Download Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

Microsoft has finally released Exchange Server 2010 after the beta in April and the release candidate in August. The developers at Microsoft are building on the code of Exchange Server 2007 and have made quite a few changes. Outlook Web Access has been renamed Outlook Web App and can now be fully used with non-IE browsers. In addition, the options to offer high availability have been adjusted, so that SCC, LCR and SCR have been eliminated and from now on we look at database level. For more information, we refer you to this page at Microsoft. There is also a topic on our forum where this new member is discussed by various administrators and enthusiasts. The brief description of this release is as follows:

What’s New

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that simplify your administration, protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for greater business mobility. With new deployment and storage options, enhanced inbox management capabilities, and email archiving built-in, Exchange Server 2010 helps you lower costs and enhance business outcomes.

Exchange Server 2010 includes a host of new features customers will benefit from, including new integrated e-mail archive and discovery functionality, new user features to battle inbox overload, voice mail management enhancements, and improvements that simplify administration.

For businesses, highlights include:

• New integrated archiving and discovery capabilities.
• New unified mailbox resilience model that provides high availability, disaster recovery, and back up capabilities.
• Ability to easily delegate administration to specialized users, such the help desk or a compliance officer.
• Comprehensive information protection capabilities—from e-mail moderation to automatic e-mail encryption.
• The choice to run Exchange on-premises, as a service hosted by Microsoft or as a hybrid of both.

For users, highlights include:

• A consistent inbox, calendaring, and contacts experience across the PC, browser and phone.
• Integrated conversation view bringing together information across all folders, inbox and sent and deleted items.
• Ability to remove (or “mute”) themselves from irrelevant conversations with the click of a button.
• Text preview of voicemail messages in the inbox.
• New Call Answering Rules to easily create customized voice mail rules, such as call transfer options.
• Mail Tips to notify users about potential mistakes before they send email.

Technical Details

• Learn more about what’s new in Exchange Server 2010
• For more information on Exchange Server 2010 capabilities, see the technologies section