Deployment

After you have designed your dashboard, a critical issue is determining how you will get it out to the users. This isn't really an issue if you are working on a dashboard for yourself, so this section is aimed at corporate or workgroup development.

When deploying a digital dashboard, you need to worry about the following three things:

  • Setting the required Folder Home Page/Outlook Today options for each user.

  • Making the HTML files available to every user.

  • Making the Exchange content available (folders for shared contacts, documents, and so on).

  • Ensuring that the entire dashboard can go offline and be used by a roaming user.

The first problem comes into play with the Outlook Today settings. These settings, including URL, are stored on a ...

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