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Download the latest update to Communications Suite 6, aka Communications Suite Update 2.

Quick list of Communications Suite 6 Update 2 docs:

• Main Communications Suite 6 Update 2 doc site
• What's New
• Release Notes
• Installation Guide

This question comes up quite frequently: "Where do I download the Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook bits?" (Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook enables the use of Outlook as a desktop client on Windows with Sun Java System Messaging and Calendar Servers. The Connector includes a Desktop Deployment and Configuration program and an Outlook plug-in. The Desktop Deployment and Configuration program enables a site administrator to automatically deploy the Outlook Connector. The Outlook plug-in provides real-time access to mail, calendar and directory services via Microsoft Outlook.)

For the current release, Communications Suite 5 (aka Connector for Outlook 7.2), the Communications Suite 5 download site provides the capability of also downloading Connector for Outlook (and Communications Sync) from the same site. That download site is located here:

http://www.sun.com/download/products.xml?id=45f95b76

For the previous release, Jave ES 2005Q4 (aka Connector for Outlook 7.1), the software for Connector for Microsoft Outlook 7.1 is available on the Java ES 2005Q4 Accessory CD #3. Use the URL below to get this CD. Once you access the URL, select the link that provides Multiple platform support. Log in and choose the Accessory CD #3 for download. That download site is located here:

http://www.sun.com/download/products.xml?id=45008905

One doc complaint often heard at a Comms Suite voice of the customer gripe/feedback session is that docs.sun.com doesn't provide the ability to download all docs from a particular collection or product set at one time in the form of a zip file. Thankfully, at least in the Comms area, we have other means of helping out customers with this item.

You can now get the entire Comms Suite 5 doc set (PDF versions)--including guides, reference manuals, and technical notes--at the following URL:

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hubs/comms/files/COMMS5_DOCS.zip

If you want to know the full list of titles, here's the README:

Sun Java Communications Suite 5 Documentation, Alphabetical Order
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819-4654.pdf Calendar Server 6.3 Administration Guide
819-4655.pdf Calendar Server 6.3 WCAP Developer's Guide
819-4440.pdf Communications Express 6.3 Administration Guide
819-4441.pdf Communications Express 6.3 Customization Guide
819-2656.pdf Communications Services 6 2005Q4 Migration Guide
819-4432.pdf Communications Suite 5 Release Notes
819-4434.pdf Communications Suite 5 Documentation Center
819-4435.pdf Communications Suite 5 Event Notification Service Guide
819-4437.pdf Communications Suite 5 Schema Reference
819-4439.pdf Communications Suite 5 Deployment Planning Guide
819-7560.pdf Communications Suite 5 Installation Guide
819-7561.pdf Communications Suite 5 Upgrade Guide
820-0430.pdf Communications Suite 5 What's New
820-0639.pdf Comparison of Sun Java System LDAP Schema Modes for Communications Suite Products
819-5195.pdf Configuring Brightmail with Sun Java System Messaging Server
819-4409.pdf Connector for Microsoft Outlook 7.2 Installation Guide
819-4410.pdf Connector for Microsoft Outlook 7.2 Administration Guide
819-4411.pdf Connector for Microsoft Outlook 7.2 User's Guide
819-4438.pdf Delegated Administrator 6.4 Administration Guide
819-6839.pdf Deleting Messaging Server, Calendar Server, and Communications Express Users
820-0086.pdf Deployment Example: Sun Java Communications Suite 5 on a Single Host
819-5104.pdf Escaping Vendor Lock-in: Life After Microsoft Exchange
819-4412.pdf Instant Messaging 7.2 Administration Guide
819-6991.pdf Message Archiving Using the Sun Compliance and Content Management Solution
819-2652.pdf Messaging Server 6 2005Q4 MTA Developer's Reference
819-4428.pdf Messaging Server 6.3 Administration Guide
819-4429.pdf Messaging Server 6.3 Administration Reference
819-2653.pdf Messenger Express 6 2005Q4 Customization Guide
819-5355.pdf Sun Gathering Debug Data for Sun Java System Messaging Server
820-0374.pdf Sun Gathering Debug Data for Sun Java System Calendar Server
819-7603.pdf Transferring Messaging Server Configuration Data to a New Directory
 Server Host Without Reinstalling Messaging Server
819-6504.pdf Using NetApp Filers with Sun Java System Messaging Server Message Store
820-1040.pdf Using Sun StorageTek 53xx NAS with Messaging Server Message Store

Okay, we messed up a bit. I didn't get that there was a NEW download site in the works for the Comms Suite 5 bits. Here it is:

http://www.sun.com/download/products.xml?id=45f95b76

Thanks to those letting me know in the comments section that I was still pointing to the 2005Q4 download site on the Comms Hub. That's being fixed right now too. Sorry for the inconvenience.