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