billb3 wrote:With that said, I have broken the rules and installed the 11.4.3 connector against a 11.4.2 server...and once again the 11.4.4 connector against a 11.4.3 server...each time for about a week for testing purposes and have never run into any issues.
And FYI...Smartcache performance has gotten much much better since 11.4.0. I would highly recommend you upgrade your setup.
Well, you can do it but Scalix won't support it. So, if you do have a problem and need scalix support they'll tell you its not a supported configuration. From the Release Notes.....
We recommend you upgrade all components at the same time if possible. If you can't do all systems at once, follow these rules:
* You can run Outlook with a Scalix 10.0.x MAPI connector against a Scalix 11 server.
* You must not run Outlook with a Scalix 11 MAPI connector against a Scalix 10 server. This combination can cause invalid data in the message store and interoperability issues.
* You can run a Scalix 11 SWA web server against a Scalix 10 server. You cannot run a Scalix 10 SWA web server against a Scalix 11 server.
* You can use a Scalix 11 Management server to manage a server installed with Scalix 10. You cannot use a Scalix 10 Management server to manage a server installed with Scalix 11.
* It is supported to run Outlook with an older Scalix Connector version against a newer server, e.g. you can run Scalix Connect for Outlook 11.1 against a Scalix 11.4.4 server. It is not supported to run Outlook with a newer Scalix Connector version against an older server, e.g. you cannot run Scalix Connect for Outlook 11.4.4 against a Scalix 11.3 server. You must always upgrade all your servers first before upgrading Scalix Connect for Outlook.
So, you do it at your own risk.
Besides, the server upgrade is so easy, as reported by many users, why wouldn't you upgrade the server as well?