07-16-2002, 10:00 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Titanium, the new Outlook/Exchange client
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2002/jul02/07-15exchangeqa.asp
Wondered what the next version of Outlook was going to look like? It seems that Microsoft is breaking away from their traditional user interface with this release - I wonder what will happen with the rest of Office? Click the thumbnail below for a larger version, and give the interview a read - it's interesting. I still wish Microsoft would pursue the SOHO market more with their Exchange offerings. It's still too expensive & complex...
"With more than 109 million seats already licensed for Microsoft Exchange Server -- twice as many seats deployed as Lotus/Domino -- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today announced at Fusion 2002 the company�s plans to release an upgrade to Exchange 2000 Server, code-named "Titanium," in 2003. Titanium will include a range of new benefits for end users, particularly information workers, as well as benefits targeted specifically to IT administrators and the corporate networks they manage.
Titanium will be an easily deployed, incremental upgrade to Exchange 2000, analogous to the move from Exchange 5.0 to Exchange 5.5 in 1997. Ballmer noted that the release has been largely designed around partner and customer feedback. To learn more about Titanium and why customers will consider it a compelling upgrade, PressPass spoke with Malcolm Pearson, general manager of Microsoft's Exchange Server Business Unit. Pearson is responsible for the success of the Exchange Server business and product development including customer and partner contact. Pearson has worked in messaging at Microsoft for the past 10 years with an emphasis on product definition and development." Source: Foo Fighter
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07-16-2002, 10:24 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 33
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ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Not much to see. Just a layout change mostly. Considering the buzz right now about M$ trying to steal the thunder from MacWorldNY, you have to wonder about the naming. . ."Titanium" :roll:
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07-16-2002, 10:38 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Layout is definatly looks nice and looks like it would be nice and user friendly. Hopefully they built in a Spam filter.
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07-16-2002, 10:43 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Umm wouldnt a spam filter need to be on the exchange portion of the server rather than the client?
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07-16-2002, 10:44 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I like it
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Originally Posted by lawnman
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Not much to see. Just a layout change mostly. Considering the buzz right now about M$ trying to steal the thunder from MacWorldNY, you have to wonder about the naming. . ."Titanium" :roll:
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The layout is an experiment in human factors... and I like the changes. Underneath, I am sure there are lots of changes... but how much more can you throw onto basic email, calendaring, task management, etc that the current OL doesn't have?
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07-16-2002, 10:54 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 212
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Re: I like it
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Originally Posted by JonnoB
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Originally Posted by lawnman
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Not much to see. Just a layout change mostly. Considering the buzz right now about M$ trying to steal the thunder from MacWorldNY, you have to wonder about the naming. . ."Titanium" :roll:
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The layout is an experiment in human factors... and I like the changes. Underneath, I am sure there are lots of changes... but how much more can you throw onto basic email, calendaring, task management, etc that the current OL doesn't have? |
I have to agree with this, as well as pdadave. I really like the new layout. Its time they gave it a face lift at the very least. 8)
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07-16-2002, 11:14 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Crap. I'm implementing Exchange 2000 where I work right now..oh well, at least they claim it will be as "easy" as it was to move from 5.0 to 5.5. In my experience, NO upgrade involving Exchange is easy.
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07-16-2002, 11:21 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2004
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The changes are nice... and the feature "Active Folders" looks promising, maybe now I won't have to scroll up and down my folder list to check if I have pending e-mail on some obscure folder down the line.
Regarding the Spam Guard... I hope it's built on the client side, that way if you have POP3 accounts alongside your corporate Exchange, you get Spam Filtering for all of them.
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07-16-2002, 11:25 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,768
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transition
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Originally Posted by vetteguy
Crap. I'm implementing Exchange 2000 where I work right now..oh well, at least they claim it will be as "easy" as it was to move from 5.0 to 5.5. In my experience, NO upgrade involving Exchange is easy.
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Going from 5.x to 2k is NOT easy. You have to migrate your Exchange user data to Active Directory among many other changes. It is painful. As Titanium uses the same message store and network authentication, I am guessing that transition will be much easier.
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke
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07-16-2002, 11:32 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Believe me, I know. Thankfully, the site I'm installing now is not an existing Exhange organization, so I can bring up a clean 2000 install without dragging any 5.5 crap behind.
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Linear Mode
