So does Entourage 2008 sync Exchange tasks and categories?

Wow - thanks for asking and providing the answer. I was so sure that this would be addressed in v2008 that I was going to get it without even asking the question. Thanks - looks like it might finally be worth dumping Entourage for the Mac apps. My upgrading was based solely on the Entourage element getting significant upgrade.
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I'm waiting for our site license to arrive at our campus so I can call MS and try and get full synchronization added in. I find it disheartening that once again the Mac platform still does not have full support for a product that we have paid good money for.
 >> Stay informed about: So does Entourage 2008 sync Exchange tasks and categories? 

I just called an canceled my order for 2008. Like cd said above... I'm gonna move to the mac apps. I'm not a huge Excel power user so if there is functionality missing in Numbers... I'm sure I can do without. <br><br>I really needed a full outlook client on my desktop... and once again... this falls short. I have a Motorola Q smartphone (for work) and I want everything synced to there... so I will just continue to use the MS Exchange Web Application. <br><br>Bye bye Office.
 >> Stay informed about: So does Entourage 2008 sync Exchange tasks and categories? 

On 1/16/08 5:52 PM, in article ee888b5.5 RemoveThis @webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "" <>
wrote:

> I can't believe, after all this time, there's no Tasks syncing.

With the new To Do flagging system you'll be able to assign
start/due dates to mail (and contacts) and they will sync to Exchange.
Since many "tasks" are based on e-mails that need action, Entourage 2008's
To Do sync is a way to get around this problem.

--
Diane, Microsoft Mac MVP (MVPs are not Microsoft Employees)
Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
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I've actually found this to be very useful. Of course, you can do the same
in Outlook, but it's nice to see it in Entourage now.


On 1/16/08 7:21 PM, in article
C3B4099D.EA9A%diane@invalid.entourage.mvps.org, "Diane Ross"
wrote:

> On 1/16/08 5:52 PM, in article ee888b5.5 DeleteThis @webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "" <>
> wrote:
>
>> I can't believe, after all this time, there's no Tasks syncing.
>
> With the new To Do flagging system you'll be able to assign
> start/due dates to mail (and contacts) and they will sync to Exchange.
> Since many "tasks" are based on e-mails that need action, Entourage 2008's
> To Do sync is a way to get around this problem.
 >> Stay informed about: So does Entourage 2008 sync Exchange tasks and categories? 

wrote:
> I can't believe, after all this time, there's no Tasks syncing.
>
> Entourage 08? All hype.
>
> It looks like the best bet is when snerdware comes out with their client
> for 10.5.

Please be sure to let Microsoft know you'd like to see task syncing in
future versions by using the Help --> Send Feedback mechanism in any
Office application. The more noise the better!

--

bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
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On Jan 17, 12:26 pm, <> wrote:
> I ordered the upgrade and just cancelled based on this information. I use a BB and wanted o sync tasks using Entourage. Now I really see no reason for me to upgrade. I make very light use of the other programs. I am disappointed.

My Day is USELESS without exchange server support to most, if not all
users!
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My Day will show your Exchange flagged mail, contacts, and events, all of
which synchronize with Exchange. I agree it's a limitation for tasks, but
it's not completely useless for Exchange users.

-Andy

On 1/17/08 10:32 AM, in article
cd839cd7-865b-4ead-a4be-3f9777f78693.DeleteThis@l32g2000hse.googlegroups.com,
" " wrote:

> On Jan 17, 12:26 pm, <> wrote:
>> I ordered the upgrade and just cancelled based on this information. I use a
>> BB and wanted o sync tasks using Entourage. Now I really see no reason for me
>> to upgrade. I make very light use of the other programs. I am disappointed.
>
> My Day is USELESS without exchange server support to most, if not all
> users!
 >> Stay informed about: So does Entourage 2008 sync Exchange tasks and categories? 

You should keep an eye on MacMojo, the official company blog. In the mean
time, click on Send Feedback on Entourage inside Entourage's help menu to
send Microsoft your feedback.


On 17/01/08 19:56, in article ee888b5.13.TakeThisOut@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
"Frustrated!!!" <Frustrated!!!> wrote:

> Could someone at Microsoft please be accountable and commit to when "sync
> Exchange tasks and categories" issue will be resolved or at least give us an
> explanation as to why it was not added?????

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

*** Please always reply to the newsgroup. ***
 >> Stay informed about: So does Entourage 2008 sync Exchange tasks and categories? 

Giving feedback for Office is kind of hard to find when you don't have Office installed on the computer. I tried looking for a link to the feedback page off of the Office 2008 site and could not find anything. <br><br>Anyway, for anyone who wants to know: The web site is <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/mac/suggestions.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/mac/suggestions.mspx</a>
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I use Outlook 07 all day at work ive just installed Mac Office 08 at home and feel cheated. Sort out the sync issues above or the Mac community, a lot of who got a Mac to get rid of the blue screen of death, will simply abandon you. <br><br>Mac Office 08 does not look or feel fresh, merely an update, more like Office 06. <br><br>So please make it feel and look similar to Office 07 for PC and give it the same functionality at least, is that so much to ask?
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Microsoft Guys, <br><br>I have only been using a Mac for about 15 months. However, when I first setup Entourage 2004 I was sure that I had done something wrong as none of my categories synced over. After some research, I discovered that not only will I have to forget about categories, I lost to-do sync as well. I thought, Wow, that unfortunate, but surely 2008 will have this functionality (since it is all over any forum that you read about this product). I just don't understand how you guys missed this. But hey, at least there is a little floating reminder box...
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<blockquote><tt> You should keep an eye on MacMojo, the official company blog. In the mean time, click on Send Feedback o Entourage inside Entourage's help menu to send Microsoft your feedback. </tt></blockquote><br><br><blockquote><tt> -- Michel Bintener Microsoft MVP </tt></blockquote><br><br>Michael, Andy Ruff & others on the Office:Mac team, <br><br>This can't be a serious statement from Michael...? I don't mean any disrespect, but your Entourage community has been screaming bloody hell about it's poor Exchange and synching support for FOUR YEARS. We waited FOUR YEARS for this upgrade, and Microsoft failed miserably to meet the demands of its users. <br><br>Serious question...is this because you're the Macintosh Business Unit at Microsoft? Are you guys just not taken seriously and appropriately prioritized within the company for obvious reasons? Or is this just another massive oversight? <br><br>I've worked in engineering for years, so I know all too well that what seems like a simple change is not necessarily simple. But FOUR YEARS is a long time to be screaming about something and then still not have it implemented. <br><br>SmartArt and nice templates in Word are beautiful, and it's nice to have that consistency with Office System 2007. But there's an underlying foundation of functionality that we are STILL waiting for. <br><br>Click on Send Feedback? With all due respect, you must be joking. What on earth would make you think anyone in this community would continue to bother after your team fails yet AGAIN to deliver what we've ALREADY been sending feedback on for FOUR YEARS? <br><br>What's the point? Clearly, program management has been unsuccessful in prioritizing needs of the market versus engineering timelines. I'm quite sure this market would have even preferred no new release until you could get it fixed than to be miserably disappointed yet again. <br><br>Apple now commands 8% of the market, and we all know that number is growing. No one here is stupid enough to think it will ever come close to Microsoft Windows' dominance, but it is still growing. More importantly, cross-platform usage is growing within corporations. I work for a 100 person tech company that is doubling every year. Half of our team uses Apple and half uses Windows. Most of the 8% of the market expect to have to use some level of Parallels, Virtual PC or some other virtualization service since not everything is available for our platform of choice. But why continue to demonstrate Microsoft Office's complete lack of commitment to cross-platform compatibility? <br><br>The Microsoft Silverlight team got it right with cross-platform compatibility. Why can't the Entourage team? <br><br>Regards, <br>
Dan
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