What Is New in Exchange Server 2003

 

These topics provide important information about using Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003. The purpose is to outline the features in Exchange Server 2003 and provide the basic information necessary to begin using these new features. This is not a comprehensive document about Exchange, but a guide for getting started with testing and running Exchange 2003.

These topics supplement the release notes (releasenotes.htm), and should be read only after reviewing the release notes. The release notes contain critical information about known issues with Exchange 2003.

These topics are designed to benefit Exchange administrators who will be testing and deploying Exchange 2003. Furthermore, these topics assume that you have an excellent working knowledge of Exchange 2000 Server. The structure is based on Exchange components; specifically, each section itemizes the new component features and discusses how to begin using them.

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For more information about Exchange Server 2003, see the Microsoft Exchange Server TechCenter.

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New in Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1

The sections listed in the following topics contain information about the updates made to Exchange Server 2003 in Service Pack 1.

New in Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2

The sections listed in the following topics contain information about the updates made to Exchange Server 2003 in Service Pack 2.

  • Administration Features in Exchange Server 2003

    • New in SP2: Enabling or Disabling MAPI Access for a Specific User

    • New in SP2: Enabling Direct Push Technology

    • New in SP2: Managing Security Settings for Mobile Clients

    • New in SP2: Remote Wiping of Mobile Devices

    • New in SP2: Global Address List Search for Mobile Clients

    • New in SP2: Certificate-Based Authentication and S/MIME on Mobile Devices

    • New in SP2: Tracking Public Folder Deletions

    • New in SP2: Manually Stopping and Resuming Replication

    • New in SP2: Synchronizing the Public Folder Hierarchy

    • New in SP2: Using the Manage Public Folders Settings Wizard

    • New in SP2: Moving Public Folder Content to a Different Server

  • Performance and Scalability Features of Exchange Server 2003

    • New in SP2: Improved Offline Address Book Performance
  • Transport and Message Flow Features of Exchange Server 2003

    • New in SP2: Step 3: Specifying the Servers to Exclude from Connection Filtering

    • New in SP2: Sender ID Filtering

    • New in SP2: Intelligent Message Filtering

    • Updated in SP2: Understanding How Enabled Filters Are Applied

  • Storage Features of Exchange Server 2003

    • New in SP2: Database Size Limit Configuration and Management