BCM and Exchange

[R Lintner]

Hello, our office is looking at installing the BCM so that all our users can
access a centralized listing of clients and business associates. There was no
note on whether such a database can be stored on or used with MS Exchange
Servers, is this an option, or is the list a per-user thing?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

BCM has no sharing features.

Furthermore, Microsoft officially does not support using BCM with an Outlook
profile that includes an Exchange account, unless that account is on a Small
Business Server 2003 machine and you have installed the corresponding patch
for BCM from http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831747. If you add a BCM
database to a profile that includes Exchange from any other environment, the
next time you start Outlook, BCM will remove the database from the profile.
However, as described at http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/bcm.htm, it is
possible to install the patch and then hack the registry to make BCM work
with a profile that contains Exchange even if it isn't SBS 2003.