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scobleizer
I'm the video guy

By the way, this is one of the coolest new things I've seen lately. It's completely changed how I work.

Manip

Scoble, personal request, if you do another interview and it is with someone who works on Outlook, can you ask them how they suggest synchronising up a laptop on a WIFI network with a primary PC?

Note: This post is subject to editing as I watch the video (2% downloaded.

scobleizer
I'm the video guy

Manip: synchronize Outlook? Or synchronize your PC in general?

Exchange keeps my Outlook synchronized automatically among multiple machines.

scobleizer
I'm the video guy

Manip: also, do you have Outlook 2003? That synchronizes a LOT better than previous versions.

Tom Servo
W-hat?

Why do corporations get a cool looking IM client, and we have to mess around with this annoying MSN messenger?

hodo

Because you get what you pay for... Wink

Steve411

I beta tested that sucker. They did a great job indeed! Smiley

by the way, i agree with scoble as to how cool this app is!

Manip

scobleizer wrote:

Manip: synchronize Outlook? Or synchronize your PC in general?

Exchange keeps my Outlook synchronized automatically among multiple machines.

I have Outlook 2003 on a laptop, and again on a PC. I have no domain controller, don't own Exchange etc. But want / need to be able to synchronise the calenders and mail on both as I connect to the WIFI network without playing with the import wizard.

Cider
Daze-d & Confused

I really want to look into this as a deployable solution. Its just the total future of communication.

Question, if anyone from Office Comm team is watching, we don't have IP telephony at all yet, so not looking into that as yet.

What I'd be really interested in is more enterprise-scale IM features and having it as a method of collaboration and support.

For instance, a big one would be being able to set support roles. For instance, in a University, if a student sits down at a computer in a lab, they get pushed on a session-only basis the relevant support individual/team for that lab. And that team can be multiple people who can then have rights to help them via remote assistance etc. Also, wondering how much collaborative application-sharing type stuff you can do over Office Comm.