Sounds like poor design to me. Wonder what else the developers didn't take into account? Since it's only a proposal, propose back to them that they learn how to write enterprise-level software first.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Harmon, Josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 5:51 PM Subject: Would you install Outlook and Visual basic on your exchange serve r? > I've just received a proposal to install some calendaring software on one of > our exchange servers that requires a lot of things I'm pretty uncomfortable > with.... without divulging too much about the software (I'm not under > non-disclosure--but I'm not under disclosure either!). This software > requires: > > Installing Outlook 2000 client on server > Installing Visual Basic (yes the development platform--why not just the dll > type libraries? I don't know) > Setting up a profile on Outlook using the "administrator" inbox for security > purposes > A dll COM object that has a sink to catch calendar items > > All this goes on the server--and this isn't just throw-away server. This is > a critical box with 2000 users and a 55 gig store. It will be Ex2k at > install--so I may split the store at that point. I can see maybe installing > a com object--if you want to use object event sinks that seems logical but > the other stuff just makes me question the whole project and the knowledge > behind the development... but I'm not a developer. > > Any thoughts? I've read that putting outlook on your exchange server isn't > a great idea because they share dll's. But I've done it and test before and > never seen a real problem... Installing VB on a production exchange box, > though, just seems silly! I'm uncomfortable installing in VB dlls on the > box--as many unstable VB apps as I've seen, but I'm looking around for a > little more teeth to my argument. > > > Josh Harmon > Server Admin and now external program analyst > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
