Remote access of Exchange 2000 email using Outlook 2007...

[Brad Pears]

Currently our sales force uses terminal services to access our systems and
exchange email when they are both in the office and on the road (remote
access). I am looking at purchasing and installing Outlook 2007 to replace
our old version (2002) on their laptops to access our Exchange data when in
the office and on the road. This would mean they could work offline in their
email when they do not have an internet connection available which would
give them access to their contact lists, calendar etc... etc.. I saw a demo
of Outlook 2003 a while back and it's synchronizing features were so much
simpler and better than Outlook 2002. Hopefully 2007 is at least as easy or
even better than 2003...

We have a Watchguard Firebox appliance and I was planning on configuring a
secure tunnel via VPN services on our Firebox whenever a remote user
connects. Is this really necessary with Outlook 2007 though when being used
in conjunction with an Exchange 2000 server or might this be a little
overkill? We are looking at moving up to Exchange 2007 within the next 6
months to a year and will be replacing all of our Outlook 2002 with 2007...

Just looking to see what other folks are doing when it comes to secure
remote exchange email access...

Thanks, Brad

[Martin Blackstone [MVP]]

With Exchange 2000 you are pretty much stuck with the VPN solution.
Later Exchange versions offer the ability to connect OL without a VPN, but
that functionality was not in 2000.

Post by Brad Pears
Currently our sales force uses terminal services to access our systems and
exchange email when they are both in the office and on the road (remote
access). I am looking at purchasing and installing Outlook 2007 to replace
our old version (2002) on their laptops to access our Exchange data when
in the office and on the road. This would mean they could work offline in
their email when they do not have an internet connection available which
would give them access to their contact lists, calendar etc... etc.. I saw
a demo of Outlook 2003 a while back and it's synchronizing features were
so much simpler and better than Outlook 2002. Hopefully 2007 is at least
as easy or even better than 2003...
We have a Watchguard Firebox appliance and I was planning on configuring a
secure tunnel via VPN services on our Firebox whenever a remote user
connects. Is this really necessary with Outlook 2007 though when being
used in conjunction with an Exchange 2000 server or might this be a little
overkill? We are looking at moving up to Exchange 2007 within the next 6
months to a year and will be replacing all of our Outlook 2002 with 2007...
Just looking to see what other folks are doing when it comes to secure
remote exchange email access...
Thanks, Brad

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Post by Brad Pears
Currently our sales force uses terminal services to access our
systems and exchange email when they are both in the office and on
the road (remote access). I am looking at purchasing and installing
Outlook 2007 to replace our old version (2002) on their laptops to
access our Exchange data when in the office and on the road. This
would mean they could work offline in their email when they do not
have an internet connection available which would give them access to
their contact lists, calendar etc... etc.. I saw a demo of Outlook
2003 a while back and it's synchronizing features were so much
simpler and better than Outlook 2002. Hopefully 2007 is at least as
easy or even better than 2003...
We have a Watchguard Firebox appliance and I was planning on
configuring a secure tunnel via VPN services on our Firebox whenever
a remote user connects. Is this really necessary with Outlook 2007
though when being used in conjunction with an Exchange 2000 server or
might this be a little overkill? We are looking at moving up to
Exchange 2007 within the next 6 months to a year and will be
replacing all of our Outlook 2002 with 2007...
Just looking to see what other folks are doing when it comes to secure
remote exchange email access...
Thanks, Brad

What you're doing is pretty much it. Maybe you can upgrade sooner.

[Brad Pears]

Thanks guys.. I appreciate your comments... yes I would love to upgrade
sooner... However, management does not see it as a priority right now and as
such is slowing the process down...

Thanks, Brad


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

Post by Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

Post by Brad Pears
Currently our sales force uses terminal services to access our
systems and exchange email when they are both in the office and on
the road (remote access). I am looking at purchasing and installing
Outlook 2007 to replace our old version (2002) on their laptops to
access our Exchange data when in the office and on the road. This
would mean they could work offline in their email when they do not
have an internet connection available which would give them access to
their contact lists, calendar etc... etc.. I saw a demo of Outlook
2003 a while back and it's synchronizing features were so much
simpler and better than Outlook 2002. Hopefully 2007 is at least as
easy or even better than 2003...
We have a Watchguard Firebox appliance and I was planning on
configuring a secure tunnel via VPN services on our Firebox whenever
a remote user connects. Is this really necessary with Outlook 2007
though when being used in conjunction with an Exchange 2000 server or
might this be a little overkill? We are looking at moving up to
Exchange 2007 within the next 6 months to a year and will be
replacing all of our Outlook 2002 with 2007...
Just looking to see what other folks are doing when it comes to secure
remote exchange email access...
Thanks, Brad

What you're doing is pretty much it. Maybe you can upgrade sooner.

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Post by Brad Pears
Thanks guys.. I appreciate your comments... yes I would love to
upgrade sooner... However, management does not see it as a priority
right now and as such is slowing the process down...

Yep, understood. Have they thought about SBS? It's a lot more affordable.

Post by Brad Pears
Thanks, Brad
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

Post by Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

Post by Brad Pears
Currently our sales force uses terminal services to access our
systems and exchange email when they are both in the office and on
the road (remote access). I am looking at purchasing and installing
Outlook 2007 to replace our old version (2002) on their laptops to
access our Exchange data when in the office and on the road. This
would mean they could work offline in their email when they do not
have an internet connection available which would give them access
to their contact lists, calendar etc... etc.. I saw a demo of
Outlook 2003 a while back and it's synchronizing features were so
much simpler and better than Outlook 2002. Hopefully 2007 is at
least as easy or even better than 2003...
We have a Watchguard Firebox appliance and I was planning on
configuring a secure tunnel via VPN services on our Firebox whenever
a remote user connects. Is this really necessary with Outlook 2007
though when being used in conjunction with an Exchange 2000 server
or might this be a little overkill? We are looking at moving up to
Exchange 2007 within the next 6 months to a year and will be
replacing all of our Outlook 2002 with 2007...
Just looking to see what other folks are doing when it comes to
secure remote exchange email access...
Thanks, Brad

What you're doing is pretty much it. Maybe you can upgrade sooner.