| Here's a terrific book by Joel Semeniuk and Duncan
Mackenzie on how to get the most out of your Exchange/Outlook messaging
platform. Joel is one of the cofounders of ImagiNET
Resources Corp here in Winnipeg where I live, and Duncan works for
Microsoft Consulting Services also in Winnipeg. I've often asked
myself what good could come out of Winnipeg, and here it is! I'm too
modest to include myself of course...
Part I of the book takes an overview of what collaborative
applications are about and looks at a number of examples including
workflow, tracking, messaging, and knowledge management.
Part II continues with an overview of the components of
collaborative application development for the Microsoft platform, and
covers Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, IIS, Outlook, COM, COM+, DCOM,
Visual Basic, VBA, CDO, MAPI, OWA, team folders, and the digital
dashboard. Most of this stuff is covered fairly generally, and you need a
good programming background to see how it all works together.
Part III is the most valuable part of the book, and deals with
the actual processes involved in designing and building various kinds of
collaborative solutions for workflow, tracking, and knowledge
management. The focus is on Outlook 2000 and Exchange (mostly version
5.5). Lots of well-explained code examples are included for the reader to
follow, but what's really good is the planned, orderly approach which the
authors use for application design and development.
The book ends with several appendices
on CDO and a brief look at the collaborative possibilities of Exchange
2000. My hope is that the authors will soon revise the book to include
more Exchange 2000 coverage, but it's still
extremely useful because of its focus on Outlook 2000.
I give this book 
stars out of five. You can find it on Amazon here.
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