Please advice on sharing in a business situation

[Shon]

Dear everyone,

At the moment we are using Workgroupshare (www.workgroupshare.com) 1.53 for
10 users. Mostly we use this for public Calendar, Contacts and To-Do¡¦s. Now
we are at a point that we want to go further. One of the main things we
would like to see is that all email traffic; both in and out going mails
are getting archived and can be viewed within a public folder within
outlook (2003). Now in the past I have tried Workgroupshare 2.0 and used a
public email folder together with outlook rules, so that incoming and
outgoing email are getting ¡§copied¡¨ to this public email folder(s).
Unfortunately, even after getting support from this company, things weren¡¦t
that great since ¡§loops¡¨ of emails where giving us trouble. Now could
anyone please advise with which programs we can get such a result? This is
what I would like to see:

1. All emails, both in and out, needs to be archived on the server (windows
2003 standard) in an easily to backup way. So when for instant the program
on the server crashes, needs to be updated or reinstalled, nothing is gone
and the whole archived emails can be imported the way it was
2. All emails needs to be accessed through Outlook 2003 by means of imap or
shared public folder(s) or¡K.?
3. Everything automated as much as possible
4. We still need shared Calendar, To-Do and Contacts.
5. Maybe faxing in/out would be a thing for the future

I know a lot of people would maybe suggest Microsoft Exchange, but not to
mention it¡¦s price, I think it is also quite a complicated program, so I am
more looking for something different

Could anyone please advice?

Kind regards,
John Schaap

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

I would have a look at the Small Business Server solution that is under $600
for a group as small as yours. It has Exchange (not hard to configure -
even I did it!) and with a reseller setting it up for you to your specs, it
should not cost more than $1000.

--
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After furious head scratching, Shon asked:

| Dear everyone,
|
| At the moment we are using Workgroupshare (www.workgroupshare.com)
| 1.53 for 10 users. Mostly we use this for public Calendar, Contacts
| and To-Do¡¦s. Now we are at a point that we want to go further. One
| of the main things we would like to see is that all email traffic;
| both in and out going mails are getting archived and can be viewed
| within a public folder within outlook (2003). Now in the past I have
| tried Workgroupshare 2.0 and used a public email folder together with
| outlook rules, so that incoming and outgoing email are getting
| ¡§copied¡¨ to this public email folder(s). Unfortunately, even after
| getting support from this company, things weren¡¦t that great since
| ¡§loops¡¨ of emails where giving us trouble. Now could anyone please
| advise with which programs we can get such a result? This is what I
| would like to see:
|
| 1. All emails, both in and out, needs to be archived on the server
| (windows 2003 standard) in an easily to backup way. So when for
| instant the program on the server crashes, needs to be updated or
| reinstalled, nothing is gone and the whole archived emails can be
| imported the way it was
| 2. All emails needs to be accessed through Outlook 2003 by means of
| imap or shared public folder(s) or¡K.?
| 3. Everything automated as much as possible
| 4. We still need shared Calendar, To-Do and Contacts.
| 5. Maybe faxing in/out would be a thing for the future
|
| I know a lot of people would maybe suggest Microsoft Exchange, but
| not to mention it¡¦s price, I think it is also quite a complicated
| program, so I am more looking for something different
|
| Could anyone please advice?
|
| Kind regards,
| John Schaap

 

[Shon]

ok, but why small business server, we are allready working with
Win2003standard server. Isn't it cheaper just to add exchange2003 or don't
I get the things I want mentioned bellow or does small business server do
more for me?

thanks,
john

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Read for yourself - it is up to you to decide if it provides value for the
money for your business requirements with which I am unfamiliar:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/default.mspx


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Shon asked:

| ok, but why small business server, we are allready working with
| Win2003standard server. Isn't it cheaper just to add exchange2003 or
| don't I get the things I want mentioned bellow or does small business
| server do more for me?
|
| thanks,
| john
|
| On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:51:30 -0800, Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
| wrote:
|
|| I would have a look at the Small Business Server solution that is
|| under $600 for a group as small as yours. It has Exchange (not hard
|| to configure - even I did it!) and with a reseller setting it up for
|| you to your specs, it should not cost more than $1000.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Shon asked:
||
||| Dear everyone,
|||
||| At the moment we are using Workgroupshare (www.workgroupshare.com)
||| 1.53 for 10 users. Mostly we use this for public Calendar, Contacts
||| and To-Do¡¦s. Now we are at a point that we want to go further. One
||| of the main things we would like to see is that all email traffic;
||| both in and out going mails are getting archived and can be viewed
||| within a public folder within outlook (2003). Now in the past I have
||| tried Workgroupshare 2.0 and used a public email folder together
||| with outlook rules, so that incoming and outgoing email are getting
||| ¡§copied¡¨ to this public email folder(s). Unfortunately, even after
||| getting support from this company, things weren¡¦t that great since
||| ¡§loops¡¨ of emails where giving us trouble. Now could anyone please
||| advise with which programs we can get such a result? This is what I
||| would like to see:
|||
||| 1. All emails, both in and out, needs to be archived on the server
||| (windows 2003 standard) in an easily to backup way. So when for
||| instant the program on the server crashes, needs to be updated or
||| reinstalled, nothing is gone and the whole archived emails can be
||| imported the way it was
||| 2. All emails needs to be accessed through Outlook 2003 by means of
||| imap or shared public folder(s) or¡K.?
||| 3. Everything automated as much as possible
||| 4. We still need shared Calendar, To-Do and Contacts.
||| 5. Maybe faxing in/out would be a thing for the future
|||
||| I know a lot of people would maybe suggest Microsoft Exchange, but
||| not to mention it¡¦s price, I think it is also quite a complicated
||| program, so I am more looking for something different
|||
||| Could anyone please advice?
|||
||| Kind regards,
||| John Schaap