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SCOoffice Server Birds of a FeatherAndy Nagle and John Boland

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SCOoffice BOF Topics

Product Positioning Product Roadmap Features on the Roadmap Connector 3 status SCOoffice Mail Appliance Overview & Demo Q & A

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SCOoffice Server 4.1 Product Positioning

Turn-key, full featured, economical collaboration server Alternative to Microsoft Exchange Easy end-user friendly administration interface Default configuration suits majority of customers Targeted at small to medium businesses 50-500

simultaneous users. Basic, but limited, migration tools supported for moving

mail and other data from Microsoft Exchange Servers Full range of Technical Support services available from

SCO Professional Services available from SCO to help with

non-standard configurations or larger deployments.

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SCOoffice Roadmap

SCOoffice Appliance Program for Resellers - sign up today – see it in the SCO booth.

Connector 3 from beta to FCS in fourth quarter

SCOoffice Server release 4.2 in fourth quarter New statistics reports Basic support for private domains Basic master-slave configuration support OpenLDAP 2.2

SCOoffice Server for OpenServer 6 – first half 2006

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SCOoffice Server 4.2 Feature List (4Q05)

OpenLDAP 2.2 New Statistics module with a GUI interface Webdav to replace proftp for free/busy

information Multi-server single domain configuration

(master-slave Basic Private Domain Support Improved Localized Message Catalogs

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SCOoffice Server 4.3 Candidate Feature List

AD synchronization (local cache of AD users) Samba integration GUI for spam/virus configuration External contacts Auto-purge of old mail and events Vacation expiry Mail archiving tools Merge Server administration interface code

with WebClient templates

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SCOoffice Server 4.3 Candidate Feature List - 2

Simple/Advanced configuration pages Tasks migration support Set options for users per domain,

organization or group Global disclaimer enhancements Server-side push of new mail notification to

clients APIs for Application Integration

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Connector 3 Status

Connector 3 entered Beta on April 12, 2005 Several beta refreshes have been issued Beta feedback has been positive, with a

handful of bug reports Internal testing still in progress Expect to release in fourth quarter 2005,

after passing QA.

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SCOoffice Server for OpenServer 6

Several SCOoffice Server components will take advantage of native SVR5 threads support

Porting effort will begin in September 2005 Initial port to be based on SCOoffice Server 4.2 Full migration from 5.0.7 will be fully tested

and supported

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Before the SCOoffice Appliance Program?

To create a Small Business Collaborations Server: Reseller had to install and configure:

SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 + Maintenance Pack 3 SCOoffice Server 4.1 + Mainteance Pack 2a

Reseller needed: A knowledge of UNIX A knowledge of SCOoffice Server About 1 day to stage and test solution

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The SCOoffice Appliance Program

With the SCOoffice Appliance Program a Reseller can: Install all required software in under 10 minutes including:

OpenServer 5.0.7, SCOoffice 4.1 and Microlite BackupEDGE New SCOoffice appliance configuration screens

Configure the server via an easy to use browser based SCOoffice Administration Interface including:

Server IP, DNS and DHCP Configuration Server Licensing Software Maintenance ISP POP Configuration No UNIX knowledge is required

Deploy a Small Business collaboration server in under an hour

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The SCOoffice Appliance Demo

For the Demo we will use: A previously made Appliance Master on an

Iomega Rev Disk An Intel Based Server with Iomega Rev Drive

The Demo will cover steps required to install the Server from the Rev Disk

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New SCOoffice Admin Interface Screens

To ensure that all administration can be done from the SCOoffice Admin Interface we have added the following new Admin tasks to the interface: Networking, shutdown, reboot Licensing Updates ISP POP Retrieval

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SCOoffice Appliance benefits?

Alternative to Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) with Exchange

Lower cost than SBS over 15 users Anti-Spam/Virus are standard (optional extra for SBS) 3 to 4 times the margin Easier to install and configure than SBS + Exchange Great offering against Exchange 16GB file storage limit

@250Mb per mailbox, only 64 users

Disaster recovery included Iomega REV disk + Microlite RecoverEDGE Encryption available

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SCOoffice 4.1 Server Appliance

It’s not a product, it’s a solution You choose the hardware SCO Sales Engineer works with you to create a master

that includes: SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 & MP3 (including DNS and DHCP servers) SCOoffice Server 4.1 & MP2 with Fetchmail (ISP POP retrieval) Microlite BackupEDGE for backup and disaster recovery Iomega REV drive 35GB / 100GB

Install and configure from master without UNIX knowledge

Sales training + sales sheets Configuration #1 for 50 users, #2 for up to 100 …

Marketing assistance and a range of Support Services

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Summary

Limited skills required Very quick setup Low cost High reseller margin Disaster recovery

included

Centralised mail store Daily scheduled

backup Easy for sales team MAPI Outlook support Doesn’t just have to

be SCOoffice

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