ACT! 2005 Database Setup

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If a sales team is not in the office most of the time, but there are some individuals that are in the office most of the time, how should the database be set up? The master would have to be located on the server in the office, but there are different ways to set up the rest of the individuals. Is it best for them to have their own databases and just synchronize when they come into the office? They could also all have the master database to syncrhonize and just set permissions on the contacts so each salesman has access to his own contacts.

Does anyone have any experience with this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for any help.