Business Edition Mystery

[PepNotes]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

I'm confused about the new Office Business edition. I have Office 2008 Professional and I want to sync my tasks, categories, etc. I downloaded the latest version of Entourage Web Services Edition and it doesn't have any options for task or category syncing.

It's implied that I don't need to upgrade in your sales literature because there is no upgrade offered for 2008 > Business Edition so how can I get these sync services?

Overall, the information you make available on this subject is very vague and poorly presented. I would like some clarification on how I can obtain syncing for categories and tasks.

I certainly hope that you're not going to hold me hostage for a full upgrade to get two additional features...especially when you offer an upgrade for older versions but not the latest version for which I paid full price. Thanks

 

[Michel Bintener]

Hi,

you are not talking to Microsoft here, but to fellow users of Microsoft
Office for Mac. Nevertheless, here are some answers to your questions:

The Business Edition is simply meant to replace the Standard and Special
Media Editions of Microsoft Office 2008. There is nothing new in there; it
is still Microsoft Office 2008, and if you already have one of those
editions and if you have downloaded the Web Services Edition of Entourage,
then you're as fully up-to-date as you can be. The Business Edition offers
some additional material, such as training videos, templates, and clip arts,
but that's it, basically.

As for synching tasks and categories via Entourage Web Services Edition:
these features do work, but only if you are connected to a server running a
recent version of Exchange 2007. If you are a home user, you won't notice
any difference between the EWS version and the regular version of Entourage.