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Zarafa (software)
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<p>Zarafa was an <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open-source</a> <a href="/facts/Groupware/YFaMuQdA">groupware</a> application that originated in the city of <a href="/facts/Delft/SRnQf7FL">Delft</a> in the <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a>. The company that developed Zarafa, previously known as Connectux, is also called Zarafa. The Zarafa groupware provided <a href="/facts/Email/6pD9GLtI">email</a> storage on the server side and offered its own <a href="/facts/Ajax_(programming)/cS0P0whT">Ajax</a>-based <a href="/facts/Webmail/bLkNmBYn">mail</a> client called <i>WebAccess</i> and a HTML5-based, <i>WebApp</i>. Advanced features were available in commercially supported versions ("Small Business", "Professional" and "Enterprise" (different feature levels)). Zarafa has been superseded by <a href="/facts/Kopano_(software)/oh5RWqfT">Kopano</a>. </p><p>Zarafa was originally designed to integrate with <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Outlook/cMGCKGFJ">Microsoft Office Outlook</a> and was intended as an alternative to the <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Exchange_Server/9pu8G4It">Microsoft Exchange Server</a>. Connectivity with Microsoft Outlook was provided via a proprietary client-side plugin. Support for the plugin has been discontinued after Q1/2016, though Outlook from then on can use its own ActiveSync implementation instead. The WebApp (and WebAccess) has the same "look-and-feel" as the Outlook OWA. The software handles a personal address-book, calendar, notes and tasks, "Public Folders", a shared calendar (inviting internal and external users, resource management), exchange of files, and video chat. The open source edition does not support any MAPI-based Outlook users, while the community edition supports three Outlook users. </p><p>All server-side components and the WebApp/WebAccess of Zarafa are published under the <a href="/facts/Affero_General_Public_License/86sLRHvc">Affero General Public License</a> (AGPL), based on the <a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GNU General Public License</a>, version 2 (GPLv2). Introducing and maintaining a dual-licensing strategy, on 18 September 2008 Zarafa released the full core software, that is the server side software stack, under the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3 (AGPLv3). </p>