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Please note: You download Exchange Server 2010 with 5 Client Access Licenses from a secure Microsoft website, saving you money (there are no delivery charges) and the environment. Also you can download it many times. This is handy, for example, if you replace your server as you can download it again to install it on your new machine.
Exchange 2010
Exchange Server 2010 is 64-bit only and requires Windows Server 2008, on a Windows domain with Active Directory to the level of at least Server 2003.
The changes introduced in Exchange 2010 are aimed mostly at improving scalability and availability. For example mailbox databases can now be continuously replicated to one or more additional servers without needing a cluster. Even a two-server setup can effectively make use of this. It also means cheaper storage.
Another example: You can move a mailbox between servers in the background without losing service.
Users will notice that Outlook Web Access (OWA), the browser-based access to Ms Exchange, has been updated with new features and works with Firefox and Safari as well as Internet Explorer. They will get a side-by-side calendar view, conversation view for threaded messages (a la Outlook 2010), better searching and filtering, and text message support.
The new Exchange Control Panel is a companion to OWA. In other words, it gives you a range of settings that previously required the full Outlook client.
Interestingly, if you lose your mobile phone, you can initiate a remote device wipe from the browser. Although not yet up to the speed and usability of Google's Gmail, Microsoft is making browser-based Exchange more feasible as an alternative to Outlook.
Another change has been in personal archiving. Whereas previous versions of Exchange and Outlook archives were seated in local PST (Personal Store) databases (where they had a tendancy of getting lost), Exchange 2010 introduces server-side personal archives that are stored and moved with the primary mailbox.
Comparing the Standard Xchange Server with the Enterprise one, the Enterprise Server is for scaling and resiliency, and the Enterprise CALs enable additional features such as voicemail with Unified Messaging, custom retention policies, and information protection.
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