Remote Business Contact Manager Database

A handy tool to ease the setup of a BCM Database: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=658 This tool allows administrators to host Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010 database on a computer on which Microsoft Office 2010 and Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010 are not installed. Once installed on a server, this tool will allow user to:

• Create and backup Business Contact Manager 2010 databases. To create a database, user must be the local administrator.
• Restore databases from Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010 Beta, Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010 Technical Preview, Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2007, Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2003 and Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2003 (Update).
• Share Business Contact Manager databases to other users on a local network.

It will ensure that necessary firewall ports are opened, that users are granted permission to the database, and that the SQL instance is configured to allow external connections. These operations will require the user be a local administrator. A supported version of SQL Server need to be present in order to use this tool. Currently, this tool supports both 2005 and 2008 versions of Microsoft SQL Server.