Exchange 2007 is due for release in late 2006 to the business community. It builds on the existing impressive capabilities of Exchange and goes on to offer a raft of new capabilities and enhancements...
Exchange Server 2007 offers:
- built-in protective technologies to keep your business moving, reduce spam and viruses, enable confidential communications, and help your company to be compliant
- anywhere access for employees to their e-mail, voice mail, calendars, and contacts from a variety of clients and devices
- improved operational efficiency through better hardware and network utilisation and features that help make administrators more productive.
- excellent integration with the broadest range of clients. Exchange Server supports a complete Outlook experience, from Outlook on the desktop to Outlook Web Access, Outlook Mobile. Exchange Server also integrates with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and other Office applications as well as third-party systems and devices the new Outlook Voice Access, which allows access to email, calenders etc. using voice over the phone - so users can review and amend activities while travelling.
Exchange Server 2007 Features at a Glance
| Anti-spam and Antivirus |
Built-in defenses against spam and phishing e-mail as well as new antivirus filtering and scanning capabilities provide comprehensive protection. |
| Confidential Messaging |
Automatic intra-org encryption and enhanced support for IRM (Information Rights Management) help protect the confidentiality of messages traveling within the enterprise. |
| Compliance |
Message transport and storage rules can control routing, encryption, and retention to meet organizational and regulatory compliance requirements. |
| Business Continuity |
New data replication capabilities (local and clustered) keep the system highly available while limiting the need and frequency for tape backup. |
| Collaboration and Productivity |
Enhanced calendaring, out-of-office, resource booking, and meeting scheduling capabilities simplify collaboration and increase productivity. |
| Unified Messaging |
New Exchange Unified Messaging goes beyond e-mail to deliver more types of communications to the inbox, including faxes and voice mail, as well as offering new capabilities such as inbox access from a regular phone. |
| Web-Based Messaging |
A rich Outlook-like experience from any Internet connected computer with a supported browser provides encrypted access to the inbox, powerful search, and the ability to view different types of attachments. |
| Mobile Messaging |
Exchange Server ActiveSync technology delivers an improved Outlook e-mail and calendaring experience on mobile devices, while offering enhanced device and security policy control. |
| Performance and Scalability |
Server consolidation and improved storage efficiency are achieved through the extended memory and larger caches of x64 systems; a more efficient routing algorithm ensures the best use of bandwidth. |
| Administration |
New graphical and command-line interfaces offer improved manageability and increased automation while integrated tools simplify maintenance. |
| Deployment |
Modular setup and server provisioning based on server roles, as well as capabilities to automatically discover Outlook and mobile clients simplify deployment. |
| Extensibility and Programmability |
New Web services-based application programming interface (API) and .NET integration via Exchange Management Shell tasks enable rapid development for custom and third-party applications. |