11 Facts About Exchange 2007

Microsoft Exchange Server is a mail server and calendaring server developed by Microsoft.

Exchange 2007 Server is licensed both as on-premises software and software as a service.

Additionally, Microsoft has retired the Unified Messaging feature of Exchange 2007, meaning that Skype for Business on-premises customers will have to use alternative solutions for voicemail, such as Azure cloud voicemail.

Exchange 2007's clustering has been criticized because of its requirement for servers in the cluster nodes to share the same data.

Exchange Server 2007 introduces new cluster terminology and configurations that address the shortcomings of the previous "shared data model".

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Exchange Server 2007 provides built-in support for asynchronous replication modeled on SQL Server's "Log shipping" in CCR clusters, which are built on MSCS MNS clusters, which do not require shared storage.

Service providers looking to host Microsoft Exchange 2007, there is a Service Provider License Agreement available whereby Microsoft receives a monthly service fee instead of traditional CALs.

Clients capable of using the proprietary features of Exchange 2007 Server include Evolution, Hiri and Microsoft Outlook.

Exchange 2007 Online is Exchange 2007 Server delivered as a cloud service hosted by Microsoft itself.

Exchange 2007 Online was first provided as a hosted service in dedicated customer environments in 2005 to select pilot customers.

In June 2011, as part of the commercial release of Microsoft Office 365, Exchange 2007 Online was updated with the capabilities of Exchange 2007 Server 2010.