FAQs / Exchange 2003 / What's New

01

The EXIFS (M: drive) feature has been disabled by default. If the feature is still needed, it can be assigned to an available drive letter with a registry setting.

Last Updated by Simpler-Webb on 8/7/2003 1:59:40 PM (QID #1015)
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02

The Exchange Instant Messaging Service is being replaced by the Microsoft Office Real–Time Communications (RTC) server. It is no longer a component of the Exchange Server. For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/rtcserver/.

Last Updated by Simpler-Webb on 8/7/2003 1:59:40 PM (QID #1058)
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03

Outlook Mobile Access and Exchange Server ActiveSync features, formerly found in Microsoft Mobile Information Server 2002, are now built-in with all Exchange Server 2003 Standard installations.

Complementing the Outlook 2003 and Outlook Web Access mobile improvements, Outlook Mobile Access and Exchange Server ActiveSync help enable secure corporate e-mail on a range of mobile devices including browser-based mobile phones, Microsoft Windows Powered Pocket PC, and Microsoft Windows Powered Smartphone devices.

Adding this functionality to the core Exchange Server 2003 product reduces the need to deploy additional mobile server products in the corporate environment, thus lowering the total cost of ownership.

Last Updated by Simpler-Webb on 8/7/2003 1:59:40 PM (QID #1118)
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04

There are several reasons. A few are:

1. Opportunity for Server Consolidation From Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000 because you can get more mailboxes on an Exchange 2003 Server.
2. Better security features. The server is secure by default and has added things like automatic logoff for an inactive OWA session, Connection filtering, and has more junk mail features like real-time blacklists.
3. Availability enhancements such as End-to-End Outlook Monitoring, Improvements in ESM, Mailbox Recovery Center, and a Recovery Storage Group.
4. Increase in Mobile device support for Pocket PC’s, Pocket PC Phones and Microsoft Windows®–powered Smartphones.

Last Updated by Simpler-Webb on 8/7/2003 1:59:40 PM (QID #1128)
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05

Some features that are new in Exchange 2003 are:

• Volume Shadow Copy Service for Database Backups/Recovery
• Mailbox Recovery Center
• Recovery Storage Group
• Front-end and back-end Kerberos authentication
• Distribution lists are restricted to authenticated users
• Real-time Safe and Block lists
• Inbound recipient filtering
• Attachment blocking in Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access
• HTTP access from Outlook 2003
• cHTML browser support (i-Mode phones)
• xHTML (Wireless Application Protocol [WAP] 2.0) browser support
• Queues are centralized on a per-server basis
• Move log files and queue data using Exchange System Manager
• Multiple Mailbox Move tool
• Dynamic distribution lists
• 1,700 Exchange-specific events using Microsoft Operations Manager (requires Microsoft Operations Manager)
• Deployment and migration tools

For more information refer to the following resources:

• Exchange Server 2003 Features
• Exchange Server 2003 Features Comparison

Last Updated by Simpler-Webb on 8/7/2003 1:59:40 PM (QID #1129)
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06

Standard Edition

• 16 GB database limit
• One mailbox store
• One public folder store
• NEW: Server can act as a front-end (post-Beta 2)

Enterprise Edition

• Clustering
• Up to 20 databases per server
• X.400 Connectors

Both Editions support features such as:

• Database snapshot
• OMA and ActiveSync
• AirMAPI
• Recovery Storage Group
• Exchange Management Pack for MOM
• Note: It is not possible to in-place upgrade Exchange 2000 Enterprise Edition to Exchange 2003 Standard Edition.

Last Updated by Simpler-Webb on 8/7/2003 1:59:40 PM (QID #1130)
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07

Windows Server 2003 provides significant enhanced functionality that Exchange 2003 takes advantage of:

Outlook HTTP access
IIS 6.0 and Windows RPC Proxy service in Windows Server 2003 enable communication between Outlook 2003 and Exchange Server 2003 by means of HTTP. Outlook 2003 users can synchronize directly with the server running Exchange Server 2003 over a HTTP or HTTPS connection.

Internet protocol support
IIS 6.0 provides Exchange with its support for many common Internet access protocols that increase the flexibility of the operating system, such as HTTP, Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3), Internet Message Access Protocol version 4 (IMAP4), and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).

Active Directory
Windows provides Active Directory, upon which Exchange depends for user information, mail routing information, user authentication, and LDAP read and write functions.

Support for clustering
Exchange Server 2003 provides better support for clustering, which enables high availability of a company’s infrastructure. Customers can choose to run up to 8-node clusters, with at least one passive node, when running Exchange 2003 on Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition. (In Windows 2000 Advanced Server, clustering was limited to two nodes, one active and one passive; if a company chose to run Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, clustering was limited to four nodes.)

Volume Shadow Copy service
This and Virtual Disk Service are part of a storage framework that provides heterogeneous interoperation of storage hardware, storage software, and applications. Exchange 2003 writes to the Volume Shadow Copy service on Windows Server 2003, reducing dramatically the backup and restore times for Exchange messaging environments. This enables IT departments to support greater numbers of users per server and reduces the total number of servers running Exchange in their environment.

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