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Microsoft Entourage is not the answer.

There is a 3rd party tool that can allow this, but it does not work with Tiger and will not until at least the end of the summer.

Currently I have to RDC into an old, dying Windows box to get to Exchange using Outlook. Not the best solution, but it works.

If this overall deficiency is solved, natively from the OS would be best, then most business users would be able to do what they needed to using a $500-$700 Mac Mini or $1500 iMac.

For those with a heavy reliance on Exchange: In theory the ability to run Windows/Outlook on an Intel Mac and be able to run a virtual instance at real-time is very appealing. The problem again comes down to cost. If you have to buy a Windows OS and MS Office (assuming you can't re-use an existing license), then it doesn't make sense to switch.

Microsoft Entourage is not the answer.

There is a 3rd party tool that can allow this, but it does not work with Tiger and will not until at least the end of the summer.

Currently I have to RDC into an old, dying Windows box to get to Exchange using Outlook. Not the best solution, but it works.

If this overall deficiency is solved, natively from the OS would be best, then most business users would be able to do what they needed to using a $500-$700 Mac Mini or $1500 iMac.

For those with a heavy reliance on Exchange: In theory the ability to run Windows/Outlook on an Intel Mac and be able to run a virtual instance at real-time is very appealing. The problem again comes down to cost. If you have to buy a Windows OS and MS Office (assuming you can't re-use an existing license), then it doesn't make sense to switch.

Personally, I was hoping would add MAPI support for its Mail.app, Addressbook.app and iCal.app for Tiger. But this is really Microsoft's Business Unit responsibility. I think Mac OSX customers should demand MAPI support for Entourage if they are going to be paying all that good money. Its Microsoft's very own properietary protocol, yet they don't support it on the Mac side. I've long concluded that the DoJ is asleep at the wheel. Microsoft provides the bare minimal support to show the DoJ folks that they are complying with US anti trust laws. Yet, I feel Microsoft has purposely not developed the latest versions MSN Messenger, Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer further. Yet, the latest Quicktimes and iTunes is found on the Windows side. I hope that the FTC will require Groove Networks to support Mac OSX too.

Read Ray Ozzie interview here

Personally, I was hoping would add MAPI support for its Mail.app, Addressbook.app and iCal.app for Tiger. But this is really Microsoft's Business Unit responsibility. I think Mac OSX customers should demand MAPI support for Entourage if they are going to be paying all that good money. Its Microsoft's very own properietary protocol, yet they don't support it on the Mac side. I've long concluded that the DoJ is asleep at the wheel. Microsoft provides the bare minimal support to show the DoJ folks that they are complying with US anti trust laws. Yet, I feel Microsoft has purposely not developed the latest versions MSN Messenger, Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer further. Yet, the latest Quicktimes and iTunes is found on the Windows side. I hope that the FTC will require Groove Networks to support Mac OSX too.

Read Ray Ozzie interview here

Personally, I was hoping would add MAPI support for its Mail.app, Addressbook.app and iCal.app for Tiger. But this is really Microsoft's Business Unit responsibility. I think Mac OSX customers should demand MAPI support for Entourage if they are going to be paying all that good money. Its Microsoft's very own properietary protocol, yet they don't support it on the Mac side. I've long concluded that the DoJ is asleep at the wheel. Microsoft provides the bare minimal support to show the DoJ folks that they are complying with US anti trust laws. Yet, I feel Microsoft has purposely not developed the latest versions MSN Messenger, Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer further. Yet, the latest Quicktimes and iTunes is found on the Windows side. I hope that the FTC will require Groove Networks to support Mac OSX too.

Read Ray Ozzie interview here

Not full support, but Snerdware makes tools for Address Book and Calendar support.

Regarding mac's and exchange there is software by Snerdware that integrates Exchange into your address book and soon ical. I haven't used it but it yet but it looks pretty interesting as a bridge. One major downside in a corporate environment is that it looks like it will have to be installed on every machine rather than being server based. Email can then be handled with the imap connectors turned on and you will have most of the connectivity to exchange.