GroupWise
A Comprehensive Guide to the Different Versions of GroupWise Email Platform
GroupWise has been a leader in collaboration technology for over three decades, and throughout its history, it has been at the forefront of innovation, constantly evolving to meet the changing needs of organizations. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the different versions of GroupWise, from its first release in 1989 to the latest version in 2020, and highlight some of the key features and advancements that have made it a leading collaboration platform.
GroupWise 1.0 (1989) – The first version of GroupWise was released as a basic email system for WordPerfect users. It provided users with the ability to send and receive email messages, manage their address book, and schedule appointments. Despite its basic functionality, GroupWise 1.0 was groundbreaking in its ability to provide email capabilities to users of the WordPerfect platform, which was one of the most popular productivity software packages of the time.
GroupWise 2.0 (1991) – With the release of GroupWise 2.0, Novell began to evolve the platform into a more comprehensive collaboration tool. This release added features such as task management, allowing users to track and manage their to-do list within the GroupWise platform. GroupWise 2.0 also added support for multiple platforms, including MS-DOS and OS/2, making it a versatile solution for organizations using a variety of computing platforms.
GroupWise 4.1 (1994) – GroupWise 4.0 marked a major milestone in the platform’s evolution, as Novell introduced a new architecture that allowed GroupWise to scale to meet the needs of large organizations. This release added support for mobile access, allowing users to stay connected to their GroupWise account while on the go. GroupWise 4.0 also added web access capabilities, allowing users to access their GroupWise account from any web browser. These advancements helped to make GroupWise a more accessible and convenient collaboration platform for users.
GroupWise 5.0 (1996) – With GroupWise 5.0, Novell continued to expand the platform’s capabilities, Continue reading
Micro Focus GroupWise 2014 R2 Upgrade
Micro Focus GroupWise 2014 R2 Upgrade
This past weekend, I upgraded my GroupWise server to Micro Focus GroupWise 2014 R2. The upgrade was pretty quick and painless, about an hour and a half, Of that almost half was downloading the Micro Focus GroupWise 2014 R2 Upgrade and uploading it to the server. Now the upgrade is done, I’ll spend the week playing with it before upgrading my client’s systems.
Below is listed the new features and the upgrade steps.
Release – Micro Focus released GroupWise 2014 R2 Upgrade on December 9, 2015
Features – New features introduced with R2
- GroupWise Mac support: CalDAV and CardDAV support will provide the ability to use the Mac Calendar and Mac Contacts apps in addition to existing IMAP support for Mac Mail.
- Invite to appointments: Even if you aren’t the organizer, you can invite others to appointments. A notification is sent to both the organizer and invitee after an invitation to keep everyone in the loop.
- Propose a new time: When you receive a meeting invitation you can’t accept, you can simply propose a different time with the assistance of a busy search.
- Bidirectional flag sync: Now when you flag a message on your mobile device, it will appear on your desktop and vice versa.
- Other usability features, /b> such as Quick Responses and Voting, will improve communication and productivity.
- Additionally, GroupWise 2014 R2 offers Active Directory single sign-on support Continue reading
GroupWise 2012 Upgrade
Novell announced the release of GroupWise 2012, Tuesday January 25 2012. So being a GroupWise devoted admin/user I made plans for a weekend upgrade of my mail system. So Saturday morning I took a deep breath and started my upgrade. A note here that upgrades of the GroupWise back end normally are pretty painless, but you always have to watchout for Murphy. So the first step was to make two backups of my GroupWise system, the first was with a custom backup script that backup my post offices using dbcopy and allows the backup to be done Continue reading
GroupWise Keyboard Short Cuts
Tired of mousing around when navigating GroupWise. Here is a list of shortcuts for GroupWise that will allow you to navigate more quickly and improve your productivity.
| File Menu | |
| New Mail | Alt + F, N, M or Ctrl + M |
| New Appointment | Alt + F, N, A or Ctrl + Shift + A Continue reading |