MS to offer Outlook 2002 connector for Domino

HYDERABAD: The latest offering from Microsoft corporation 'Outlook 2002 connector' has been developed at Microsoft India Development Center (MIDC) at Hyderabad. Outlook 2002 in the Office XP personal information management and communication solution and is used worldwide to simplify e-mail communication, streamline group planning and scheduling and provide easy access to information.






"A lot of our customers with Domino servers have told us that they would like to give their employees the opportunity to use the latest version of Outlook. Microsoft strives to make office and its family of applications as valuable as possible in a variety of IT infrastructures. The connector is one way we’re doing that and addressing the needs of those customers," said Srini Koppolu, Managing Director at MIDC.





In a corporate setting, Outlook is primarily designed to run with a Microsoft Exchange server. The Outlook 2002 connector is for companies that have chosen a Domino e-mail infrastructure or a mixed infrastructure of Lotus and Exchange servers but also desire the rich functionality of Outlook and greater integration with Office.

"With the new connector, users can easily conduct most common e-mail, calendar and contact management functions through Outlook, while in a Lotus Domino environment," he explained.