MS Outlook Sync of Calendars, Contacts, Tasks

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RLJB
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MS Outlook Sync of Calendars, Contacts, Tasks

Post by RLJB »

Have been asked by a client to help develop a Sharepoint alternative, all pretty easy using Aware, except they want to integrate/sync with Outlook (Calendar, Tasks, Contacts)

Has anyone done a similar thing?
Used any reasonably priced Outlook plugins /APIs that you could recommend?

My only thoughts so far were to install a (open source) Funambol server (see http://funambol.com/ and http://sourceforge.net/projects/funambol/ ) , use the Funambol Outlook sync client to sync to Funambol and then get Aware to tap into the DB tables in Funambol. This seems like a massive mission given the objective.[/b]
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Post by ACDC »

I think the best solution would be to integrate to Google Calendar and then let your client use the Google calendar/outlook utility to Sync with AwareIM via Google Calendar.

Also, this would broaden the scope and have much better appeal to other clients and applications
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Post by RLJB »

ACDC you're forcing me to think about oAuth again aren't you! ha ha
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Post by ACDC »

Rod, now that you mention it Google calendar and oAuth would be the ultimate plug-in

I am definitely interested in a combined effort to pitch in for this one.

Any other takers ?
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Post by nlarson »

my experience with outlook integration goes is that it is never as simple as it seems like it should be, it's a support nightmare, and and on-going PITA. Just my 2 cents.
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Post by nlarson »

oh, if you do decide to go for it these two tools might save a bit of work:

Outlook Redemption: http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/

Add-In Express: http://www.add-in-express.com/
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Post by corradomatt »

Hey All, I am also very intersted in a google / oAuth plugin and would contribute to development. I got a ballpark estimate from aware support not too long ago....

[Vladimir Simkine] The ballpark cost estimate is 2-3K. Timeframe is 1-2 weeks
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Post by RocketRod »

Gee I would contribute as well to anything that gave us easy integration to GMail, Google calendar, tasks etc. This plus the ability to easily save a link or shortcut to a file on disk rather than to have to upload it are the two issues highest on my wish list.

Cheers Rod
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Re: MS Outlook Sync of Calendars, Contacts, Tasks

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Did any of this eventuate ?
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Re: MS Outlook Sync of Calendars, Contacts, Tasks

Post by aware_support »

Aware IM supports now calendar integration with many calendars through Cronofy
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