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The [http://www.zimbra.com/products/ Zimbra Collaboration Server (ZCS)] is an email/groupware application that comes in both [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software FOSS] and paid for ([http://www.zimbra.com/products/network-collaboration-server.html Network Edition] (NE)) offerings. | The '''[http://www.zimbra.com/products/ Zimbra Collaboration Server (ZCS)]''' is an email/groupware application that comes in both '''[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software FOSS]''' and paid for ('''[http://www.zimbra.com/products/network-collaboration-server.html Network Edition]''' (NE)) offerings. | ||
The FOSS version lacks some of the premium features (as you'd expect), such as mobile device sync (IMAP is available), online backup, [http://www.zimbra.com/products/microsoft-outlook-thunderbird-email-client.html Outlook Connector]. However it also has big user [http://www.zimbra.com/forums/ community] meaning that | The FOSS version lacks some of the premium features (as you'd expect), such as mobile device sync (though IMAP is available), online backup, [http://www.zimbra.com/products/microsoft-outlook-thunderbird-email-client.html Outlook Connector], vendor support and so on. However it also has a big user [http://www.zimbra.com/forums/ community] meaning that there are 3rd party implementations available for some of these features, and plenty of community support available (though you will probably have to do a bit more leg-work). | ||
Zimbra was purchased by VMware in 2011, and it was and remains to be quite common to install in a virtual machine. There is also an Appliance version, but to honest, that project seems to be lost in the wilderness, v7 has been in general release FOSS/NE since July 2011, whereas the appliance has been in Beta for years, and nobody at Zimbra/VMware will say what's going on. | Zimbra was purchased by VMware in 2011, and it was and remains to be, quite common to install in a virtual machine. There is also an '''Zimbra Collaboration Appliance (ZCA)''' version, but to honest, that project seems to be lost in the wilderness, v7 has been in general release FOSS/NE since July 2011, whereas the appliance has been in Beta for years, and nobody at Zimbra/VMware will say what's going on. For the time being its best avoided, and references to it seem to have been disappearing from their website. | ||
* '''[[Installation_(Zimbra)|Zimbra Collaboration Suite (FOSS) Installation]]''' | |||
* '''[[Z-Push_with_Zimbra_and_HTML_Support|Z-Push (ActiveSync) Installation]]''' | |||
** Allows full syncing of email, contacts, calendar and tasks with ActiveSync compatible (smart)phones and devices | |||
* '''Backups...''' | |||
** '''[[Zimbra_FOSS_User_Backup|User Backup]]''' - Online user account backup | |||
** '''[[Zimbra_FOSS_Full_Backup|System Backup]]''' - Offline full system backup | |||
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| '''All the documentation on this site relates to the free versions (FOSS and ZCA<ref name="ZCA" />)''' | |||
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| This doesn't mean it can't be used if you're running NE, but that some of it will be inappropriate, and there may be far simpler ways of implementing things. | |||
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<ref name="ZCA">ZCA is (was!?) available with a free 10 user license that provided all the basic features to be found in the FOSS version, plus ActiveSync</ref> | |||
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