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Microsoft to Add Exchange Support for Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the exchange-is-so-2002 dept.

rgmoore writes "MacNN is reporting that Microsoft will finally make a full-fledged Exchange client for Mac OS X. Today, Mac users can only access the full range of Exchange services by using Outlook 2001, available only under Mac OS. Mac OS X users could either use Entourage, or they could run Outlook 2001 under the Classic environment. Microsoft is now promising to update Entourage so that it will be able to access all of Exchange's services, and they're even promising it will be available as a free update. Since many companies love to use Exchange and have made a big deal of Mac OS X's lack of a viable client, this is a big step forward for Mac users in a corporate environment."

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  1. Finally, they support their own product... by millz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've actually been happily surprised by Exchange in our 20 user environment. Coming from sendmail, I expected it to be about 10 times annoying than it has been. Of course, by typing that, my Exchange server is crashing this very minute. Anyway, it's nice to see them finally coming around with a client for OS X. I was very surprised that it was not in the original Entourage release in the first place.

  2. Re:This is great news for Mac users by Drakonian · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Indeed it is. I just upgraded my Dad's G4 Cube to OS X for the first time. (Teacher - got a free copy). He uses Outlook at work and was having to use Outlook through Classic which is slow and inefficient. This is the killer app that was keeping him (and other educators) on OS 9.

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  3. Re:This is old news, it was announced Monday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting
    POP, IMAP, and OWA are not optimal solutions

    It will require IMAP to access mail, DAV for calendar, and LDAP for accessing the global directory (looking up people in your organization so you can email them). This is not going to be parity with the PC Outlook client.

    So if you're a Mac user thinking you'll be able to get going on your company's stock Exchange 2000 server without begging your Exchange admin to make some changes (biggies are to enable Outlook Web Access and IMAP access to your mailbox), you've got another think coming...

    Oh, and if your Exchange server has Outlook Web Access and IMAP turned on, you could use ANY IMAP mail client, and just use Outlook Web Access when you need to do calendar stuff like send and accept invitations.