Compare Editions of Exchange 2000 Server

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Published: June 2, 2003

Compare the features included in Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition and Exchange 2000 Server Enterprise Edition.

Low Cost-of-Ownership Messaging and Collaboration

Feature

Enterprise Server

Standard Server

Clustering

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Distributed Services ("Front-end/Back-end Servers")

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X.400

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Storage Groups

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Unlimited Data Store

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Microsoft Active Directory Integration

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Active Directory Connector

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Internet Information Services (IIS) Integration

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Fault-Tolerant Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Message Routing

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Native Internet Mail Content

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Single-Seat Administration with Microsoft Management Console (MMC)

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Extensible Management Interface

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Policy-based Administration

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System Monitoring Using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

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Windows 2000 Security

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Item Level Security

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Value-Added Collaborative Solutions

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Standard Server

Access to the Microsoft Web Storage System

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Enhanced Integration with Microsoft Office 2000

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Installable File System (IFS)

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Document Properties

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Built-In Content Indexing and Search

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Support for Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)

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Web Application Platform

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Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) for Rapid Application Development

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Support for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and Extensible Markup Language (XML)

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Web Forms

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Integration with Microsoft FrontPage 2000

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Modular Application Building Blocks

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OLE DB and Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) Integration

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Multiple Public Folder Trees

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Event Model

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Building Workflow Applications with Business Logic

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Microsoft Workflow Designer for Exchange 2000 Server

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Reliable Communication

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Enhanced Chat Services

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Enhanced Microsoft Outlook Web Access

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URL Addressing

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Unified Messaging Platform

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Instant Messaging

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Presence Information

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