I have found the change from Exch 03 to 07 far more demanding and stressful
that the change from NT/5.5 to AD/Exch 2K. And I've often complained of how
unnecessarily difficult Exch 07 is, and how it seems to me like an
incomplete product, with too many rough and crumbling edges.
I can see that it offers advantages to a large shop with a complex topology
and teams of admins who can delve into its complexities. But for a small
shop with a tiny team or a team of one, 07 is, frankly, a Katrina.
But you can't afford to ignore it, either. My hesitant advice is to stay
with 03 for production and get acquainted with 07 in a lab or separate
network.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Hutchings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Exchange Discussions" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 7:36 AM
Subject: Is Exchange 2007 worth it over 2003?
We currently have a single Exchange 2003 SP2 server servicing all our
mailboxes and public folders.
In six months or so I need to look at replacing the hardware, which
means I need to be thinking now what I want to do on the software side
for testing/budgeting purposes etc.
I'm looking at the feature list of Exchange 2007 vs. 2003 and I'm kind
of scratching my head and thinking "What's the big deal"?
We've just gone down the route of a SAN and a small ESX cluster, and
what I'm currently thinking is skip the software upgrade next year and
stick with 2003, and get it virtualized properly to add some resiliency,
then review it the following year.
I'd welcome all feedback but I'm looking at all the E27K comparison
matrices and tbh there's not much that's convincing me that the $70k or
so just in CAL costs is going to benefit us sufficiently to justify it.
Thanks in advance,
Paul
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