Exchange 2010 !!!

Exchange 2010 coding part almost finished and ready for rock, most probably this month we can expect this product. Microsoft is already using Exchange 2010 to power its Live@edu service for schools and universities. There are lots of additional and modified features included in this version. Here u can find some of them-



1.New Administration Functionality in the EMC

• Add Exchange Forests to the console tree
• Customer Feedback start tab
• Community and Resources
• Exchange Management Shell command logging
• Property dialog command exposure
• The EMC is RBAC aware
• Exchange help is now online

2.New Administration Functionality in the Exchange Management Shell

• Remote administration .
• RBAC integration
• Administrator audit.
• Improved multiple-valued property syntax
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3.New Transport and Routing Functionality

• Shadow redundancy
• MailTips
• Moderated Transport
• Federated delivery
• Latency SLA management
• End-to-end message tracking
• Incremental EdgeSync
• Transport rules integration with AD RMS.
• Transport Dumpster improvements
• Transport database improvements

4.New Messaging Policy and Compliance Features

• New Messaging Retention Management (MRM) functionality to apply message retention policies
• User Archive feature to provide users with online archive mailboxes and help eliminate PST files
• Mailbox search features for cross-mailbox search with AQS support
• New transport rules predicates and actions

5.New Outlook Web App Features

• Favorites in the Navigation Pane
• Search folders
• Message filtering
• The ability to set categories in the message list
• Options in the Web management interface for Outlook Web App
• A side-by-side view for calendars
• Multi-client language support
• The ability to attach messages to messages
• Expanded right-click capabilities
• Integration with Office Communicator, including presence, chat, and a contact list
• Conversation view
• The ability to send and receive text (SMS) messages from Outlook Web App
• Outlook Web App mailbox policies

6.New Unified Messaging Features

• Call answering rules
• Additional language support including in Outlook Voice Access
• Enhancements to name lookup from caller ID
• Voice mail preview
• Messaging Waiting Indicator
• Missed call and voice mail notifications using text messaging (SMS)
• Protected voice mail
• Incoming fax support
• Addressing to Groups (Personal Distribution Lists) support
• Built-in Unified Messaging administrative roles

7.New Text Messaging Features

• Missed call and voice mail notifications
• Calendar and agenda updates
• Send and receive text messages through Outlook Web App and Outlook 2010.
• Synchronize text messages with a mobile phone

8.New Web Management Interface

• Text messaging (SMS) integration
• Voice messaging integration
• Mailbox Search
• Additional proxy addresses for mailboxes
• Moderation and approval for distribution list submission

9.New Exchange Store and Mailbox Database Functionality

• Storage groups are deprecated.
• Mailbox databases are no longer connected to the server object.
• Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) has many improvements for high availability, performance, and database mobility.
• The Exchange Store schema has been flattened.
• Enhanced reporting with Public Folders

10.New Mailbox and Recipient Functionality

• Users can share information such as calendar free/busy and contacts with users who reside in a different organization
• Scheduling and configuring resource mailbox calendar processing has been improved
• You can now move a mailbox while the end user is still accessing it
• New parameters have been added to the distribution group cmdlets to allow users to create and manage their own distribution groups in Outlook Web App and Outlook 2010
• You can manage folder-level permissions for all folders within a user's mailbox
• Bulk recipient management has been expanded to allow you to bulk manage recipient properties
• You can send mail to recipients from the EMC