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Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 - Introduction
To compete successfully in today's
challenging business climate, organizations must enable more efficient ways
for knowledge workers to communicate and collaborate. E-mail is currently
the most widely used collaborative technology. More businesses use Exchange
Server for e-mail-based collaboration than any other product. Exchange
Server 2003 enables knowledge workers to gain access to critical business
communications almost whenever and wherever they need to and is designed to
deliver greater security, availability, and reliability.
If you're in an Exchange Server 5.5
environment, Exchange Server 2003 offers large costs savings by operating on
fewer servers. With new resources and tools, the upgrade and migration to
Exchange Server 2003 is smooth, fast, and cost-effective.
Exchange Server 2003 is available in two
editions:
Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
is designed to meet the messaging and collaboration needs of small and
medium-size corporations. With Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition, you
get:
Exchange Server 2003.
The flexibility to be configured as a Microsoft Office Outlook Web
Access front-end server.
Mailbox stores and public folder stores that are each limited to
16-gigabyte (GB) maximum.
Recovery Storage Group.
Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
is designed for large enterprise corporations and enables you to create
multiple storage groups and multiple databases. Exchange Server 2003
Enterprise Edition provides an 8-terabyte (TB) public folder store that
eases the constraints on the amount of data that a single server can manage.
With Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, you get:
All the features and products included
in Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition.
Database size limited only by your hardware (with a maximum size of 16
terabytes).
Multiple databases per server.
Clustering support for four nodes on Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced
Server or eight nodes on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
Edition.
Microsoft Exchange 2003 Features at a Glance
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Active
Directory integration |
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Integrated with Windows Server 2003 or
Windows 2000 Active Directory
directory
service for lower TCO |
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Single-seat administration with Microsoft
Management Console (MMC) |
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Policies for quickly changing a wide range
of objects such as mailboxes |
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Use of
Windows Server 2003 system access control
lists (SACLs) to make
secure e-mail
messaging and collaboration easy |
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The
password migration in the Windows Active
Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) 2.0 helps
ease the migration of Microsoft Windows NT
Server 4.0 accounts to Active Directory |
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Rapid
enablement of user services such as mobile
access (requires Exchange Server 2003
Service Pack 1 [SP1] or later) |
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Scalable
database architecture |
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Up to
16 terabytes per mailbox database and up to
20 mailbox databases per server |
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Multiple message databases per server
running Exchange Server for fast backup and
restore, flexible data management, and
increased reliability |
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Coexistence |
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Organizations do not have to upgrade or
migrate overnight. Exchange Server
2003
operates with Windows 2000 or Windows
Server 2003 and coexists with Exchange
Server 5.5 and Exchange 2000 Server, all
within the same topology. |
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Exchange Server 2003 also operates with
Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, Outlook 2002
(Office XP), and Outlook 2000. Outlook Web
Access can be used
on other client platforms
through browsers. |
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Exchange Server 2003 with SP1 and later
includes connectors for Novell GroupWise 5.x
and IBM Lotus Notes R5 and R6. |
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Enhanced
security |
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Secure
defaults. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
(SMTP) relay, Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3),
and Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
are turned
off by default. |
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Improved ability to restrict connections and
e-mail messages |
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Support
for logging off Outlook Web Access
automatically, Secure/Multipurpose Internet
Mail Extensions (S/MIME), HTML, and
attachment blocking |
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New
antispam features and integration with
Office Outlook 2003 Safe and Block Sender
lists |
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New
Virus Scanning API 2.5 for improved
antivirus solutions |
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Support
for Windows Server 2003 Internet Information
Services (IIS) 6.0, which isolates
applications |
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Low TCO
messaging and collaboration environment |
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Multiple database architectures create new
consolidation opportunities for
users of
Exchange Server 5.5. |
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Enhanced administrative tools make mailbox
management easier. |
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New
client logging and error reporting tools
enable faster problem resolution. |
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Integration with Windows Server 2003 Volume
Shadow Copy service provides fast, reliable
backup and restore. |
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Outlook Web
Access |
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Improved Outlook Web Access provides fast
access to Exchange Server from
the Internet
with greater security. The new user
interface (UI) is updated to mirror the
Outlook 2003 UI and includes new features
such as spelling checker, tasks lists,
S/MIME support for security, and HTML
content blocking for
security. |
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Administration tools are enhanced Outlook
Web Access (requires Exchange Server 2003
SP1 or later). |
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Integrated
support for mobile devices |
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Windows
Mobilepowered mobile devices can
synchronize directly with
Exchange
Server 2003 for enhanced security. For a
list of devices
supported by Exchange Server
2003 and devices supported after you add
the
Microsoft ASP.NET Mobile Controls Device
Update, see the
Exchange Server 2003 Support for Mobile
Devices page (External
Link). |
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Integrated support for HTML, Extensible HTML
(XHTML), Wireless
Application Protocol (WAP) 2.x,
and compressed HTML (CHTML) mobile
microbrowsers. |
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Integration
with Outlook 2003 |
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Enhanced performance and Exchange Server
Cached Mode enables use
over low bandwidth
as well as over latent and poor network
connections. |
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Improved UI enables users to prioritize
overloaded Inboxes. |
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Exchange Server 2003 SP1 and later provides
support for access over the Internet without
the need for a virtual private network (VPN)
(remote procedure call [RPC] over Hypertext
Transfer Protocol Secure Sockets
Layer
[RPC/HTTPS]). |
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For
more about the features of Outlook 2003, see
the
Outlook 2003 Features in Exchange Server
2003 page (External
Link). |
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High
availability |
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Improved virtual memory management |
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Improved Outlook performance logging to the
server |
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Faster
cluster failover times with Windows
Server 2003 |
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Support
for four-node and eight-node clusters |
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Support
for Windows Server 2003 IIS 6.0, which
isolates applications |
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Faster
deployment |
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New
resources and prescriptive guidance on
deployment |
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New
premigration analysis and reporting tools |
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New
Active Directory Migration Tools (ADMT 2.0) |
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Active
Directory Connector Wizard |
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Internet Mail Setup Wizard |
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Mailbox
and public folder migration tools |
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Support
for cross-site, mixed-mode migrations from
Exchange Server 5.5
to Exchange Server 2003
(requires Exchange Server 2003 SP1 or later) |
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Clustering
support |
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Eight-way clustering (requires
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
(External Link)) |
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Support
for Volume Mount Point surpasses previous
26-drive letter
limitation (requires
Exchange Server 2003 SP1 or later) |
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Improved fail-over performance (requires
Exchange Server 2003 SP1 or later) |
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