In my experience, customers for Enterprise edition fall in to two groups...
1. Those buying it for clustering. 2. Those buying it for capacity. Of the two, capacity is more common than clustering - particularly when we still had the 16gb limit. Those that are buying Enterprise edition for clustering will continue to buy it for clustering. Those who want the additional capacity, will simply stick to Standard edition which now offers no limits. With the additional features of Backup Exec 11 looking like it provides off-server log shipping, you can get some of the additional replication features of Enterprise edition without paying the extra. While there is still a market for the Enterprise edition, it is not as large as it was, because those purchasing it purely to get additional capacity will be reduced. Simon. -- Simon Butler MVP: Exchange, MCP, MCSA, MCSE, Amset IT Solutions Ltd. e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.amset-it.com w: www.amset.info -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Hobson Sent: 06 January 2007 20:52 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Exchange 2007 RFQ You think the market for enterprise edition is limited? So you think most people will be happy with LCR vs. SCC or CCR? I'd be interested to know if that's what you're hearing at present. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Butler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 5:36 PM Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 RFQ The Enterprise CAL is in addition to the standard CAL. You also realise that the Exchange 2007 CAL does not include any license for Outlook? Outlook must be licensed separately. As the standard edition of Exchange 2007 is almost identical in spec to enterprise edition of Exchange 2003, I can see that most people will be using the standard edition. The market for the enterprise edition is limited. However I am advising my clients not to even think about deploying Exchange 2007 for at least three months, and preferably longer. Unless they have a burning need for a feature in the new version they should hold off. Even for first time Exchange deployments I am recommending that they purchase Exchange 2007 now but ask for an Exchange 2003 media kit and use downgrade rights. Due to the significant changes in the way that Exchange 2007 works compared to the previous two versions, there are almost no third party utilities available that are compatible with this version. I am also concerned about the end user experience for any new to Exchange people when trying to use a new version that not many people (compared to Exchange 2003) are familiar with. The other reason I am making that recommendation is what I call the "run over by a bus" issue. If you deploy Exchange 2007 now or very shortly and then something happens to you, your employer will struggle to find anyone else who can manage and support it. You don't have that problem with Exchange 2000/2003. Give the Exchange community some time to get to grips with it, the books and training courses to become available and for the general best practises with this version to emerge. It will not take long, I suspect by Easter there will be lots of resources available. Simon. -- Simon Butler MVP: Exchange, MCP, MCSA, MCSE, Amset IT Solutions Ltd. e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.amset-it.com w: www.amset.info -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kennedy, Jim Sent: 04 January 2007 17:15 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Exchange 2007 RFQ Putting together our Exchange 2007 request for quote and wanted to gather the opinions of the masses here on which direction to take. 1100 Mailboxes with half on OWA and half on Outlook. Currently 2 servers in a FE/BE setup. I do not see the need for us to get the Enterprise version of the server. Even if I split up to multiple backends which we probably will do. And reading the CAL info I come away with just getting the standard CAL for now and if we need the Ent CAL bells and whistles we have wasted no money buying them later as you still need the standard CAL anyway. Correct? Going a bit off topic, has anyone contacted Trend to see what their plans are for Exch. 2007 Scanmail. Patch the existing or a new version? If no one knows I will contact them and report back. Am I missing anything or any thoughts? _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. 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