Maybe I'm taking the wrong approach. Our 12-person office works with LOTS of distribution lists in Outlook 2003, and we manage mailing labels and lists in MS Access XP. Many of the contacts are the same in the two apps, so I want to find a good way to have staff manage contacts in just ONE and have them synchronize (I know I can buy tools to do the sync).
I also REALLY want to take advantage of Active Directory's query-based groups: if AD could talk to Access, I would create those QBG's based on fields in Access. This would allow us to maintain our groups in Access -- again, managing contacts in just ONE application -- and not deal with numerous, onerous Outlook Distribution Lists.
Or am I making my life too complicated???
I also REALLY want to take advantage of Active Directory's query-based groups: if AD could talk to Access, I would create those QBG's based on fields in Access. This would allow us to maintain our groups in Access -- again, managing contacts in just ONE application -- and not deal with numerous, onerous Outlook Distribution Lists.
Or am I making my life too complicated???