| Feature |
GroupWise 2012 |
GroupWise 8 |
GroupWise 7 |
General |
| Online/Caching/Remote Modes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Archive/Backup |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mailbox Proxy |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Personal Folders |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Junk Mail Handling |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Auto Cleanup Options (Archive, Delete, Empty) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mac Intel Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows 7 Task Bar Integrations |
Yes |
No |
No |
Mail |
| Support for Mail, Appointment Notes, Tasks, Phone (Personal and Group) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Resend/Retract Messages, Appointments, etc. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Status Tracking |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Simplified Properties Pages |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Find/Search/Filter |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| QuickViewer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Attachment Viewing – All Types |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Categories |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Relevance Sort (Folders, Categories) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Change To (Any Type to Any Type) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Auto Spell Checking/Spell As You Go |
Improved |
Yes |
Yes |
| Auto Signatures/Multiple Signatures |
Improved in Web |
Yes |
Yes |
| Digitally Sign and Encrypt (S/MIME) / Certificate Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Reply Format Options |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Delay Delivery / Mail Priority / Reply Requested |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Return Notifications |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Global Signatures |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Rules-based Messaging Handling |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Flexible Forwarding |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Notifications of New Mail, Alarms |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Shared Folders |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Share a Folder Tree |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Document Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Home View |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| User Interface Enhancements: Color-coded Categories, Tasklist |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| MAPI Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| POP/IMAP/NNTP/RSS Client Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Routing Slips |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| SMTP over SSL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| POP and IMAP Service over SSL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Default E-Mail Character Set |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Mailbox Size Limit (Greater than 4GB) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| OpenOffice or Microsoft Word Email Editor |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Unopened Message Preview |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Auto Save |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Send Modified Attachments |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Quick Find includes Distribution Lists |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Feature-Rich, Customizable Home View (Web Panels, Multiple Columns) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Threaded View on All Messages |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Filter by Items with Attachments |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Export/Import/Email Custom Home View Settings |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Native RSS Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Social Icon Indicators (Vibe, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.) |
| Use Native Applications to View Attachments (Adobe, Office, OpenOffice, QuickTime and Flash) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Calendar and Scheduling |
| Busy Search Contacts and Resources |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Day, Week, Month, Year, etc. Views of Calendars |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multi-User Calendar |
Improved |
Yes |
Yes |
| Calendar and Scheduling |
Improved |
Yes |
Yes |
| All-Day Events |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Support for Recurring Appointments |
Improved |
Yes |
Yes |
| Calendar Printing to HTML |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multiple Calendars |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| iCalendar support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| User-level Time Zone Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Delegate |
Improved |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multiple Busy Levels |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Work Schedule Definitions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Dual Time Zone Display |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Import/Export Calendars |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Publish Personal Calendars |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Subscribe to External Calendars |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| External Free/Busy Search |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Collapse Recurring Appointments in Mailbox Option |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Modify Appointments – Resend not required |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Date Display from Contacts into Calendar (Birthdays, Anniversaries) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Auto-accept Own Appointments |
Improved |
Yes |
No |
Contacts - Address Book |
| Support for Contacts, Groups, Resources, Companies |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Contact Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Some |
| Address Book Printing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Shared Address Books |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Client-side LDAP Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Contacts Business Card View |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Support for Birthday/Anniversary fields in Contacts (including Year) |
Improved |
Yes |
No |
| Contacts Index and Lettered Tabs |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Multiple Contacts Folders |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Import/Export Contacts |
Improved |
Improved |
Yes |
| Display Contact Address in HTML Maps |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Quick-View of History Per Contact |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Photos for Contacts |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Drag and Drop Contact pictures into the Contact Properties dialog |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Export Contacts to CSV or vCard format |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Contact Notes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Send E-mail to Pre-Defined Contact Organization |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Easy Search Contacts Across Multiple Books |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Relevance Sorting of Name Completion Entries |
Yes |
No |
No |
Task Management |
| Sort by Any Field |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Rules for Items Marked Complete |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Sub-Items |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Percent Complete |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Real-Time Collaboration |
| Instant Messaging |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Chat |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Buddy Lists |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skype: Presence Integration |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Skype: SMS from Skype |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Skype: Start a Skype IM Conversation |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Skype: Click to Call |
Yes |
No |
No |
Novell Vibe Integrations |
| Send E-mail to a Novell Vibe File/Folder to Update Page |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Receive Novell Vibe File/Folder Updates by E-mail |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Receive iCal Appointments from Novell Vibe |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Receive iCal Tasks from Novell Vibe |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Browse Novell Vibe Site/Files/Folder from within GroupWise |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Create Home View Web Panels that Point to Novell Vibe Pages |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Receive RSS Feed Subscription for File/Folder/Page Updates |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Subscribe to Novell Vibe Calendars from Within GroupWise Calendars |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Send E-mail to Novell Vibe Team Members from GroupWise |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Access Novell Vibe Team Members from GroupWise Address Book |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Administrative |
| Version-level Security |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mass-change Operations |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Full-text Indexing |
Yes |
Yes |
Some |
| LDAP Pooling |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Free-form Internet Addressing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Disk Space Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Message Size Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multi-threaded Mailbox Maintenance |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| User and System Activity Monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Addressing to eDirectory Roles and Groups |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Server-side LDAP Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Server-side LDAP Authentication |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| User Move Status Utility |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Inter-server User Moves |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Thousands of Users per Server |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Smart Caching |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multiprocessor Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| SOAP/XML Interface |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trusted Agent Application Definition |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trusted Agent Application Programming Interface (API) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Data Exposure Through Open Standards |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Web-based Monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| SNMP and E-mail Alerts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Delivery Status Notification for Internet E-mail (ESMTP DSN) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multilevel Spam Filtering |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Integration with Industry-leading Anti-virus Solutions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Clustering Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Online Backup and Restore |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Broad support for mobile devices |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| GWIA Forward and Reply ACL |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Low-bandwidth WebAccess support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Supported on Linux, NetWare and Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Message in a Browser Pane |
Yes |
No |
No |
Mobility |
| Synchronization for BlackBerry Devices |
Provided through RIM |
Provided through RIM |
Provided through RIM |
| Synchronization for all ActiveSync-enabled Devices (iPhone, iPad, Android, etc.) |
DataSync |
DataSync |
Intellisync |
| Sync Mail, Appt, Contacts |
DataSync |
DataSync |
Intellisync |
| Web Templates for iPad |
WebAccess |
No |
No |
| *BlackBerry support is delivered through RIM. Support for other mobile devices is delivered through Novell Data Synchronizer. |
