Exchange 2003 SP2 CTP Available Soon

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Harold Wong, Senior Technology Specialist, for Microsoft's TechNet division has posted on his blog that he expects a customer preview version of the upcoming Exchange 2003 SP2 to be released within 2 weeks.

Microsoft announced in June that Exchange Server 2003 SP2 would include Mobile e-mail improvements, Better protection against spam and Advanced mailbox improvements. Some of the mobile e-mail improvements relate to the latest Windows Mobile 5 advancements. With SP2, users of Windows Mobile 5 will receive push'd email similar to that of Blackberry devices currently in use by many large corporations worldwide.

Harold will post to his blog once the CTP is live :)

View: Harold Wong TechNet Blog

View: Exchange Server 2003 SP2 Overview

Latest Changes: (continued)

Dirty cars now able to get clean
Numpad 5 key is now mappable when re-defining controls
Issue on all machines where certain collisions caused parts of the audio system to crash (sound effects, cutscene audio - only radio keeps going) - users know this as "Rain / Thunderstorm bug"
Improvements to DVD streaming
Audio problems in interior / exterior transitions and getting in / out of cars fixed
Some fixes to ensure reverb is not present at certain save points
Improvements to dance game timings
Crash occuring when using "user radio files" while the frame limiter is disabled

#1 beardly on 10 Aug 2005 - 14:47

That is good to hear. It will be interesting to see how this will help MS compete with Blackberreis.

(3 replies) #2 zorak on 10 Aug 2005 - 15:04

thank god, i have to many clients that are running up on the 16gb exchange information store barrier...

#2.1 Amodin on 10 Aug 2005 - 15:52

The update is just mailbox size limits, not the db limits.

If you have Enterprise, and the HDD space, then this will work for ya, but if it's just the Standard version, well... it's not gonna help, lol.

#2.2 thejohnnyq on 10 Aug 2005 - 16:22

This will effect Standard users, as the mailbox store size is increased to 75 gigs. According to members of the Exchange blackbelts and product team.

#2.3 Amodin on 10 Aug 2005 - 16:41

I misread it then, thank God for that, 16gb limitations nowadays make no sense at all, with Information Technology expanding at it's current rate, even for small businesses.

(3 replies) #3 daPhoenix on 10 Aug 2005 - 15:23

Oh my, no more updates for Exchange2k? What a surprise.

Upgrade to 2k3? No thanks.

#3.1 Amodin on 10 Aug 2005 - 15:53

What's wrong with 2k3? It's a bit to setup, sure, because of AD, but I really like it over 2k and 5.5

#3.2 osu9400 on 10 Aug 2005 - 15:57

Exchange 2003 is light years ahead of Ex2000. I run mine on a Windows 2003 server and the whole platform is practically maintenance free. There is no way I would go back to Ex2000. Looking forward to SP2 just so I have something to do on the server!!

#3.3 Ficman on 11 Aug 2005 - 00:27

ExCh2k3 is an excellent product, we upgraded 6 months ago... VERY pleased with the results, I would recommend it... This is great news...

#4 krasi82 on 10 Aug 2005 - 15:56

there out already companies out there that do this beside Blackberry. Micrsoft is the next one to jump on board. I know of a company called Notify Technologies that does this already and much more that have customer worldwide. it just seems to not be advertised as well as MS and RIM.

(1 reply) #5 Ateoto on 10 Aug 2005 - 16:47

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Better protection against spam

Lets hope so, I'm having a hard time keeping spam at bay on the Exchange server I manage.

#5.1 BigBoy on 10 Aug 2005 - 20:00

It should be noted - when talking about Spam - that SP2 features are the ONLY thing that MS uses internally against spam. More on anti-spam stuff here:

Exchange Team blog

More on other SP2 stuff here:

Exchange team Blog "Futures" category

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