So, SBS sounds like the solution to your problem. Have you considered bringing in someone from a good local consulting firm that targets the SMB space and knows how to sell SBS on all levels (technical to exec)? Honestly, almost every SBS deal I've done it's started out with such and such manager says in house costs too much. I have a pretty good track record of putting an SBS box (or whatever was appropriate) in that shop after the fact.
Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] c - 312.731.3132 > > > Javier Jarava wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Sorry if this question is a bit off-topic to the list, but I've seen > > some Exchange-related questions here, so I know there is Exchange > > expertise hanging around ;) and I didn't know where to ask; please > > feel free to point me to the proper forums (forii?) to ask in. > > > > I am looking for a way to implement shared calendars "a la exchange" > > (ie, they have to be "visible" and used from within Outlook 2003), > but > > without actually using/hosting an Exchange Server ourselves. The idea > > is that people should be able to see/manage the calendar of the > people > > they manage, so free/busy info is not enough. And the "outlook" > > requisite is a must (as my CEO put it yesterday: "I live within > > Outlook; I don't want to meddle with web apps or the like) > > > > I know that it's a bit odd of a requisite, but we are a small co. (~ > > 40 employees) and the president feels that having to babysit a server > > in-house is a bit of a needless burden. > > > > At present we host our email / web presence / customer ticketing > > system in a pair of VPS from Verio, so if the proposed solution could > > run on top of FreeBSD it'd be a big plus ;) > > > > Of course (now going for the "and ask about the KitchenSink" part ;) > > if we could put it into place without having to tweak our email setup > > that'd be wonderful!!. > > > > We understand that we'd probably have to install some Outlook plugin, > > so that's OK... > > > > If there is no way to have the "Shared Calendar" feature as a > > stand-alone service/server, I guess the next step would be to ask > > those of you who know Exchange for an "exchange clone" that runs on > > FreeBDS / Unix..... Or last but not least, I guess that there must be > > "hosted Exchange" providers out there that you can recommend. That'd > > mean re-doing our mail system, but I guess that we could live with > it, > > if need be. > > > > Thanks a lot for those of you who have read this far. > > > > Best Regards > > > > Javier Jarava > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > List archive: http://www.mail- > archive.com/activedir@mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir@mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir@mail.activedir.org/
