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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Business Contact Manager / March 2005Outlook 2003 Business Contact Manager
Is there any path to upgrade from Outlook 2003 (that came with SBS 2003 Premium) to Outlook 2003 with Business Contact manager ? David, *Unfortunately, there isn't.* Whatever edition you have needs to have a CD for the BCM .net add in to Outlook. Windows SBS 2003 Premium and Standard both have Outlook, but neither has a CD for BCM included. You would have to buy one of the Office editions in order to obtain BCM--either MOS 2003 Small Business Edition or MOS 2003 Professional Edition. BCM isn't available as a free standing CD. Microsoft is going to offer the next version of IIS free to SBS 2003 Premium licence holders though, I believe. Choose your edition http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/howtobuy/pricing.mspx#XSLTsection 122121120120 What's In the Office 2003 Editions http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/howtobuy/compare.mspx Chad Harris ________________________________________ Is there any path to upgrade from Outlook 2003 (that came with SBS 2003 Premium) to Outlook 2003 with Business Contact manager ? Thanks Chad for your time in responding. Much appreciated. I will buy one of the office 2003 editions. I believe that BCM isn't multi-user though so unlike outlook the info is stored on local machines only. Many thanks, David > David, > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Is there any path to upgrade from Outlook 2003 (that came with SBS 2003 > Premium) to Outlook 2003 with Business Contact manager ? Which has really ticked me off. Due to the fact that Outlook is entierly Multi-User, and I purchased SBS 2003 just to share my contact information with my sales team. This also happened right after I convinced the president of my company to convert from MACs. Thanks again Microsoft... this should have been a disclaimer. 'warning, product was designed to have limited functionality so you will have to purchase an upgrade in 6 mos. time. > Thanks Chad for your time in responding. > Much appreciated. I will buy one of the office 2003 editions. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Is there any path to upgrade from Outlook 2003 (that came with SBS 2003 > > Premium) to Outlook 2003 with Business Contact manager ? > Due to the fact that Outlook is entierly Multi-User Hardly. There are probably as many standalone users as there are Exchange users. > and I purchased SBS 2003 just to share my contact information > with my sales team. The contact sharing features in SBS 2003 include Exchange public folders and Windows Sharepoint Services contact lists. > this should have been a disclaimer. 'warning, > product was designed to have limited functionality so you will have to > purchase an upgrade in 6 mos. time. FWIW, there is a bright red disclaimer on the Office 2003 Professional retail box: "Business Contact Manager will be disabled in the presence of a Microsoft Exchange technologies-based e-mail system."  SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx Sue, this doesn't help when you purchase Office Professional like I did with my new Dell laptop over the internet. You don't get to see the retail box! I have spent ages trying to get BCM working and am getting very annoyed! > > Due to the fact that Outlook is entierly Multi-User > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > retail box: "Business Contact Manager will be disabled in the presence of a > Microsoft Exchange technologies-based e-mail system." Wellcome to the club! David-- It gets a little bit confusing--partly because of product names. *If you have a way to purchase Business Contact Manager through one of the two Office editions that offer it,* then they do offer an update that allows Outlook with BCM to work *with* Windows Small Business Server 2003 here. I didn't know you needed one, but now I do and it's here: Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2003 Update: Windows Small Business Server 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=eab86af5-1f5e-4ef3-9691 -90f9b870b9b6&displaylang=en "With this update you can use Windows Small Business Server 2003 and Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2003 together." These additional links may be helpful to you: Slipstick: Outlook 2003 and BCM FAQ http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2003.htm Technet Chat on BCM http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/chats/trans/office/off0626.mspx Chad Harris _________________________________________ Is there any path to upgrade from Outlook 2003 (that came with SBS 2003 Premium) to Outlook 2003 with Business Contact manager ? David-- I should have included this KB article with my last post: Overview of the Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2003 update: Windows Small Business Server 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831747 Chad Harris _____________________ Is there any path to upgrade from Outlook 2003 (that came with SBS 2003 Premium) to Outlook 2003 with Business Contact manager ? |
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