[MacTUG] Entourage EWS released

[Trevor Bain]

Our Exchange 2007 environment is running on Windows Server 2003. Our next major upgrade is to Exchange 2010 which requires Windows Server 2008. At this point there are no plans to upgrade our current Exchange 2007 environment to Windows Server 2008.

Trevor

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-----Original Message-----
From: mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca [mailto:mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca] On Behalf Of Steve Hellyer
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:26 AM
To: Donald Duff-McCracken
Cc: Jennifer Keir; Trevor Bain; MacTUG
Subject: Re: [MacTUG] Entourage EWS released

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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