Lon:
The real question isn't "What benefits do you expect to get from 64bit vs 32bit" since that makes it sound like the user is at fault for doing the logical thing and installing 64 bit versions where they exist.
The real question is: When is Microsoft going to stop messing around and support their own products with their own products?
Why are we (the users and integrators) still being punished for using 64 bit versions of Microsoft products?
I know the development teams have to make decisions on what features to include vs. not include but 64 bit support should never be one of those decisions. The fact that Office2010 wasn't released until X date shouldn't be an excuse since that implies
that Microsoft has no better ability to integrate their own products than any other software vendors do.
It was hardly a secret that Office2010 x64 was coming out.
It's not like we are asking for a full 64 bit version of MSCRM (god forbid); just the ability to use any release of MS Office we choose to use and not be punished for having done so.
Is there a valid technical reason to go to 64 bit office? Well, obviously there must be otherwise why the heck would Microsoft bother to produce it? If there is no benefit wouldn't it have been far easier just to not produce a 64 bit version and spend that
time working on other things? Additionally, we spend the money to have 64bit machines and run 64 bit Windows 7 only to be told that we really can't run the only 64 bit apps out there just because of a silly little Outlook/CRM Integration component? And we
now hear that MSoft doesn't even plan on making it work any time in the near future?! That's just plain rude on their part.
I decided to install 64 bit Office just to see what doesn't work. The only things that don't work so far are Microsoft products. That's silly.
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Will there be a Outlook 2010 64bit CRM connector?
