Microsoft to Release Exchange 2000 Server RC2 This Week -- Redmondmag.com

Microsoft to Release Exchange 2000 Server RC2 This Week

By Scott Bekker
05/23/2000

Microsoft Corp. will issue a second release candidate (RC2) of Exchange 2000 Server this week and it will be available as a developer download early next week, a company official said.

The final version of Exchange 2000 Server is expected to release to manufacturing by June 30, said Anders Brown, lead product manager for Microsoft Office 2000 Developer.

Exchange Server 2000 is the follow on to Exchange Server 5.5, and will be the first Microsoft application to rely heavily on the Active Directory, Microsoft’s new directory service introduced with Windows 2000 Server. Exchange 2000 Server is also one of the key pieces that must be released before the BackOffice 2000 suite can come out.

Brown discussed the Exchange 2000 Server RC2 today in the context of an upgraded edition of Office 2000 Developer. Version 1.5 of Office 2000 Developer was unveiled today and will be available in July.

The version will incorporate a new Workflow Designer for Exchange 2000 Server. The workflow tool is designed to ease the creation of collaborative business-process automation based on Microsoft Office. The tool is similar to a Workflow Designer for SQL Server, which is currently only available as a Web download.

Both workflow designers will be incorporated into version 1.5 of Office 2000 Developer. "Because we’re introducing two workflow tools, we’re really enabling the developers to use the most appropriate infrastructure," Brown said.

The SQL Server workflow tool runs on SQL Server 7.0. The Exchange workflow tool will only work with Exchange 2000 Server, not Exchange Server 5.5. – Scott Bekker

About the Author

Scott Bekker is editor in chief of Redmond Channel Partner magazine.

Featured

Cisco Warns of Brute Force Attacks Targeting VPNs and Firewalls

Cisco has revealed that a global increase in brute force attacks targeting Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and other devices is currently taking place.
What's Inside Microsoft 365's Security Toolbox?

Microsoft provides plenty of native tools to secure Microsoft 365. IT pros just have to know where to look.
Microsoft Kills 30-Day Data Retention Policy for Copilot in Fabric

Microsoft this week announced several usability improvements coming to Copilot in Fabric in preparation of its general availability release later this year.
Using Microsoft Office to Build a Network Diagram 2

Now that we've set up our process, let's dig in with the actual execution.
Microsoft Graph 'Activity Logs' Feature Goes Live

Microsoft announced the general availability of the "activity logs" capability in Microsoft Graph, giving administrators more options to track user activity and identify patterns of potential misuse.