Picking a Microsoft document sync solution

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re: Picking a Microsoft document sync solution

kentore — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:04:40 GMT

@Mike

What tool would you recommend for syncing the email on two computers (POP3)? Is it possible to use SyncToy2 for this purpose, or are there other options?

re: Picking a Microsoft document sync solution

Josh_Miller — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:17:25 GMT

Something else to consider is what your backup server is running.

Like you said, Neither is Windows Home Server savvy.

Neither Foldershare nor Live Mesh will work on Linux either. Since my backup server run Ubuntu, I'm pretty much forced to use SyncToy to push my data to it. I'm sure there are alternative solutions and I'm not complaining mind you. Sync Toy works great. I use foldershare to sync my work MC to my Home PC (for backup to the server with Sync Toy).

re: Picking a Microsoft document sync solution

Mum — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:00:07 GMT

Until Mesh comes to Mac I don't get to try it and compare it with MobileMe, but I'm certainly interested (if it's still going to be free/cheap when it gets out of beta).

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re: Picking a Microsoft document sync solution

Delmont — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:19:06 GMT

I like the remote desktop feature in Mesh.

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mikegalos@msn.com — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:12:26 GMT

BrightrevCarl

To put Groove and Mesh into perspective, think of it this way. Ray Ozzie developed Groove. When he came up with the Live Mesh platform, he basically created a new Groove as the first sample app to show it off.

re: Picking a Microsoft document sync solution

BrightrevCarl — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:07:12 GMT

There is also Groove, which has very similar functionality to Live Mesh and is expensive. Live Mesh appears to me to be based on Groove.

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re: Picking a Microsoft document sync solution

DRWAM — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:51:21 GMT

Live Mesh is great for having access to my Nuclear Medicine protocols anywhere. Skydrive in Live did not get through the hospital firewall, but LiveMesh did, as designed, pointed out by Mike before.

Hopefully it will stay free. This and the free on line calenders from MS and Google seem like a better deal than MobileMe for Windows. Mike gave me a link for Google's own sync tool for Outlook and it took less than 2 minutes to DL, run and setup, which was typing the info of Google's account and Outlook. It synced years of calender events flawlessly. [Thanks Mike!] there is even a nice iPhone app that syncs with Google calender for $10, but you can just use the web.

My buddy uses SyncToy for backups. I cannot believe that this is all free.

re: Picking a Microsoft document sync solution

mikegalos@msn.com — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:43:03 GMT

I'll concede that bit about great minds but seeing how I praised Paul for getting Mesh the day it was released, I claim prior art on plagiarism :-)

and to quote my sig...

If "Web 2.0" was the equivalent of replacing the dumb terminals of "Web 1.0" with smart terminals then Live Mesh is the equivalent of replacing those terminals with a peer to peer network of personal computers.

re: Picking a Microsoft document sync solution

tayme — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:42:57 GMT

Credit where credit is due...Sharky posted that link yesterday. :-)

--tayme

re: Picking a Microsoft document sync solution

richardfrisch — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:41:16 GMT

I have been playing with Dropbox (http://getdropbox.com) and think that the syncing is far easier than what I see in any of the Microsoft solutions. The basic account allows for 2GB of storage and sharing with up to 10 other accounts.

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shark47 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:38:01 GMT

Mike, you plagiarized my post from another thread.

re: Picking a Microsoft document sync solution

mikegalos@msn.com — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:10:41 GMT

For anyone who stil thinks that Live Mesh is just a synchronization tool (and, Paul, was one of the few in the initial group of analysts who really got Live Mesh's future as a platform) you should check out Long Zheng's posting at: www.istartedsomething.com/.../applications-coming-soon-to-a-mesh-near-you where he shows the beginnings of Live Mesh applications.

re: Picking a Microsoft document sync solution

beaker — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:39:09 GMT

I haven't tried Live Mish for anything critical (as I shouldn't since it is a beta/preview). I do think it is pretty cool... if it works. I have an account. I'll wait to hear from others to see if it works.