Partner News: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Beta Released

Sign up for other newsletters | Update your profile | We Are Listening: Tell Us What You Need April 15, 2009 We Are Listening: Tell Us What You Need We're updating our newsletter and need your input on what matters most to you. In this week's newsletter, we're proud to feature yet another groundbreaking beta release—Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Microsoft has listened to feedback from IT pros like you and worked to make Exchange Server simpler, more flexible, and more reliable. Find out how Exchange Server offers a wide array of deployment options and cost-saving features that still deliver one of the richest user experiences in the marketplace. Offer lower-cost, high-value communications solutions to your customers. Always an industry standard, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 has been improved in three major ways. It is more flexible and reliable. And easier to deploy and administer. So it can save you and your customers money by reducing IT overhead and help-desk loads. Online options let you and your customers leverage cost and technology advantages of cloud-based solutions, which also support data backup, storage, and disaster recovery. It delivers anywhere access. Let's face it. Nothing is going to work better with Microsoft Office Outlook-enabled devices than Exchange. But interoperability goes beyond that. Beyond Windows without walls. Beyond even the Windows Mobile software platform. Exchange Server 2010 can help users access all their communications from a single location, wherever it might be. Whatever the device. Whatever the platform or browser. So everyone gets more done. It provides better communications protection and compliance. Exchange Server 2010 delivers integrated information-loss prevention and compliance tools that make it easier to protect communications and meet regulatory requirements. Built-in defenses against viruses and junk e-mail. Support for an array of third-party security products. The ability to respond quickly to litigation and discovery requests without workflow disruption. It's a package your customers will want. Test-drive the new Exchange Server—download the beta version now and share it with your customers. Exchange Server 2010 Product Overview. What's new in Exchange Server 2010? MSDN Exchange Server Developer Center and Exchange Server 2010 TechCenter. Find Out How You Can Benefit from Business Productivity Online Suite The Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) is delivered as a cost-effective subscription service, hosted by Microsoft and sold by partners—and now it's available worldwide. Evaluate your own business opportunity now. Industry Embraces Next Generation of Windows Phones EA Mobile, MySpace, and Isaac Mizrahi are among early supporters. Microsoft Marketplace partners will gain access to a branded section of the catalog, where they will be able to market their own applications and services to their customers. 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