Exchange Server 2010 is a messaging platform that provides email, scheduling, and tools for custom collaboration and messaging-service applications. New features and functionality in Exchange 2010 support several key concepts.

Exchange 2010 delivers new, integrated e-mail archiving and retention functionality, including granular multi-mailbox search and immediate legal hold. Exchange 2010 also helps you to better protect your company’s communications and e-mail through centrally managed information control capabilities. This includes the ability to more effectively intercept, moderate, encrypt, and block e-mail messages. Together, this functionality provides you with a flexible range of protection and control options, whether you want to automatically enforce controls or empower users to implement their own data protection.

Enhancements in Exchange 2010 helps users get more done by helping them to access all of their communications—e-mail, voice mail, instant messaging—from virtually any platform, Web-browser, or device through standard protocols. Managing the flow of information into and out of an individual’s inbox daily can create overload and affect productivity and profitability. In response to this challenge, Exchange 2010 adds new productivity features that can help users more easily organize and effectively prioritize their communications.

Exchange 2010 gives you the flexibility to tailor your deployment based on your organizations unique needs and a simplified way to help keep e-mail continuously available for your users.

Summary

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 brings a new and rich set of technologies, features, and services to the Exchange Server product line.

Features

Flexible and Reliable

• High Availablity Functionality
• Exchange Store and Database Functionality
• Permissions Functionality
• Transport and Routing Functionality
• Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistance
• Administration Functionality in the Exchange Management Console
• Administration Functionality in the Exchange Management Shell
• Exchange Control Panel
• Mailbox and Receipt Functionality
• Exchange Web Services Managed API 1.0
• Client Throttling Functionality to Manage System Performance

Anywhere Access

• Unified Messaging Features
• Outlook Web App Features
• Exchange ActiveSync Features
• Text Messaging Features
• POP3 and IMAP4 Cross-Site Connectivity Support

Protection and Compliance

• Messaging Policy and Compliance Features
• IRM-Protected E-Mail Functionality with Active Directory Rights Management Services