Friday, May 27, 2011

Introduction to Exchange Server 2010

irst things first – let’s cover some basic background: Exchange Server 2010 is an e-mail and calendaring application that runs on Windows Server 2008 and, like its predecessor Exchange Server 2007, can also integrate with your phone system. It is the seventh major version of the product and, while not revolutionary, it does include some important changes and lots of small improvements over Exchange Server 2007.

The scalability of Exchange Server 2010 has improved, especially when compared to the complex storage requirements of Exchange Server 2007. The user experience has also improved in Outlook Web App, and a lot of complex issues have seen solved, or the complexity has been removed, to make the administrator’s life much easier.

In this article I will give a brief overview of what’s changed in Exchange Server 2010, what the new features are, what features have been removed, and how it makes your life as an Exchange administrator easier.


Exchange Server 2010 will be available in two versions:

Standard Edition, which is limited to hosting 5 databases.
Enterprise Edition, which can host up to 100 databases.

However, the available binaries are identical for both versions; it’s the license key that establishes the difference in functionality. Exchange Server 2010 is also only available in a 64-Bit version; there is absolutely no 32-bit version available, not even for testing purposes. Bear in mind that, as 64-Bit-only software, there’s no Itanium version of Exchange Server 2010.

Exchange Server 2010 also comes with two Client Access License (CAL) versions

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