Jake has been testing our Zimbra 4.6.7 setup using the beta version of the Zimbra Connector for Outlook. We contacted Zimbra directly and were able to get access to the beta. In our tests, the functionality of the connector is good, but the stability is not. Jake is running Vista and Outlook 2007 and is reporting almost unusable stability of Outlook when using the Zimbra client. Hopefully these issues will be resolved soon and I think we’ll be set to use it in production.
Additionally, he tested the mobility features and found that they work well on his Windows Mobile smart-phone.
Zimbra the Release Candidate of Zimbra 5.0 (Network Edition) should be out soon — like, next week — so I look forward to seeing what changes have been implemented there.
Additionally, Jake is in discussions with Scalix about pricing, features and such so if the price is right we’ll be looking at that soon too. I also want to take a look at Open Exchange and will be doing so soon.
Thanks for the feedback. Have you had a chance to file bugs or support cases on the issues you are having with Zimbra and Outlook 2007?
I know Jake sent an email to Zimbra, but I’m not sure if anyone has responded yet. I haven’t seen any reply yet, but someone may have just replied directly to him instead of “reply to all.” He’s traveling now so I’ll know later if so…
If you’re running 4.5.7, then the problem is not with the Zimbra Outlook connector, but your expectations for running on Vista at all. Zimbra 4.5.7′s connector is not compatible with Outlook running on Vista, from experience it currently works very well with XP and Outlook 2003.
Zimbra 5 is due out in November, and will include compatibility for Outlook 2007 and Vista. Perhaps you should trot over to Zimbra’s demo of Zimbra 5, and download the connector for it, to test it out on Vista/Outlook 2007? There’s a link to it here:
http://blog.01.com/?p=328
No, we’re running the 5.0 beta of the connector. We know it’s a beta and we understand the issues are probably related to the fact that it’s still in beta.
You probably already know this, and the beta of the 5.0 connector should probably be used with Zimbra 5. We have Z5 up and running, too, if you’d like to test it out without obligation, please email me. We have published a comparison in table form between Google Apps and Zimbra 4.5.x, will update it vs. Zimbra 5, and also release a Scalix comparison in the near future, too. Best. http://faqs.01.com/#33
Yeah, we’re waiting on the RC to be released for version 5 Network Edition.