OD participates in NIH's solution for email connectivity as a site within NIH's organization. Microsoft Exchange Server provides connectivity between the client software, message store and mail delivery. With Outlook OD staff can manage e-mail, calendars, contacts and tasks. OD staff can also share information by taking advantage of Microsoft Exchange group scheduling, public folders, forms and Internet connectivity. The documentation developed for Exchange works with Outlook with some minor graphical changes.
Users can now receive and send flagged messages, recall messages and respond to voting messages.
Macintosh client works and looks the same as PC client. Macintosh client has improved attachment and mail translation functions. Calendar and group scheduling is improved. Meeting planner helps users invite attendees, check available times and even automatically pick the next available time for all attendees. Outlook has a more graphical desktop with new Outlook bar that integrates the desktop as well as mail.