OWA Light Comparison from Exchange 2003 to 2007

Ehlo All,

So, I upgraded to Exchange 2007 this past week. The primary focus of this blog post is OWA Light difference between 2003 and 2007. Reason is, I frequently use OWA on non-IE browser to access Public Folders and was surprised to see existing features in OWA 2003 removed. So, I wondered what else was missing in action (or added) from OWA Light on 2007. Here is the list. [-] means feature is missing from new version. [+] means feature is added in 2007.

If you have a lot of OWA Light users, I would seriously consider staying on Exchange 2003 or leaving OWA users on Exchange 2003 while having other users on Exchange 2007.

What others talked about....
Exchange Product Team Discussing OWA Light 2007 - it seems OWA Light only gained feature according to the Exchange Team.

Figured I would share since OWA is discussed...
Exchange Product Team Discussing Exchange 14 (aka E14). Not much detail except talk about the 3.5 million beta testers and "empowering" end users with distribution list & GAL control. Not very sexy.

OWA 2007 OWA Light - to summarize, is the bare essential in webmail. So, that's email, calendar, & contacts. Nada mas.
[-] Calendar (Daily View Only)
[-] NO Public Folders Access
[-] NO Tasks
[+] Quickly jump to a subfolder (via drop-down)
[+] Easily rename/move/delete folders
[+] Ability to search in Address Book
[+] Ability to change AD password
[+] View a partnered Windows Mobile device

OWA 2003 OWA Light
[+] Calendar (Daily & Weekly)
[+] Public Folders
[+] Tasks

To say I'm disappointed would be an understatement. Come on Microsoft, add features, don't remove otherwise folks will jump to other web based email products like GMa... you know what I'm talking about. :-)

I'll blog more about differences in the future and the migration in general.

-Ben