Microsoft Outlook Integration

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I need to integrate Microsoft Outlook Mail into NetWeaver Portal.

Actually, I don't have to integrate standard out-of-the-box Outlook views into SAP, but I need to build new views which are tailor-made (their layout and functionality are customer specific).

So, theoretically, I need to have access to some public APIs which enable my java program (portal component or WebDynpro - the actual technology's yet to be finalized) to gain access to the inbox and calendar items stored in the Outlook user's mailbox.

I checked this out on the web and I came across http://www.moyosoft.com/joc/ (Java Outlook Connector) which appears to be a good solution but, unfortunately, is not free.

Is there any open-source package to support me with this?

Thank you in advance.

Marco

[Former Member]

Hi,

There is another way to integrate Microsoft Outlook with portal..

Download this par file & deploy it in to the NWDS...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/03b795f8-0c01-0010-e9b4-d16...

Regards,

Senthil K

[points r welcome]

[Former Member]

Thank you Senthil,

this information sounds pretty good (rewarded points....)

In any case, I think I can take is as a starting point, since my use case doesn't involve this functionality to be invoked from the CLP (Collaboration Launch Pad). However,I might be able to implement the desired behavior giving a look at the decompiled source.

As far as you know, is there any special requirement as to the components deployed onto the application server? The reason why I'm asking this is that my scenario is not making use of the KMC platform whilst the functionality you referred me to appears to be classified under SAP collaboration capabilities category.

Thanks!

Marco

[Former Member]

Hi,

I gave a quick look at the code and, actually, it doesn't look very promising.

In fact, it delivers just an external integration which renders a screen with a bunch of links (Send message, create appointment, etc.) such that when the user clicks onto a link the functionality opens in pop-up.

This is a weak integration.

I need full-featured Java APIs to connect to the Outlook Backend and interact with it (so as to pull off calendar items, inbox items, etc).

So, I think that my initial question is still unanswered.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Marco