]~~~~~~
-Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
-Have you checked http://www.slipstick.com?
-Please post your Outlook version!

Some of Microsoft's marketing material states that
contact sharing is a new feature in Outlook 2003. (See
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/compare.
mspx and scroll down to Exchanging Contact Information.)
However, if you keep digging, it seems as though they did
not actually include this long requested feature. (See
http://www.microsoft.com/office/outlook/contactmanager/pro
dinfo/faq.mspx and click on "Can I use Outlook 2003 with
Business Contact Manager to share my contacts with
colleagues?" Also, if you read through the old chat at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/itcommunity/chats/trans/Office/off0626.asp
you will see that the developers suggested that they may
put some multi-user functionality into Outlook 2003 with
BCM.)

Does anyone know if any kind of multi-user support
(contact sharing/syncing) has been implemented into
Outlook 2003 yet? If not, is it really planning to be
implemented in the near future?

.