On 7/30/09 8:51 AM, "Virzi, Robert A" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was not clear. Exchange folders sync immediately. Folders on my computer > in Outlook were the issue. I just moved them to Exchange server in small > batches and then pulled them down to my Mac/Entourage. Tedious but worked > well. > > It is GOOD to be back! Thanks for the advice. Hello. I'm new to this list -- was a long-time participant in the Entourage-Talk list (Diane, thanks for the pointer). Bob, your posts brand you as someone with Outlook and Entourage familiarity. I'm a Mac user since 1984, an Entourage user since before it existed (Claris Emailer). I'm about to deploy a Windows Server 2008 SBS in my medical practice, and of course a component of that will be an Exchange Server, which I hope to configure so that our staff and frequent external associates (I'm a nephrologist, so this would primarily be nurses in hemodialysis units), can communicate with each other without violating the HIPAA statute. Initially, I assumed I'd need to use a Windows VM on my own computers, but the latest update for Office Mac adds access to Sharepoint servers (so that I'll be able to read patient-related documents stored on our server from Macs and other computers not on our LAN in the office), and Entourage Web Services Edition (you apparently have the beta) seems to enable email/contacts/calendar parity for access to the Exchange Server. I've had concerns about how best to deal with personal email in POP accounts in Entourage. Currently I use POP for all but one of my email accounts, and I make certain that my MS Mac Office MUD folder is current on whichever computer I'm using (Mac Pro at home, MacBook Pro at work and on the road) by use of a third party file synchronization utility (Synchronize! Pro X). The downside of this approach is that I can't use Office Notifications on either computer, because if an alert pops up on while I'm away from home, the modification flag on the Entourage Database file gets changed on BOTH computers, and Synchronize! Pro X uses that to tell whether the Entourage Database file has changed on one or both computers. Diane has suggested keeping the MUD folder on a thumb drive and/or using IMAP for mail. That might solve most of my issues, but I don't know what will happen once I become an SBS client (user CAL, not device CAL) with personal contact/calendar/mail info that will reside on my hard drive) who logs on from different Macs. Do you know if the Exchange Server is likely to have problems with this? I tried to ask about this on a web based SBS support site, but I don't think anyone there has much Mac experience, and when I tried to make my question platform independent by substituting Outlook for Entourage in my question, I realized I didn't know whether Outlook stores all local data in one gigantic file. Do you know? Comments/warnings/advice from anyone else who can tell me what pitfalls I'm likely to encounter with the SBS Server would be VERY welcome. Jim Robertson -- -- YouTalk mailing list List address: [email protected] List information: http://entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
