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SharePoint Tip #11. Do you know “difference in disconnected solutions for SharePoint”?

There are several ways to build disconnected systems based on SharePoint. But all of them have pros and cons. The following table shows what each of disconnected scenarios supports.

 

Feature File System Outlook 2007 Groove 2007 Access 2007
Offline documents Yes Yes Yes No
Offline Lists No Yes No Yes
More then one document at a time No Yes Yes N/A
Automatic sync for documents No No Yes N/A
Two-Way sync No Yes (PIM list only) Yes Yes (lists only)

 

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Posted: Sat, Feb 14 2009 19:13 by Michael | with 3 comment(s)
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Barry Jinks said:

Great summary, Michael.

I'd love to see rows added to show how these products handle metadata, views, document templates and content types offline.

It would also be great to see some third party tools (like Colligo Contributor - admitted shameless self-promotion) added to the analysis.

Barry Jinks,

Colligo Networks.

# March 9, 2009 5:25 PM

Andy said:

guide me please into ways to connect sharepoint and an older application (BarScan)written in Visual foxpro

# June 24, 2009 6:59 PM

Michael said:

Do you use MOSS of WSS?

How do you want connect FoxPro? to the list?

See this office.microsoft.com/.../HP100931601033.aspx or alternatevely use BDC

# June 25, 2009 9:11 AM
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