Sunday, December 22, 2002
Outlook To Talk To Notes
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 06:00 PM
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-978606.html
This may be of interest to system administrators. Do you manage a Lotus Notes installation? Are you subjecting your users to that horrid interface for their email and calendaring needs?
"Microsoft announced on Friday free software that lets companies running IBM's Lotus Domino e-mail server--designed for the Lotus Notes e-mail application--give employees access to Microsoft's rival e-mail program. Microsoft Outlook 2002 Connector is add-in software for the IBM Lotus Domino Release 5 messaging server, that, when installed on a Lotus Domino server by a system administrator, lets a company's employees tap into Outlook 2002 and use most of its calendar, contact management and e-mail functions. Employees can also choose to continue using Notes."
And that, in turn, means that your users can sync their Pocket PCs with their desktop. :) This will also ease your migration to Exchange 2003 which allows Pocket PC 2002 and Smartphone 2002 to sync directly against the server. Remember, when you dispose of your Lotus Notes and Domino CDs, do so in an environmentally friendly manner. :lol: I know IBM already sells an Outlook connector, but if I recall correctly, it isn't free and when I used it on a Notes 4/Outlook 97 workstation, it was far from perfect.
This may be of interest to system administrators. Do you manage a Lotus Notes installation? Are you subjecting your users to that horrid interface for their email and calendaring needs?
"Microsoft announced on Friday free software that lets companies running IBM's Lotus Domino e-mail server--designed for the Lotus Notes e-mail application--give employees access to Microsoft's rival e-mail program. Microsoft Outlook 2002 Connector is add-in software for the IBM Lotus Domino Release 5 messaging server, that, when installed on a Lotus Domino server by a system administrator, lets a company's employees tap into Outlook 2002 and use most of its calendar, contact management and e-mail functions. Employees can also choose to continue using Notes."
And that, in turn, means that your users can sync their Pocket PCs with their desktop. :) This will also ease your migration to Exchange 2003 which allows Pocket PC 2002 and Smartphone 2002 to sync directly against the server. Remember, when you dispose of your Lotus Notes and Domino CDs, do so in an environmentally friendly manner. :lol: I know IBM already sells an Outlook connector, but if I recall correctly, it isn't free and when I used it on a Notes 4/Outlook 97 workstation, it was far from perfect.
