Pigs are flying, Pigs are flying!!! Exchange 2010 will support premium mode for IE, Firefox, and Safari.

Ehlo All,

While I love (yes, I really do) Exchange Server, I haven't been this excited in a while. And everytime I think about OWA, I'm unhappy since when I jumped from 2003 to 2007, I lost a # of important features (most important, lack of access to Public Folders [aka PF] from Light/Basic Mode). Now, 2010 has me very excited (PF access is fixed) and I plan to run the beta and will jump to 2010 in production even if it's in beta once my "near-time" backup solution I use supports it. I've already downloaded it, and plan to install it in my ESX VM environment very soon. I'll post my comments when I do.

Welcoming Exchange 2010 - 1st 20 seconds are good.

http://edge.technet.com/Media/Introducing-Outlook-Live/

Good Overview of Exchange 2010 - screen shots and a handy chart

http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/first-look-exchange-2010-beta-shines-485?page=0,0

Exchange 2010 System Requirements.

- to summarize, it's Windows 2008 x64.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996719(EXCHG.140).aspx

MS tech (Scott Schnoll) on how to install Exchange 2010.

http://blogs.technet.com/scottschnoll/archive/2009/04/15/how-to-install-exchange-server-2010.aspx

Go download it.....

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Microsoft-Exchange-Server-Download-59862.html

Let me know your thoughts on it.....
-Ben

Microsoft Addresses a MAJOR Issue I have with Exchange 2007's OWA

Ehlo All,

I heard great news last week that addresses the reduced set of functionality in Exchange 2007's Outlook Web Access. Exchange 14's OWA will be support 3 browsers, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari. I did a triple-take when I read it the first time. Y-E-S. 3 browsers supported in E14's OWA. No decision on which platform for these browsers since they are dual platform apps.

I actually lost functionality in upgrading to the latest greatest version of Exchange 2007 from 2003. OWA Basic in 2003 supported access to Public Folders, in OWA Lite (aka Basic mode), access disappeared. Thankfully enough people complained that Microsoft is planning according to a Exchange rockstar Paul Robichaux, aka Exchange MVP. You can read the full article by Paul here & his reference to the MS blog that announced this amazing information.

I'll definitely be upgrading to E14 when it's released. And adios to ActiveX for OWA. There won't be a wet eye in my house for this loss.

-Ben