Support for Microsoft Outlook - Kerio Software Archive

Chapter 13Kerio Synchronization Plug-inKerio Synchronization Plug-in is an extension to MS Outlook enabling basic groupwarefeatures (calendars and contacts) in private folders. The Kerio Synchronization Plug-inwas designed for users that travel frequently and need to have access to email, calendar,and contacts locally. Besides that, the main benefit of the plug-in is the offline mode,where it is possible to switch to the online mode and connect to Kerio MailServer tosynchronize changed data.Kerio Synchronization Plug-in uses the SyncML protocol. SyncML is a versatile protocolused to synchronize data acquired at various types of devices, in any network and in anystore. In Kerio Synchronization Plug-in it is based on the HTTP service.Warning: Kerio MailServer supports synchronization by the SyncML protocol only forthe client extension of Kerio Synchronization Plug-in.Kerio Synchronization Plug-in also includes Help which can be triggered from the MS Outlook’stoolbar. This help can also be found in Start → Programs → Kerio → SynchronizationPlug-in.Kerio Synchronization Plug-in can be applied to the following versions of MS Outlook:• MS Outlook 2000 + version Service Pack 3• MS Outlook XP + version Service Pack 3• MS Outlook 2003 + version Service Pack 2Warning: It is not possible to use Kerio Outlook Connector and Kerio SynchronizationPlug-in within the same profile. Both applications can be installed and used in oneMS Outlook, however, they cannot be both used by one account simultaneously. KerioSynchronization Plug-in can synchronize only in MS Outlook’s private folders. Theseitems folders can be combined only with standard IMAP or POP3 accounts. It is notpossible to use it for synchronization of MAPI accounts.TIP: If you want to use all groupware features provided by the Kerio Outlook Connectorand to work in the mail client offline at the same time, we recommend to set MS Outlookas described in chapter 14.53