10 Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook Notes

This module contains the following types of information on Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook:

• General Notes About Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook

• Known Limitations and Workarounds with Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook

• Known Issues with Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook

Note:

As of Oracle Beehive Release 1 (1.5), the product name "Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook" has been changed to "Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook".

General Notes About Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook

This section includes general information about Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook, and includes the following topics:

• Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook Users Should Not Launch or Run Microsoft Outlook During the Upgrade to Oracle Beehive Release 2 (2.0)

• Service Pack 2 or Later Required When Running Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook on Microsoft Windows XP

• Desupport of Outlook 2000 and 2002

Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook Users Should Not Launch or Run Microsoft Outlook During the Upgrade to Oracle Beehive Release 2 (2.0)

Before upgrading the system to Oracle Beehive Release 2 (2.0), Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook users should close Microsoft Outlook and they should not launch or run that client during the system upgrade process. This will ensure that the Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook client software for Release 2 (2.0) is correctly applied before users start accessing the upgraded Oracle Beehive server. Otherwise, Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook users may experience issues reading their e-mail before the client software upgrades have been applied.

Service Pack 2 or Later Required When Running Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook on Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 2 (or later) is required on Windows XP computers where users intend to run Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook with non-English locales. Attempting to run Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook with a non-English locale on a computer with Windows XP, Service Pack 1 (or earlier) may result in the computer failing to operate normally.

Desupport of Outlook 2000 and 2002

The support for Outlook 2000 and 2002 has been dropped by Microsoft. Hence, these versions are no longer certified with any newer versions of Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook.

Known Limitations and Workarounds with Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook

This section contains information on the known limitations and workarounds related to Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook, and contains the following topics:

• Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook Does Not Support GAL Entries Scoped at the Organization Level

Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook Does Not Support GAL Entries Scoped at the Organization Level

Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook does not support Global Address List (GAL) entries that are scoped at the organization level. In other words, users or groups that are scoped at the organization level (as opposed to the enterprise level, which is recommended) will not appear in the GAL through Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook. To avoid this limitation, scope all user directory entities at the enterprise level. Or, alternatively, consider using another supported client.

Known Issues with Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook

Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook contains the following known issues:

Table 10-1 Known Issues with Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook

Bug Number	Description
7565824	Users scoped at the organization level do not show up in the Global Address List (GAL) of those connected as Enterprise users.