Inverse is proud to announce the second downloadable version of SOGo ZEG
with native Microsoft Outlook compatibility.
The virtual appliance consists of the latest development version of
SOGo, SOPE and OpenChange, properly installed and configured. Note that
the native Microsoft Outlook compatibility is still *considered as
experimental*. The fundamentals have been developed and the progress
towards an end-user usable version will be fast from now on.
Nonetheless, we release this "Technology Preview" ZEG edition to show
how promising this is.
== Getting it ==
To download ZEG "Technology Preview", simply point your browser to
http://www.sogo.nu/english/downloads/zeg.html
Look for "Virtual Appliance - Native Outlook Compatibility".
For configuration instructions, look at the following FAQ:
http://www.sogo.nu/english/nc/support/faq/article/how-to-configure-outlook-to-work-with-openchange.html
== Changes ==
Here is a list of changes performed by the Inverse team since TP1 was
released :
* Two major bugs were fixed in OpenChange improving greatly its
stability and the one from Outlook
* More properties were added - we now map pretty much all properties
between SOGo/Outlook
* Modifying contacts, events and tasks is now possible
* Opening notes will no longer cause Outlook to crash
== Upcoming improvements ==
The follow improvements will occur in the next following days, likely
resulting in a TP3 :
* Attendees support in events
* Initial recurrence support for events and tasks
* More properties being saved during creation/modification of "messages"
Some bug fixes or improvements need to be added in OpenChange to make
the solution even more usable and we are working with them to :
* Add notifications support, so refresh of views will occur after
creation/modifications of "messages"
* Integrate the mapistore_v2 work which will allow us to support all
SOGo user folders and all SOGo users easily (making freebusy lookup for
other users more easy)
* Reminder issues which can cause Outlook to disconnect momentarily
* SeekRow/QueryPosition issue which can cause slowdowns such as the
ones we experience with the "Sent Items" mail folder
== Installation / Update ==
Both SOGo and SOPE were installed from the Monotone repository while
OpenChange was installed using the "sogo" branch from their official
Subversion server.
To update those components on ZEG, simply sudo as root. Then run the
following script :
/home/sogo/update.sh
You might want to restart Outlook after the update.
== Helping Out ==
There are many ways you can help us. You can:
* spread the good word about this technology preview!
* follow our development in the [email protected] mailing list and update
regularly the components mentioned above
* contact us if you want to sponsor specific features with regard to
Outlook / SOGo compatibility
Special thanks to the OpenChange developers for helping us delivering
this second technology preview.
Thanks,
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Ludovic Marcotte
[email protected] :: +1.514.755.3630 :: www.inverse.ca
Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (www.sogo.nu) and PacketFence
(www.packetfence.org)
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https://inverse.ca/sogo/lists
