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 →