zarafa summer camp 2012 - keynote steve hardy - groupware technologies - past, present and future
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Groupware technologies: 2012 and beyondSteve Hardy
• Traditionally open-source technologies– IMAP, POP3, SyncML, CalDAV,
CardDAV
• Traditionally Microsoft technologies– MAPI
– Exchange WebDAV
Two technology streams
Technologies rapidly gaining adoption
• ActiveSync– All smartphones have
ActiveSync support
• Exchange Web Services– Mac applications– Linux applications– Archivers
• Technologies now available as open source– MAPI
– ActiveSync (through Z-Push)
• Z-Push has been very successful– Started during a hacking session at Christmas 2006
– Version 2.0 about to be released
– Millions of users worldwide
– All built on top of MAPI
Zarafa: blurring the divide
Today, 14:10: Changes in Z-Push 2.0 for AdministratorsTomorrow, 10:00: Z-Push 2.0 launch
• Zarafa will step into EWS support
• Same proposition as ActiveSync
• Leverages existing MAPI infrastructure
The next step: EWS
Today, 12:00: EWS introduction and demoTomorrow, 15:00: Technical discussion
• We do not expect Outlook to switch to EWS – Huge codebase of Outlook
– EWS is missing some functionality
– Would weaken current strong position of MS Exchange
– No drive for MS to do this
The future of Outlook
• WebApp 1.1 release today
• Desktop integration–Aim is to provide fat-client-like features for WebApp
• Plugins and widgets–WebApp provides platform for integration
–Binds various parts of communication together
• Will replace WebAccess as default web frontend
WebApp: a leap forward in the browser
Today, 13:30: WebApp introduction and roadmapTomorrow, Track 3: WebApp plugins, widgets and development
• Continued effort– IMAP: continued effort to
improve compatibility and performance
– Zarafa will attend industry compatibility group CalConnect
IMAP & CalDAV
• Zarafa will– Continue development in core MAPI technologies
– Provide higher-level technologies for developers and applications• EWS• ActiveSync• Python API• Plugin structures (both backend and webapp)
– Continue strong commitment to MS Outlook support
Summary
Today, 15:00: Zarafa 7.1 features & reverse proxyTomorrow, 10:30: Three cool Zarafa innovations
• WebApp– Twitter widget
– PDF preview
– Archive to SugarCRM
• Backend– Set permissions from the commandline
– Specify sizes in KB / MB / GB in configuration files
• Interop / migration– Research MSR between Exchange and Zarafa
Selections for 48h feature run
Tomorrow, 10:30: Update on 48h feature runTomorrow, 16:15: Final presentation 48h feature run