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Exchange 2007 Support May be Snow Leopard’s Killer Feature
Tuesday, September 08, 2009 by Michael Holley
It's no secret that Apple is trying hard to win a piece of
Microsoft's precious enterprise audience with the release of the
latest version of its OS X, called Snow Leopard. The evidence lies
in the upgrades, nearly all of which fall under the "function over
form" catgory, which is not the Apple norm.
Where Apple's attempt at a proprietary security solution may
have done
more harm than good, the killer feature, largely overlooked,
just might be Snow Leopard's native support for
Microsoft's Exchange 2007. In the past, Office 2008 users had to
settle for Entourage, which allowed access to Exchange mailboxes,
but only allowed limited access to contacts and calendar, two
features that have been instrumental Exchange's rise to
domination.
Now, all you have to do to access Exchange from a Mac is enter
your email/password in the Mail application. You can then access
your appointments and contacts through iCal and Address Book,
respectively. This feature, alone, should be worth the $29 upgrade
to Mac users who work in an Exchange environment.
Best,
Michael Holley
Switchfast Technologies
Chicago IT Consulting
& Support
Rochester
IT Consulting & Support
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