Q: What is Exchange Server 2007? A: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is the next version of Microsoft Exchange (email server). Microsoft Exchange is the industry¡¯s leading e-mail, calendaring, and unified messaging server. The release of Exchange Server 2007 is closely aligned with the 2007 Microsoft Office release. Together, these products deliver a best-in-class enterprise messaging and collaboration solution.
Q: What¡¯s new in Exchange Server 2007? A: Default mailbox size is changed from 100MB to 1GB. A rich outlook-like experience on webmail, e.g. can customize internal /external out-of-office message. Permanent Deleted Items in Outlook clients are changed from 7 days to 14 days. Thus, user can recover the deleted emails from the outlook client within 14 days. Keeps communication alive and email flowing with enterprise-class availability and reliability.
Q: What is the impact to users during migration? A: Users cannot access the mailbox during migration.
Q: How long the migration process going to take? A: It depends on the mailbox size. 100MB mailbox can be migrated within 30min.
Q: What is the action required before migrate the mailbox? A: Users need to housekeep their emails to PST before the migration except HKG users. HKG users only need to close the outlook before migrate their mailboxes.
