Outlook Integration

The BDS Outlook Add-in integrates with Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010 seamlessly, solving the email attachment issues with practically no changes to user behavior. Administrators can roll out the BDS Outlook add-in via group policy, and instantly provide large attachment support, new file transfer policies, and integration with existing contact and distribution lists. Because the add-in works seamlessly with Outlook, users can drag and drop files directly onto their message as they would normally.

Behind the scenes, BDS is monitoring these attachments and automatically redirecting the files to the BDS server if they exceed a configurable size limit, match keywords, or are specific file types. Users can always override the automatic settings and force messages and files to be sent securely through BDS.

The files sent through the add-in never touch the Exchange server, and have no impact on the mail server's storage or bandwidth, but all file transfers are tracked and users can run reports to see the status of all their deliveries.