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04-24-2007, 07:00 PM

Ed Hansberry Contributing Editor Emeritus Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 8,228		Outlook Business Contacts for Pocket PC http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7bc78c14-7143-41d9-84a9-bd628db7b6a0&displaylang=en&tm "This release is an add-in that allows you to synchronize your business contacts and a subset of your communication history to your Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC." This is an 8.2MB download from Microsoft for Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 only that allows synchronization between a Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC and contact history in the Outlook Business Contact Manager. Do you use the Business Contact Manager? __________________ text sig

04-24-2007, 08:40 PM

msafi Ponderer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 93		It came as a separate CD with the office suite, but I didn't know what it is and I didn't install it. What is it?

04-24-2007, 09:58 PM

mashtim Intellectual Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 203		Being able to sync BCM to my PPC is definitely a start. However, I stopped using BCM (after an admittedly short trial period) simply because it was lacking any kind of Exchange/Sharepoint sharing capabilities. I will admit, however, that I haven't been keeping myself up-to-date on this software and do not know if those capabilities have since been added. Being able to use BCM as a light CRM client would be great if I were able to share the information with anyone else in my small business! Until that happens, I don't really see BCM being of any serious use for anyone that doesn't work alone.

04-25-2007, 06:37 AM

TMAN Ponderer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 70		This is really the only way I can sync my business contacts in Outlook at work and personal contacts at home without combining the data. Essentially my personal contacts use the Pocket Outlook Database while my business contacts are stored in the Pocket PC BCM application. __________________ Current: iPhone, HTC AdvantagePast: 200LX,Newton 120,MP 2100,PalmPilot,Velo1, 620LX,660LX,HP's 680,690,568,REX5000,TriPad,Clio-1050,z50,E-115,E-125,Visor Prism,Aero 2130, iPAQs 3650,3670,3850,3870,5450, Toshiba e740, 128MB iPAQ 3970, iPAQ 5555, Treo 600, Treo 650, PPC-6700

04-25-2007, 05:44 PM

bkerrins Intellectual Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 171		Wow, some 85% don't use it...I would rather MS spend their time fixing Activesync rather than spend anymore time creating this SW.

04-25-2007, 09:54 PM

peterawest

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Join Date: Jul 2003

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Originally Posted by bkerrins

Wow, some 85% don't use it...

I didn't use the Business Contact Manager in Outlook because this option wasn't available. Anything I entered into that software wouldn't find it's way to my PPC.

This update has only been available for two days, having been posted on 4/23/2007.

Now that it's out there, I'd be more likely to try the Business Contact Manager again.

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04-29-2007, 11:21 PM

jamisonw Pupil Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 27		BCM CAN be shared with others in your organization. Microsoft should keep working on this, though I ENTIRELY agree ActiveSync should be fixed. It should sync to Exchange Public Contacts at least. Anyway, this is a possible fix for me. If you have Office SBE or Pro 2007 you should use BCM, or at least try it. If you have a server (Small Business Server for most of my clients) the BCM database can reside on a SQL Express 2005 database right on your server. It is a "free" (with Office SBE or Pro) CRM application that is actually quite good. If you don't need a full CRM and heavily use Outlook this is the way to go. You do need a pretty powerful computer to run Outlook 2007 with BCM, but I think it is worth the cost for 1-10 users... __________________ Jamison WestVerizon xv6700

05-08-2007, 11:07 PM

kzemach Ponderer Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 114		I just downloaded it, as I started to use BCM before I realized that it wouldn't sync with my WM5 device. Downloaded program Installed it Sync'd Sync'd again *And again And still my new Business Contacts program on my WM5 has no contacts that sync to it. That is so very, very Microsoft. If anyone has found some trick to make it work, post it... Thanks! __________________ www.kenzemach.com

05-11-2007, 04:42 PM

nicolas Neophyte Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1		Same here Sync'd it about a thousand times deleted and reinstalled software... still not one BCM contact on my P3300. no fun.... Please mail with a solution

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