Microsoft: Try Exchange 2007 Free

By the Betanews Staff | Published April 19, 2007, 2:34 PM

In an effort to entice new corporate customers into upgrading or migrating to Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft is offering a free "trial service" managed by Unisys. The idea is that businesses will like the new features so much, they will decide to make the switch.

Customers will be able to try the new unified messaging capabilities in Exchange 2007, along with the software's improved security and performance. Mobility is a central focus of the new release, enabling users to access their e-mail, calendaring, faxes and even voicemail on a PC, over the Web, as well as with a mobile phone.

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thank, but No.

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Very commendable, but why such an extremely tiny trial??!!? Esp. when compared to the comparatively-eternal Vista & Office trials...

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A lot of companies just finished getting to Exchange 2003. Many just waited because of prior migrations (2k-XP, W2k3svr, etc.) The timing is bad for them (and Microsoft). I would expect that those companies will start looking at 2007 sometime later this year or early next year, just due to other projects. Nobody wants to do push two successive email system upgrades in less than a year. Nothing wrong with 2007, just the timing.

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5 day trial only, not enough time for it to crash :)

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you mean too much time!

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