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Introduction to Exchange Server 2003

Updated: July 9, 2004

This is a document from Microsoft

Summary

In today's competitive business environment, knowledge workers require greater productivity tools and network performance in order to help their organizations succeed. Exchange Server 2003 helps increase knowledge worker productivity while helping organizations reduce their total cost of ownership (TCO) in areas such as server and site consolidation. In addition, Exchange Server 2003 provides many new features and enhancements to improve reliability, manageability, and security. This document provides an overview of features in Exchange Server 2003 as well as features in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook Web Access, and mobile device support using Outlook Mobile Access and Exchange ActiveSync.

Note: This document does not include the enhancements you can get from Exchange Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or the upcoming Exchange Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 (SP2).

Included in this document:

  • Overview of Exchange Server 2003
  • Overview of Outlook 2003
  • Overview of Outlook Web Access
  • Overview of Exchange ActiveSync and Outlook Mobile Access
  • Feature Overview of Exchange Server 2003
  • Features in Outlook 2003
  • Features in Outlook Web Access and Mobile Device Support
  • Exchange Server 2003 Features Available with Specific Windows and Outlook Versions
  • Windows Server 2003 and Active Directory Features
  • Compatibility of Exchange Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003