Is BCM 2007 for Outlook 2007 a big improvement? Geoffry 5/16/2007 8:27:00 PM I initially used BCM with Outlook 2003 and it seemed to have so many problems that it was unclear that MS would actually fix it moving forward, so I quit using it. Has MS actually fixed it, is it more usuable? Is it more integrated into Outlook, because before it just felt like a separate applcation that just happend to build a new contact folder. My Issues before were: 1. It was incredibly slow 2. It wasn't Exchange compatible 3. It really was missing much of the functionality of many contact managers If BCM is still a pain, are there any contact manager/CRM solutions that work well with Outlook? Geoffry

Re: Is BCM 2007 for Outlook 2007 a big improvement? "mrtimpeterson via OfficeKB.com" <u8453[ at ]uwe> 5/18/2007 7:20:41 AM Geoffry, Check out this easy to use alternative to BCM [ at ] www.avidian.com -THP Geoffry wrote: [Quoted Text] >I initially used BCM with Outlook 2003 and it seemed to have so many problems >that it was unclear that MS would actually fix it moving forward, so I quit >using it. > >Has MS actually fixed it, is it more usuable? Is it more integrated into >Outlook, because before it just felt like a separate applcation that just >happend to build a new contact folder. > >My Issues before were: >1. It was incredibly slow >2. It wasn't Exchange compatible >3. It really was missing much of the functionality of many contact managers > >If BCM is still a pain, are there any contact manager/CRM solutions that >work well with Outlook? > >Geoffry -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com

Re: Is BCM 2007 for Outlook 2007 a big improvement? fryguy 5/20/2007 2:38:00 AM I'd pass on Avidian Prophet. BCM 2007 is much better. I've used both. "mrtimpeterson via OfficeKB.com" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Geoffry, > > Check out this easy to use alternative to BCM [ at ] www.avidian.com > > -THP > > > Geoffry wrote: > >I initially used BCM with Outlook 2003 and it seemed to have so many problems > >that it was unclear that MS would actually fix it moving forward, so I quit > >using it. > > > >Has MS actually fixed it, is it more usuable? Is it more integrated into > >Outlook, because before it just felt like a separate applcation that just > >happend to build a new contact folder. > > > >My Issues before were: > >1. It was incredibly slow > >2. It wasn't Exchange compatible > >3. It really was missing much of the functionality of many contact managers > > > >If BCM is still a pain, are there any contact manager/CRM solutions that > >work well with Outlook? > > > >Geoffry > > -- > Message posted via http://www.officekb.com > >

Re: Is BCM 2007 for Outlook 2007 a big improvement? Luther <enowning[ at ]gmail.com> 5/21/2007 3:53:00 AM On May 16, 1:27 pm, Geoffry <Geof...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > I initially used BCM with Outlook 2003 and it seemed to have so many problems > that it was unclear that MS would actually fix it moving forward, so I quit > using it. > > Has MS actually fixed it, is it more usuable? Is it more integrated into > Outlook, because before it just felt like a separate applcation that just > happend to build a new contact folder. > > My Issues before were: > 1. It was incredibly slow > 2. It wasn't Exchange compatible > 3. It really was missing much of the functionality of many contact managers > > If BCM is still a pain, are there any contact manager/CRM solutions that > work well with Outlook? > > Geoffry Some people were happy before. For some people, v 3/2007 added the feature they needed. For others, v3 still doesn't meet the bar. BCM has been Exchange compatible since v1 SP1. Performance will depend on the particulars of your hardware, running software, and data. In my experience Office 2007 requires more hardware than Office 2003. On the other hand, some BCM operations have gotten faster in 2007. Software vendors will always point to some feature they have and their competitors do not. So in the end, it somes down to: is it good enough for you?