Best solution for sharing Outlook in a small office (7 - 10 users)

[Elton Turnage]

Just installed Office Professional 2003 on 7 systems in our office. We need
to share calendar and contact manager. Our network is a basic peer to peer
system with all computers running Windows XP. We have a shared computer
running Windows 2000 acting as a file server. Just read the specs for
Microsoft Exchange Server and would really rather not have to install Windows
2003 Server as well as Exchange Server. Is there a simple solution ?

 

[William Lefkovics [MVP]]

I found a few products like ShareO
http://shareo.4team.biz/?pcode=50621011129vvme
listed at Slipstick
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm

 

[Oliver Vukovics]

Dear Elton,

Just installed Office Professional 2003 on 7 systems in our office. We
need
to share calendar and contact manager. Our network is a basic peer to
peer
system with all computers running Windows XP. We have a shared computer
running Windows 2000 acting as a file server. Just read the specs for
Microsoft Exchange Server and would really rather not have to install
Windows
2003 Server as well as Exchange Server. Is there a simple solution ?

On this site is an article on various ways to share Outlook data:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011477571033.aspx

On the Microsoft Office Marketplace site is a list of rated and recommended
third-party messaging
tools:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/CE010719621033.aspx

and a list of a list of third-party sharing tools is also on this site:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm

and the "Editors Choice" by ZDnet UK and ZDNet DE:
http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/internet/0,39024160,10004529,00.htm