OL2002 sharing contacts = buying exchange?

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We are a small business (8 people) and do fine on peer to peer network (under 10 users), so our 'file server' is running Windows 2000 Workstation (not Server). We have Office XP + Win XP pro on the other computers.

We want to do something seemingly simple - access and / or update a common contacts folder and calendar.

I remember on a previous version of Windows and Outlook (not Server, and not with Exchange Server), we could set up a post office in the control panel and setup shared folders in Outlook (changes were 'emailed' to all and automatically updated the shared folders

This feature seems to be gone, and to my horror it appears that to get that feature back we have to purchase 3 grand worth of software - Windows Server and Exchange Server - just to have a common calendar and contacts folder!!

Please, please tell me I'm wrong
I don't care about the many other features of both software packages because I don't need them.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

NetFolders is gone in Outlook XP and onwards - there isn't anything else
from Microsoft other than Exchange that will do it. See
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm for other options.

FWIW, I know plenty of 8-person offices who have a domain and Exchange -
good to have centralized admin/security, etc., - but if it's overkill,
check out the options at Slipstick.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Have you looked at SBS for 2003? It gives you 25 CALs and costs under $700.

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, 0nic asked:

| We are a small business (8 people) and do fine on peer to peer
| network (under 10 users), so our 'file server' is running Windows
| 2000 Workstation (not Server). We have Office XP + Win XP pro on the
| other computers.
|
| We want to do something seemingly simple - access and / or update a
| common contacts folder and calendar.
|
| I remember on a previous version of Windows and Outlook (not Server,
| and not with Exchange Server), we could set up a post office in the
| control panel and setup shared folders in Outlook (changes were
| 'emailed' to all and automatically updated the shared folders)
|
| This feature seems to be gone, and to my horror it appears that to
| get that feature back we have to purchase 3 grand worth of software -
| Windows Server and Exchange Server - just to have a common calendar
| and contacts folder!!?
|
| Please, please tell me I'm wrong!
| I don't care about the many other features of both software packages
| because I don't need them.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

(plus server hardware, tape backup hardware (and possibly software),
antivirus software, etc)

Have you looked at SBS for 2003? It gives you 25 CALs and costs under
$700.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the SWEN virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, 0nic asked:

We are a small business (8 people) and do fine on peer to peer
network (under 10 users), so our 'file server' is running Windows
2000 Workstation (not Server). We have Office XP + Win XP pro on the
other computers.

We want to do something seemingly simple - access and / or update a
common contacts folder and calendar.

I remember on a previous version of Windows and Outlook (not Server,
and not with Exchange Server), we could set up a post office in the
control panel and setup shared folders in Outlook (changes were
'emailed' to all and automatically updated the shared folders)

This feature seems to be gone, and to my horror it appears that to
get that feature back we have to purchase 3 grand worth of software -
Windows Server and Exchange Server - just to have a common calendar
and contacts folder!!?

Please, please tell me I'm wrong!
I don't care about the many other features of both software packages
because I don't need them.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Yeah, the TCO thingie!~~

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the SWEN virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Lanwench [MVP -
Exchange] asked:

| (plus server hardware, tape backup hardware (and possibly software),
| antivirus software, etc)
|
| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
|| Have you looked at SBS for 2003? It gives you 25 CALs and costs under
|| $700.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the SWEN virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
|| without reading.
||
|| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, 0nic asked:
||
||| We are a small business (8 people) and do fine on peer to peer
||| network (under 10 users), so our 'file server' is running Windows
||| 2000 Workstation (not Server). We have Office XP + Win XP pro on the
||| other computers.
|||
||| We want to do something seemingly simple - access and / or update a
||| common contacts folder and calendar.
|||
||| I remember on a previous version of Windows and Outlook (not Server,
||| and not with Exchange Server), we could set up a post office in the
||| control panel and setup shared folders in Outlook (changes were
||| 'emailed' to all and automatically updated the shared folders)
|||
||| This feature seems to be gone, and to my horror it appears that to
||| get that feature back we have to purchase 3 grand worth of software
||| - Windows Server and Exchange Server - just to have a common
||| calendar and contacts folder!!?
|||
||| Please, please tell me I'm wrong!
||| I don't care about the many other features of both software packages
||| because I don't need them.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Inline -

SBS 2003 for under $700 for 25 CALS? That would be certainly be
worthwhile! But how do you get it for that price?

I've never shopped for it, so I'm not the right person to ask ;-)

Question - the product description mentions 'SBS 2003 with Exchange'
- does that mean that Exchange server is included in SBS or do I
still need to purchase in order to share contacts and calendars?

No, it includes Exchange Server.

As far as the other items that were mentioned for total cost of
ownership, we have a RAID file server with tape, software and
Anti-Virus (plus firewall protection on router), so this would not be
an additional cost - just have to replace workstation 2000 with SBS
2003 std.

You'll need Exchange-aware antivirus as well - Trend ScanMail or Sybari
Antigen are the only two I'd recommend (and will do so highly). Also, if
you're using third party backup software like Veritas or ArcServe, you'll
need to buy the associated Exchange agent so you can do nightly online
backups - or you can use the bundled NTBackup on the Exchange server.

Thank you for all your help!

----- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote: -----

Yeah, the TCO thingie!~~

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
Due to the SWEN virus, all mail sent to my personal account will
be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer,
Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] asked:

| (plus server hardware, tape backup hardware (and possibly
software), | antivirus software, etc)
|
| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
|| Have you looked at SBS for 2003? It gives you 25 CALs and
costs under || $700.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
Due to || the SWEN virus, all mail sent to my personal account
will be deleted || without reading.
||
|| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, 0nic
asked: ||
||| We are a small business (8 people) and do fine on peer to
peer ||| network (under 10 users), so our 'file server' is
running Windows ||| 2000 Workstation (not Server). We have
Office XP + Win XP pro on the ||| other computers.
|||
||| We want to do something seemingly simple - access and / or
update a ||| common contacts folder and calendar.
|||
||| I remember on a previous version of Windows and Outlook (not
Server, ||| and not with Exchange Server), we could set up a
post office in the ||| control panel and setup shared folders in
Outlook (changes were ||| 'emailed' to all and automatically
updated the shared folders) |||
||| This feature seems to be gone, and to my horror it appears
that to ||| get that feature back we have to purchase 3 grand
worth of software ||| - Windows Server and Exchange Server -
just to have a common ||| calendar and contacts folder!!?
|||
||| Please, please tell me I'm wrong!
||| I don't care about the many other features of both software
packages ||| because I don't need them.