How to sync Outlook with infomaniak?

Sync Outlook with infomaniak?

Infomaniak is a popular cloud service provider in various countries across European regions such as Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. It is providing decent mail, calendar, contact & task cloud service for its users. However, users are having difficulty to sync their way with Outlook for contacts, calendar and task. The main reason is that Outlook is lack of CalDAV and CardDAV protocol even until the recent Outlook 2016 or 2019.

Staffs from EVO Collaborator for Outlook is kind enough to make the synchonization possible. Yet, it is simple to configure and use. Six steps are all you need to sync your way.

1. Download and install EVO Collaborator for Outlook.
2. Open Configure profile(s)
3. Click on Profile #19.
4. To obtain username for logging in, following steps below:
   a. Browse to https://workspace.infomaniak.com/sync
   b. Click on blocks circled in the screenshot below:
   
   c. Copy and paste username part only next to User name (Not the whole e-mail)
5. Enter username retrieved from step 4 & password in corresponding area.
6. Click Test, Apply and Quit.

I think EVO is amazing of blending in lots of cloud services into one package and it really benefits users.

Sync Outlook with sapo.pt?

Sync Outlook with sapo.pt?

Sapo.pt is a popular cloud service provider in Portugal. It is providing decent mail, calendar, contact & task cloud service for its users. However, users are having difficulty to sync their way with Outlook for contacts, calendar and task. The main reason is that Outlook is lack of CalDAV and CardDAV protocol even until the recent Outlook 2016 or Outlook 2019.

There is a handy sync tool called EVO Collaborator for Outlook that is compatible with sapo.pt’s CardDAV and CalDAV services. It is simple to configure and use. Six steps are all you need to sync your way.

1. Download and install EVO Collaborator for Outlook.
2. Open Configure profile(s)
3. Click on Profile #15 or later as long as it is vacant.
4. In server URL space, enter:
   
   
   
   
   
   https://dav.sapo.pt 
5. Enter username & password in corresponding area.
6. Click Test, Apply and Quit.

I think EVO is amazing of blending in lots of cloud services or even paid & free mail servers into one package and it really benefits users.

Sync Outlook with Egroupware server?

Sync Outlook with Egroupware server?

This is an experience sharing from one of my previous jobs. One day, my boss wanted me to do some search on a contact, calendar and task synchronization solution to Egroupware collaboration server to which decided to migrate from a pure paid or free mail server. 

The bottom line is that the solution must be cost-effective and providing perpetual licenses while keeping sync in a simple and straight fashion.

I googled it and found a few candidates: iCAL4OL, EVO Collaborator for Outlook and OutlookDAV. Among them, iCAL4OL is not available. OutlookDAV appears to require way too many steps to configure. EVO Collaborator for Outlook is an add-in within Outlook 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, or 2019and it takes no more than 6 short steps to configure:

1. Download and install EVO Collaborator for Outlook.
2. Open Configure profile(s)
3. Click on Profile #15 or later as long as it is vacant.
4. In server URL space, enter:
   
   
   
   
   http://egroupware_server_domain/install_path/groupdav.php/
   
   Example:
   https://davtest.egroupware.de/egw/groupdav.php/
5. Enter username & password in corresponding area.
6. Click Test, Apply and Quit.

I think EVO is doing a good job

How to sync with DAViCAL calendar server?

How to sync with DAViCAL calendar server?

After I posted the article about EVO Collaborator for Outlook syncing with ownCloud server, I started to receive many feedbacks wondering if EVO Collaborator for Outlook is able to support other services such as Kolab, SOGo or DAViCAL too? One of the special case is DAViCAL. They tried their luck if they can connect to DAViCAL but they failed. These audiences are running DAViCAL calendar server for company mostly. Let’s find out if EVO Collaborator for Outlook can handle the job?

Since DAViCAl is also an open-source server like ownCloud and both of them are based on CalDAV, there should be less complication to sync. However, before I test, I wrote EVO staffs and wonder if ECO supports sync with DAViCAL? They replied that "yes", so I wil give this add-in for Outlook 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 or 2019 a try if want. Why not, right? However, since 

Once I received the beta release, I quickly installed it and configure it following instruction given by EVO staffs as below:

1. As usual, select Profile 15 – not configure or below
2. Since DAViCAL seems like not being to support server auto-discovery, we need to manually enter generic DAViCAL calendar URL in space next to Calendar URL:
   
   
   
   
   http://<server_hostname>/caldav.php/<username>/calendar/
3. Click TEST and Apply when authentication is complete
4. DAViCAL calendar will start sync

I am quite impressed that EVO staffs have done a good job on picking up almost every popular CardDAV/CalDAV services either cloud or on-premises within eight months as of early march of 2015. This is an outstanding report card I should say.