With the public release of Microsoft Office 2010 Beta is available, there is also a new version of the Business Contact Manager for Outlook.

• Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010 Beta (64-bit / 32-bit) - Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010 provides contact management, sales, marketing and project management for the small business or small team.
• Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010 Database Tool (Beta) - This tool allows administrators to host Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010 Beta database on a computer on which Microsoft Office 2010 Beta and Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010 Beta are not installed. Once installed on a server, this tool will allow user to:
• Create and backup Business Contact Manager 2010 Beta databases. To create a database, user must be the local administrator.
• Restore databases from Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010 Beta, Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010 Technical Preview, Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2007, Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2003 and Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2003 (Update).
• Share Business Contact Manager databases to other users on a local network.

It will ensure that necessary firewall ports are opened, that users are granted permission to the database, and that the SQL instance is configured to allow external connections. These operations will require the user be a local administrator. A supported version of SQL Server need to be present in order to use this tool. Currently, this tool supports both 2005 and 2008 versions of Microsoft SQL Server.