[MacTUG] Entourage EWS released

Fri Aug 14 11:12:38 EDT 2009

So Steve, I thought it was the version of exchange that was the important
thing. Entourage EWS needs exchange server 2007 (which we have) but they do
not make a point over which version of the server it is running on.

While I like Entourage EWS, I was hoping to move back to Mail.app when 10.6
came out and to encourage the upgrade to 10.6 for my Mail.app users (who are
90% of my mac users, even if they have entourage on their machines). It will
be a shame if the exchange services it provides are reliant on server 2008.
As Trevor rightly pointed out, there are no plans to migrate to 2008 server,
one of the main reasons being that we will likely be making a big migration
to the next version of exchange which does need to sit on server 2008.
Steve, for sure having Exchange 2007 sitting on server 2003 is not enough?

Regarding Outlook for the Mac and what it needs, I think that one will
likely be pretty much moot. I would not be surprised if we are on the new
version of exchange before office 2010 sees widespread use (no pressure
Trevor, Tim, etc, haha)

On 14/08/09 10:25 AM, "Steve Hellyer" <phasetwo at apple.com> wrote:

> Just a quick note to check what MS server version you have to get this
> functionality.
> 
> Yes Snow Leopard client will connect to MS Exchange for messages,
> meetings, contacts via Mail, iCal, AddressBook; however, it uses the
> new web protocols/access found in Window 2008 server to do that.  This
> maybe the case with latest MS Entourage and future MS Mac Outlook as
> well (not sure?).
> 
> Upgrading Windows 2003 server to 2008 server seems hurdle for most of
> the customer I have talked to.  It may require some additional upgrade
> planning and budget.
> 
> Steve
> 
> On 14-Aug-09, at 9:58 AM, Donald Duff-McCracken wrote:
> 
>> Yes it works in our environment -- I have run it for a few months
>> and not
>> noticed any issues.
>> 
>> I was a beta tester and it worked quite well and (as I am writing
>> this) I
>> have upgraded to the non-beta version and it works as well. So it
>> would be
>> good for other folks to test it out.
>> 
>> Having said that, as a mac user I am uncertain which program I will
>> use in
>> the future. The MacMail that comes with OS X 10.6 looks great from the
>> perspective of exchange integration, and Microsoft dropped a bombshell
>> yesterday (I think) stating that the next mac Office will have
>> Outlook for
>> mac included! http://www.officeformac.com/.59b7a1cc
>> 
>> 
>> On 14/08/09 5:57 AM, "Ian Turner" <iturner at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>> 
>>> does this work in our environment? ie is the Exchange Server up to
>>> these
>>> requirements?
>>> If so, then Jennifer or I will volunteer as additional testers
>>> 
>>> Ian
>>> 
>>> Donald Duff-McCracken wrote:
>>>> This is great news for entourage/connect.uwaterloo.ca users
>>>> 
>>>> I have been beta testing a version of Entourage that is more
>>>> exchange
>>>> friendly ‹ It can understand the GAL, let users load their
>>>> contacts onto
>>>> the server, works much better with calendars (when bookit is
>>>> replaced),
>>>> etc etc. It does provide a superior Exchange experience. (Yes I know
>>>> Snow Leopard is coming in a few weeks which will also provide a
>>>> superior
>>>> exchange experience ‹ it will be great to have these 2 options)
>>>> 
>>>> _http://www.microsoft.com/mac/itpros/entourage-ews.mspx_
>>>> 
>>>> from this page:
>>>> 
>>>>       * Enhanced Autodiscover service to easily configure account
>>>> and
>>>>    automatically keep settings up to date.
>>>>        * Synchronization between Exchange Server and Entourage 2008
>>>>    Notes, Tasks, and Categories.
>>>>        * Addition of an Enable Logging (troubleshooting)
>>>> preference, to
>>>>    log all events that can be used as diagnostic information.
>>>>        * Built-in logging with extensive reporting of diagnostic
>>>>    information.
>>>>        * Use of attachments in Entourage for Exchange calendar
>>>> events.
>>>>        * Resolve names when composing mail and invites while
>>>> outside of
>>>>    work without requiring VPN and LDAP.
>>>> 
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