Synchronization

Group-Office Professional has a SyncML server built in. There's no need to install a complicated server. Any mobile phone, PDA or software application that supports the SyncML protocol can synchronize data with Group-Office over the air. At the moment Group-Office can synchronize:

• Appointments
• Tasks
• Contacts

The following devices and software are known to work:

• Nokia, Sony Ericsson with Symbian OS (SyncML client is built in)
• Windows Mobile/Pocket PC (Funambol or Synthesis client required)
• Blackberry (Funambol client)
• Palm OS (Synthesis client)
• Outlook (Funambol or Nexthaus client)
• Thunderbird (Experimental! with Funambol client 0.7, there are known issues with this client)

The following clients are available:

Device	Available clients	Recommended
Outlook	Funambol, Nexthaus	Funambol
Pocket PC	Funambol, Synthesis	Synthesis
Palm	Synthesis	Synthesis
Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Symbian	The SyncML client is already installed on these phones
Blackberry	Funambol, Nexthaus	Funambol
Iphone (Only contacts!	Synthesis, Funambol, Nexthaus	-

You can get the clients here:

Synthesis AG clients: Order them at the software shop.(Try them 30 days free of charge)
Funambol Outlook client: http://www.funambol.com/opensource/downloads.php
Supported Symbian phones: http://www.symbian.com/phones/index.html
Nexthaus clients: http://www.nexthaus.com/

Note about the iphone: Apple restricts it's API for third party developers. Therefore it's only possible to sync contacts. A quote from the Synthesis website:

At this time, Synthesis SyncML Client for iPhone is offered as a free preview in the App Store synchronizing the Addressbook. Current restrictions in Apple's SDK for the iPhone OS do not allow accessing calendar, notes or emails. We are confident that this will change over time - the SyncML client for iPhone OS will be updated to support more and more data types whenever these are made available by Apple or third parties.

General synchronization instructions

To set up a synchronization profile you need the following values:

SyncML Server Version: 1.1
SyncML server URL: http://<Enter the URL for your Group-Office>/sync.php (Look it up at Configuration -> Synchronization in your Group-Office)
Port: 80
Username: Your Group-Office username
Password: Your Group-Office password

Datastores

Usually the datastores are already set correctly by default. Below are the different settings for each client.

Database	Symbian	Funambol	Synthesis	Nexthaus	Funambol Mozilla
Calendar	calendar	scal	events	event	event
Tasks	none, tasks sync with calendar	stask	tasks	tasks	not supported
Contacts	contacts	scard	card	contacts	contacts

Troubleshooting

See the Troubleshooting page for more information.