by Arman Obosyan
23. November 2009 22:20

Exchange Server Version and Features
| Feature |
Exchange Server 2003 |
Exchange Server 2007 |
Exchange Server 2010 |
|
64-Bit Architecture
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Administrative Groups
|
Yes
|
Uses Universal Security Groups
|
Uses Universal Security Groups
|
|
Anti-Span agents on Hub Transport Server and Edge Role
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Calendar Repair Assistant
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
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| Feature |
Exchange 2003
|
Exchange 2007
|
Exchange 2010
|
| 64-Bit Architecture |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Administrative Groups
|
Yes
|
Uses Universal Security Groups
|
Uses Universal Security Groups
|
|
Anti-Span agents on Hub Transport Server and Edge Role
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Calendar Repair Assistant
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR)
|
No
|
Yes
|
No - use DAG and Mailbox Database Copies
|
|
Clustered Mailbox Server
|
Yes
|
Yes - Improved
|
No - use DAG and Mailbox Database Copies
|
|
Continuous Background Online Defragmentation
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Database Availability Groups (DAG)
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Disclaimers
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes - Improved
|
|
End User End-To-End Message Tracking
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Event Service
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Exchange Certificate wizards
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Exchange extensions in Active Directory Users and Computers
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Exchange Installable File System (ExIFS)
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Exchange Management Shell
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Exchange Management Shell Command Log
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Federated Sharing
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Incremental Deployment
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Incremental Resync
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Intelligent Message Filter
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
iSCSI support
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Larger and Sequential I/O
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Larger Page Size (32 KB)
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Legal Hold
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Link State Routing
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Local Continuous Replication (LCR)
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Mailbox Database Copies
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Mailbox Folder Permissions Management
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Mailbox Management Service
|
Yes
|
Use Messaging Records Management
|
Use MRM or Retention Policies
|
|
Mailbox Merge Wizard (Exmerge.exe)
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Mailbox Recovery Center
|
Yes
|
Use Exchange Server Disaster Recovery Analyzer
|
Use Exchange Server Disaster Recovery Analyzer
|
|
MailTips
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Message Tracking Center
|
Yes
|
Use Exchange Server Mail Flow Analyzer
|
Use Exchange Server Mail Flow Analyzer
|
|
Messaging Records Management
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Moderated Distribution Groups
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Moderated Transport
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Monitoring and Status Node
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Multi-Mailbox Search
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Network-Attached Storage
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
NNTP
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Online Background Database Scanning (check-summing)
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Online Move Mailbox
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Optimize for Commodity Storage (SATA)
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Personal Archive
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Property Dialog Command Exposure
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Public folder access using IMAP4
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Public folder access using NNTP
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Recipient Update Service (RUS)
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Recovery Storage Group
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No - use Recovery Database
|
|
Recovery Storage Group
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Role Based Access Control
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Routing Groups
|
Yes
|
Uses Active Directory site-based routing
|
Uses Active Directory site-based routing
|
|
Routing Objects
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Send mail to Recipients from Exchange Management Console
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Shadow Redundancy
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Standby Continuous Replication (SCR)
|
No
|
Yes
|
No - use DAG and Mailbox Database Copies
|
|
Storage Groups
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Transport Rules
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes - Improved
|
|
Transport Rules Integration with AD RMS
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
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