Exchange 2007 Advantages
There are some real advantages to Exchange 2007. A few of the more popular Exchange 2007 benefits are in OWA and Outlook.
Outlook Web Access is almost an identical clone of the Outlook desktop interface. This makes using OWA much easier since the layout is so similar. Another new benefit of Exchange 2007 in OWA is WebReady Document viewing. Office documents in formats such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF can be accessed as e-mail attachments or through public folders to be displayed as HTML, even if Office is not installed on the PC. You will also be able to access things like “Out of Office” controls through OWA.
Outlook Auto Discover: Outlook 2007 combined with Exchange 2007 has the ability to configure Outlook profiles linked with Hosted Exchange automatically. Clients simply enter their user names and passwords and Outlook finds the local Exchange settings and creates the profile. Once the profiles are up and running.
Improved searching: Outlook will be able to find specific messages in large message stores much faster due to rewritten serch algorithms. This will save time when looking for a particular e-mail message within your entire mailbox.
ActiveSync has been dramatically improved within Microsoft Exchange 2007. Users will benefit from improved direct push to ensure messages are received on server connect. Also relating to ActiveSync with Exchange 2007, the ability to download long attachments without reloading the entire message. This is known as in-line message fetch. ActiveSync can now also wipe your device directly from OWA if it is stolen.
SharePoint 2007 integration. With integrated SharePoint 2007 hosting, your staff gets an instant intranet for documents, blogs, wikis and more, with access from any Web browser or directly from Outlook 2007.
Better performance. Superior clustering brings higher reliability and uptime. Entirely 64-bit hardware means more powerful processing and faster email delivery.