How can I share BCM information from Office Live via Outlook Conne Charlie 2/25/2007 7:15:05 PM I have Office Live Essentials and would like to share Business Contact Manager data among 2-3 computers running Office Pro 2007 via the Outlook Connector. Has anybody done this and can you point me to what I need to do? I cannot find this information anywhere. Thank you!

Re: How can I share BCM information from Office Live via Outlook Conne "Lon Orenstein" <Lon[ at ]pinpointtools.com> 2/26/2007 1:05:35 PM Charlie: This is a real bummer -- it was supposed to work and doesn't. You can create a SharePoint List and import the contacts from Office Live into that, and I guess you could drag and drop them into BCM Contacts, but it's far less than an elegant solution. Keep banging the drum and maybe they'll fix it sooner than later... Lon ___________________________________________________________ Lon Orenstein pinpointtools, llc Lon[ at ]pinpointtools.com Author of Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager For Dummies Author of the eBook: Moving from ACT! to Business Contact Manager 800.238.0560 x6104 Toll Free (U.S. only) +1 214.905.0401 x6104 www.pinpointtools.com "Charlie" <Charlie[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B993ABD3-C34F-4B76-AC22-D56366DD779D[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I have Office Live Essentials and would like to share Business Contact > Manager data among 2-3 computers running Office Pro 2007 via the Outlook > Connector. > > Has anybody done this and can you point me to what I need to do? I cannot > find this information anywhere. > > Thank you!

Re: How can I share BCM information from Office Live via Outlook C Charlie 2/26/2007 1:25:05 PM Thank you Lon! It would be great is somehow we could map one of the Shared Folders in Office Live and made it drive 'Z', placing the database there and then sharing it across computers. I tried that and I could map it as 'Z' but I am not savvy enough to know how to move my BCM database there. I will keep trying. Thanks! "Lon Orenstein" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Charlie: > > This is a real bummer -- it was supposed to work and doesn't. You can > create a SharePoint List and import the contacts from Office Live into that, > and I guess you could drag and drop them into BCM Contacts, but it's far > less than an elegant solution. > > Keep banging the drum and maybe they'll fix it sooner than later... > > Lon > > ___________________________________________________________ > Lon Orenstein > pinpointtools, llc > Lon[ at ]pinpointtools.com > Author of Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager For Dummies > Author of the eBook: Moving from ACT! to Business Contact Manager > 800.238.0560 x6104 Toll Free (U.S. only) +1 214.905.0401 x6104 > www.pinpointtools.com > > > "Charlie" <Charlie[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:B993ABD3-C34F-4B76-AC22-D56366DD779D[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I have Office Live Essentials and would like to share Business Contact > > Manager data among 2-3 computers running Office Pro 2007 via the Outlook > > Connector. > > > > Has anybody done this and can you point me to what I need to do? I cannot > > find this information anywhere. > > > > Thank you! > >

Re: How can I share BCM information from Office Live via Outlook C "Luther" <enowning[ at ]gmail.com> 2/26/2007 7:53:22 PM On Feb 26, 5:25 am, Charlie <Char...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Thank you Lon! > > It would be great is somehow we could map one of the Shared Folders in > Office Live and made it drive 'Z', placing the database there and then > sharing it across computers. I tried that and I could map it as 'Z' but I am > not savvy enough to know how to move my BCM database there. > > I will keep trying. > > Thanks! > > > > "Lon Orenstein" wrote: > > Charlie: > > > This is a real bummer -- it was supposed to work and doesn't. You can > > create a SharePoint List and import the contacts from Office Live into that, > > and I guess you could drag and drop them into BCM Contacts, but it's far > > less than an elegant solution. > > > Keep banging the drum and maybe they'll fix it sooner than later... > > > Lon > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Lon Orenstein > > pinpointtools, llc > > L...[ at ]pinpointtools.com > > Author of Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager For Dummies > > Author of the eBook: Moving from ACT! to Business Contact Manager > > 800.238.0560 x6104 Toll Free (U.S. only) +1 214.905.0401 x6104 > >www.pinpointtools.com > > > "Charlie" <Char...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >news:B993ABD3-C34F-4B76-AC22-D56366DD779D[ at ]microsoft.com... > > >I have Office Live Essentials and would like to share Business Contact > > > Manager data among 2-3 computers running Office Pro 2007 via the Outlook > > > Connector. > > > > Has anybody done this and can you point me to what I need to do? I cannot > > > find this information anywhere. > > > > Thank you!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - A database is connected to directly using the database networking software. A database is not a simple file that everyone can open as long as the file is on a share. To share a database, all the machines that will be sharing the database must be able to connect to the machine hosting the database. If all the machines are in the same office, using the same LAN, you can use BCM's existing database sharing feature. If the machines are not on the same network, you may be able to get them to share a database using a VPN, but this is tricky.

Re: How can I share BCM information from Office Live via Outlook C Charlie 2/26/2007 8:33:26 PM Thanks for helping me understand this better Luther. Cheers. "Luther" wrote: [Quoted Text] > On Feb 26, 5:25 am, Charlie <Char...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > Thank you Lon! > > > > It would be great is somehow we could map one of the Shared Folders in > > Office Live and made it drive 'Z', placing the database there and then > > sharing it across computers. I tried that and I could map it as 'Z' but I am > > not savvy enough to know how to move my BCM database there. > > > > I will keep trying. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > "Lon Orenstein" wrote: > > > Charlie: > > > > > This is a real bummer -- it was supposed to work and doesn't. You can > > > create a SharePoint List and import the contacts from Office Live into that, > > > and I guess you could drag and drop them into BCM Contacts, but it's far > > > less than an elegant solution. > > > > > Keep banging the drum and maybe they'll fix it sooner than later... > > > > > Lon > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > Lon Orenstein > > > pinpointtools, llc > > > L...[ at ]pinpointtools.com > > > Author of Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager For Dummies > > > Author of the eBook: Moving from ACT! to Business Contact Manager > > > 800.238.0560 x6104 Toll Free (U.S. only) +1 214.905.0401 x6104 > > >www.pinpointtools.com > > > > > "Charlie" <Char...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > >news:B993ABD3-C34F-4B76-AC22-D56366DD779D[ at ]microsoft.com... > > > >I have Office Live Essentials and would like to share Business Contact > > > > Manager data among 2-3 computers running Office Pro 2007 via the Outlook > > > > Connector. > > > > > > Has anybody done this and can you point me to what I need to do? I cannot > > > > find this information anywhere. > > > > > > Thank you!- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > A database is connected to directly using the database networking > software. A database is not a simple file that everyone can open as > long as the file is on a share. > > To share a database, all the machines that will be sharing the > database must be able to connect to the machine hosting the database. > If all the machines are in the same office, using the same LAN, you > can use BCM's existing database sharing feature. If the machines are > not on the same network, you may be able to get them to share a > database using a VPN, but this is tricky. > >