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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / January 2006Outlook BCM and Exchange Server
We are looking to implement our contact management using BCM - the latest service pack incorporates SQLServer Desktop Engine and utilises a central database that we'd like to put where everyone that accesses BCM would be able to sync up to - namely the same server as Exchange/Server Small Biz resides on. Are there any problems/performance issues with this strategy? Or is there another solution. Do we need to just install the service pack on the server or is there specific patch for such cases? Thanks! BCM doesn't use a central database like that. Each user has their own local database, but they can be shared. Also, note that BCM is installed locally, not on the Exchange server. FYI, there is a separate newsgroup for BCM issues -- microsoft.public.outlook.bcm  SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > We are looking to implement our contact management using BCM - the latest > service pack incorporates SQLServer Desktop Engine and utilises a central [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > or is there specific patch for such cases? > Thanks! I am interpreting from your response - If databases can be shared, we could use one database and share it between all users, but it would have to reside on a client PC rather than a server? The only problem I foresee would be the stability/security of using a client as a db host. i.e relying on the user of that machine to leave the machine logged in at all times so others can access it. If our intent to use it as a central repository of CRM management is off-base what is the point of sharing databases? > BCM doesn't use a central database like that. Each user has their own local database, but they can be shared. Also, note that BCM is installed locally, not on the Exchange server. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > or is there specific patch for such cases? > > Thanks! As I understand it, the latest version of BCM still requires each user to be running their own local MSDE database instance, but it does support some sharing, I imagine through replication from one user's copy of the database to another. The place to ask for more technical details would be the BCM newsgroup I suggested. Bottom line, though, is that BCM is not a centralized database as you would normally think of it. BCM was originally designed as a standalone, personal contact management tool. Sharing was added later. It sounds like what you want is something more like Microsoft CRM, which was designed from the ground up as a centralized, server-based database. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I am interpreting from your response - If databases can be shared, we could > use one database and share it between all users, but it would have to reside [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> > or is there specific patch for such cases? >> > Thanks! |
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