Re: Business Contact Manager

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BCM v2 already has sharing today, without waiting for v3 (2007), although it may not be quite what people were hoping for.

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Sue 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

"Fidget Brain" <no.spam@martinthrelly@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:eXAt14mlGHA.1972@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
However there is good news on the horizon. You will have the ability to
share a BCM database, and to add custom fields in the forthcoming 2007
version.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Of6MxbGlGHA.4284@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1) No. BCM was originally designed for individual, personal use, not shared
use. Microsoft has a separate CRM application designed for group use.

2) Yes, with some effort. See
http://blogs.officezealot.com/cardoza/archive/2004/05/12/652.aspx

FYI, there is a separate newsgroup for BCM issues --
microsoft.public.outlook.bcm.

http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Beth In Alaska" <bethinak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:129ej765kov79f9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I don't think this isn't the greatest place to post this question, but it
seemed better than some others. We are a small nonprofit running SBS, w
exchange, office 2003 and SQL Server.

I just installed Business Contact Manager, which may be a big help for us
to
manage the care and feeding of our members. However, I have two
questions:

1) can I put the database on our SQL server, so its not running on
someones
desktop. That seems short sighted since if that computer dies, the
database
is gone gone gone. Our SBS premium came with SQL Server, so its up and
running all the time, is backed up and everyone should have access to it
all
the time.

2) Can I add custom fields to a Business Contact manager form?

I also have some questions in regards to customizing journal forms but I
think i'll post that in another thread.

Thanks.




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