BCM Business Contact Manager on Azure

Has anyone been able to host BCM on Azure? If so, what worked for you? Thanks, Tod

Hi,
Based on my exprience, BCM works on SQL database. Desipite of install BCM on an Azure VM, you can create a server instance running SQL server or just create an
Azure SQL database.
Best regards,
Susie
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Business Contact Manager 2013 Issue with drop down menus not working correctly and BCM disappearing.

We upgraded from BCM 2007 to BCM 2013. Now the BCM disappears from Outlook occasionally and the drop down menus are confused. for instance when accessing the drop down for phone numbers, the user selects company - but the field for TTY/TDD comes up.
Shows fields that don't exist etc.
The client is using Office 2013 Pro Premium from Office 365 Small Business Premium subscription and BCM downloaded from Microsoft website.
Please let me know what the support avenues are for this product.
Chris Smith

Hi,
This issue may be caused since the BCM was not installed properly.
Please go to Control Panel -> Programs and Features, find Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook and Uninstall it.
Then go to
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36513, download the right version of BCM(32bit or 64bit) and install it.
If issue persists, you may provide the screenshots of the issue, post them to SkyDrive and share it via a link:https://skydrive.live.com/, then we will have a better understanding on the issue.
Thanks,
Melon Chen
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Removing Business Contact Manager BCM from my Lenovo IdeaCentre K210

I am trying to load Office 2003 on my K210. It appears the pre-loaded trial version of Office 2007 is causing a conflict... "BCM Office Addin - Office Application Version does not match". My research says i should uninstall the Business Contact Manager (BCM). I am trying to uninstall BCM but need more help... I already uninstalled the pre-loaded trial version of Office 2007. Any help would be appreciated.

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Outlook 2013 "Business Contact Manager" gives an error whenever I open it.

The error Message reads the following;
"Error Found in Custom UI XML of "Business Contact Manager for Outlook"
Line; 145
Column; 48
Error Code 0x80004005
Failed to Find Office Control by ID
ID; OmsForwardAsTextMessage
"OK" or "OK to All"
or
"Error Found in Custom UI XML of "Business Contact Manager for Outlook"
Line; 4
Column; 91
Error Code 0x80004005
Failed to Find Office Control by ID
ID; ContactCardinstantMessageLookUpOutlookContact
"OK" or "OK to All"
Another Error Message reads;
"Custom UI Runtime Error in Microsoft Access Outlook Add-in for Data Collection and Publishing"
"An Error occurred while calling the callback; "Ribbon_getDCVisible"
"OK" or "OK to All"
Can this be fixed?

Please try to disable the add-ins except for Outlook BCM one and restart Outlook to check if the issue still happen.
We may create a new profile to check the result.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829918
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How could I install outlook with business contact manager 2007 in windows 8.1 system?

Recently I got a new 8 win pc, then I tried to instal Outlook with business contact manager 2007 but I couldn´t
The reason: sql server is not compatible. Would you please let me know how to fix that problem?

Hi CarlosZC,
Since the issue regards Outlook with business contact manager 2007. I suggestion you post the question in the Outlook forums at
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/outlook?tab=question&status=all&auth=1. It is appropriate and more experts will assist you.
According to your description, we need to verify the version of the SQL Server, usually the warning of compatibility issues applies to all SQL Server Express editions when installing Business Contact Manager (BCM) 2007 on Windows 7/8. The incompatibility
was fixed in SQL Server 2008 Service Pack1 and SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 on Windows 7.
There is a similar issue about compatibility message when installing BCM 2007 on Windows 7, you can review the following article.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rathomas/archive/2009/10/09/compatibility-message-when-installing-bcm-2007-on-windows-7.aspx
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How to manage a data file using Business Contact Manager database tool

I set up BCM on my desktop and now want to share with the rest of the office. I downloaded BCM database tool on the C drive
of the server and all was well until I tried to move through the wizard. The only option that gets me to a data file is creating a database. However, I receive the error message "Cannot create a new database. The operation has been rolled back. Please
make sure the database service is running". How can I make this work? Truthfully, I don't want to create a new database - I have already set one up; Restore only gives me the database server instance but no choices for the database name list. I have installed
BCM on another co-workers desktop and allowed the database to be shared with her. What more am I missing? Why can't I get the server to see the data file?

Hi,
If the Database has not been shared, you can't connect to it.
Please also confirm you have been granted permission to access the shared Business Contact Manager database.
You can refer to this article below and there are some factors that you should consider:
Business Contact Manager cannot connect to the shared database
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/business-contact-manager-cannot-connect-to-the-shared-database-HA010262548.aspx
I hope it can be helpful.
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Migrate Business Contact Manager to Office365

Hi, I've today been told by presales at Microsoft that Business Contact Manager BCM is available to download and will work with the MS Office365 O365 Business Premium Plan.
We're about to migrate a client currently on MS Office 2007 and heavily using BCM and also shared mailboxes to MS Office365.
What is the migration path for their BCM data? What is the preferred way to migrate their shared mailboxes?
Thanks
( the link to download BCM seems to be http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=36513)

For mailbox migration to Office 365, the right place is Office 365 forum:
http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/default.aspx
If you have a Business Contact Manager database that was created with an earlier version of the Database Tool, you can use the Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2013 Database Tool to migrate the database so that it will be compatible with Business Contact
Manager for Outlook 2013. For example, if you created a database in Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010, you can use the Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2013 Database Tool to migrate that database.
Open
the Database Tool.
Click the Migrate a database option, and then click Next.
In the Database Server Instance list, select the SQL Server instance to which you want to migrate your database, and then click
Next.
In the Database Name list, click the name of the database that you want to migrate, and then click
Next.
When the Task completed successfully message appears, click
Next.
Click Finish if you want to return to the Welcome page of the wizard to complete other tasks, otherwise click the
Close button.
(Manage
your Business Contact Manager database on a server)
-Jeff

Microsoft Business Contact Manager 2013, addiiton MSSQL NT Service accounts and Sysprep deployment on WIndows 7

Hi all,
I'm running into a problem when trying to sysprep and deploy a Windows 7 image with Business Contact Manager pre-install during the audit mode. Before anyone shouts, I have posted the main question in the Windows 7 deployment forum, but I would like some
additional help as to what the "NT Service" Accounts are for with regards to the BCM insatalltion
During the installation of BCM, we get an installation of MSSQL, and during this installation MSSQL creates three user accounts used by the "NT Service" account:
MSSQL$MSSMLBIZ
MSSQLFLDLauncher$MSSMLBIZ
ReportServer$MSSMLBIZ
When you run 'sysprep' with generalise option, and use the CopyProfile in the Specialise pass, sysprep copies the profile information from the last 'changed' profile. Whilst this should be the Administrator profile (as far as I can see), what is happening
is that the profile from 'ReportServer$MSSMLBIZ' is being used.
The rule of thumb when using the CopyProfile option is to ensure that only ONE account is present - i.e. the current administrator profile. The easy option is therefore just to delete the MSSQL accounts.
In the current state of play, even after I deploy the generalized image (with the copied 'ReportServer$MSSMLBIZ' account), I end up with only three users when looking at
"Manage --> Local User and Groups" (the Administrator, Guest (disabled) and HomeGroupUser$ user), so all the above "NT Service\MSSQL" accounts disappear during the sysprep process in any case.
I'm not sure what the effect will be on BCM for the end user. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what might be the best course of action.
Cheers
Chris
Chris

I don't suppose anyone has got any cluse about these users, what they do and how best to then deploy BCM as part of an image?
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Business Contact Manager Standalone Database

We are wanting to deploy a BCM database between three users. Can that database function without Outlook on a server or do you have to have Outlook installed on that server to utilize it for the DB?
We aren't needing Outlook on the server as nobody would access it.

Hi,
The server does not need to have Microsoft Office or Business Contact Manager for Outlook installed, but it must have a supported version of Microsoft SQL Server installed. You can use the Business Contact Manager for Outlook Database Tool to do that.
Please refer to Manage your Business Contact Manager database on a server:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/manage-your-business-contact-manager-database-on-a-server-HA101810395.aspx
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Business Contact Manager

I have the 2010 version of Outlook and BCM on my office and home computers, both running Windows 7. I want to set up a database so that I can access from either location. I have created the database on the Office PC, but cannot locate either the Home PC
as shared user, or the Office PC as remote user.

Hello Dave,
You are right, BCM has been tested only in local network.
Please find excerpt from following article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953745/en-us
Unsupported scenarios
In Business Contact Manager, databases were designed and tested to be shared over a Local Area Network (LAN) in a domain or in a workgroup environment.
Microsoft does not support sharing Business Contact Manager databases in the following scenarios:
You connect to a Business Contact Manager database over the Internet. In this case, Internet refers to public networks that are external to a corporate network or home office network.
You use a virtual private network (VPN) or dial-up connection to connect to a Business Contact Manager server.
Some potential problems with the previous scenarios include the following:
Inability to control whether required ports will be available between the Business Contact Manager server or client
Poor performance because of bandwidth or latency when you access or synchronize large Business Contact Manager databases
You share Business Contact Manager databases across versions. In order to share a database, both the Business Contact Manager server and client must be running the same version of Business Contact Manager.
Note Business Contact Manager databases are separate from Exchange stores. An Exchange store cannot access Business Contact Manager databases and Exchange cannot pull data from a Business Contact Manager database. In addition,
you cannot access Business Contact Manager databases through Outlook Web Access.
Please let me know if you have additional questions.
Regards
Anup

Business Contact Manager 2013

Where can I find or locate detailed installation, setup, and or configuration information for Business Contact Manager 2013?
Our existing shared database is located on a workstation but I would like to install and setup BCM Admin Tool onto one of our servers.
We have 25+ users accessing the shared database.

HI,
I am also having trouble with BCM/Outlook 2013 on Windows 8.
We were previously running BCM/Outlook 2010 with no problems at all. I then upgraded to OUtlook 2013 and BCM no longer worked. After many attempts and suggested remedies BCM 2013 is still not working.
The problem I currently have is that when outlook starts BCM is not there because the add-in has been disabled (both BCM for outlook and BCM loader for outlook add ins). I can go into the addins and enable them and BCM then works, but when I close
and re-open outlook the addins are once again disabled.
Also, when the addins are enabled and BCM is 'working', the BCM icon or title does not appear in the Peek bar (lower left hand side of outlook interface), I only get a folder.
I have tried the Regedit fix - no luck.
I have run the BCM2010-V4C-x86-en-US.exe patch - no luck.
I have installed the BCM 2013 tools on the server (shared db) - no luck
I have uninstalled all office and bcm instances from the machine and reinstalled only office and bcm 2013 (BCM2010-BCMSetup-x86-en-US) - no luck.
Can someone from Microsoft please assist with this issue as I have spent nearly 3 days trying to resolve it.
Thanks, Joe.

Connect connect to Business Contact Manager

I get an error when trying to connect to my Business Contact Manager Database
"Business Contact Manager for Outlook encountered a critical error during start and will be removed from this profile. If you would like to use BCM for Outlook, please restart Outlook and try again."
I restart Outlook and keep getting this error. Can someone help me please?
Matt

Hi,
If you just create and work with a new profile, will this issue occur?
How to create and configure email profiles in Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829918/en-us
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Melon Chen
TechNet Community Support
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Cannot install Business Contact Manager - trying to run another application

Hello
I am trying to install Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2013, but every time when I run the installation file and the file extraction starts, a window opens trying to install a completely different programme - Wunderlist, which I had on my computer.
I deleted all of the files related to Wunderlist and tried to install BCM again, but the same thing happens over and over again. I took a snapshot of the error message. After every attempt, I find a file of the type ClickOnce Application Deployment Manifest
related to Wunderlist C:/Users/rg/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/TemporaryInternetFiles/Content.IE5/T5VFSWN6/Wunderlist.application
Is this a problem with BCM or Wunderlist? Has anybody had a similar problem? Any suggestions how I can solve this issue?

Hi,
Make sure you downloaded Business Contact Manager from Microsoft, if no, please download Business Contact Manager from this link below:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36513
I actually haven't seen the same issue before, you may perform a clean boot to install BCM, this will help forbid the interference by other programs:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
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Melon Chen
TechNet Community Support

Business Contact Manager - migration 2010 to 2013

Hello,
I recently migrate my BCM 2010 database to 2013 following the link "Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook 2013: Update for Upgrading from Business Contact Manager 2010".
At beginning everything went smoothly and I thought that everything has been migrated successfully.
Unfortunately, when I was checking my data more carefully, I found that some fields are now mixed up. This happened inside accounts and professional contacts forms.
The options and labels for fields email, address and phone are all mixed up.
Examples:
- Field email address, when selected "email 3", label changes to "work", this label belongs to address field.
- Field address, when selected "work", label changes to "email" that belongs to email field.
- Almost all labels are mixed up :(
Can somebody help my to find a solution for this issue....
Thank you
Regards
Abílio

Hello, we recently also migrated our BCM from 2010 to 2013 with the Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2013 Database Tool and all went also smoothly
except we now have the same problem as Abílio, meaning the fields are mixed up
Examples:
- Field email address, when selected "email 3", label changes to "work", this label belongs to address field.
- Field address, when selected "work", label changes to "email" that belongs to email field.
- Phone numbers: when selected "work", label changes to "Home"
- Almost all labels are mixed up :(
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Business Contact Manager issue with New Users

I have an issue with a client when setting up Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2013. The client recently got a new employee and the employee was setup on an existing workstation that has BCM installed. When I launched Outlook 2013, and configured Oultook for
the new user, BCM started and needed to be configured. I went through the procedure for connecting to a 'Remote Database' on the server, typed in the server name as requested, and clicked Continue. BCM searched for the database but could not find it. The existing
user account on the workstation works just fine with BCM, and sees the remote database.
My next step was to remove BCM and re-install. This is the latest version/release of BCM for Outlook 2013. The existing user account was able to configure BCM with no issues, and found the remote database without an issue. The new user account had the same
issue as before and would not find the remote database.
I logged onto the same workstation as the administrator account we use to perform Admin tasks. I launched Outlook, configured Outlook 2013, and was able to successfully configure BCM and connect to the remote database with no issues.
I then created another New User on the server called Testaccount (TAccount), and logged onto the same workstation again, as this new user, and went through the same Outlook 2013 configuration and BCM setup. BCM has the same issue with this new user, and
cannot locate the remote database. From what I can determine, this looks to be something related to New Users that are created on the server and BCM not locating the remote database. Existing users do not have this issue when configuring BCM and connecting
to the remote database.
Has anyone had this issue or seen this issue and knows of a fix to correct this so my client can use BCM with the new user account, and any future new users they hire?
Thank you in advance for any assistance on this matter.

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