Beta != evaluation. It's evaluation until you install a product key. At that moment, it becomes production. Product support has never been provided for evaluation software.
Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Paul Steele [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 10:04 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: The Future of Exchange Starts Here! There's a warning on the download page: "This software is intended for evaluation purposes only. You must accept the license terms before you are authorized to use the software. There is no product support for this trial software. You are welcome to participate in the forums to share your trial experiences with others and to ask for advice." This implies that Microsoft still considers it beta. I don't really want to install a beta SP on a production server, especially if there's going to be an official release later this year. What's the deal here??? -----Original Message----- From: Greg Olson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: August-25-10 8:59 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: The Future of Exchange Starts Here! No it's the full normal release. They mentioned they released the beta Sp1 a few months ago and how many have been running it in production so that they feel confident in this being a solid sp release. Follow the link and you'll see it says nothing about beta. -Greg -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 3:35 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: The Future of Exchange Starts Here! This isn't a beta SP, is it? Says the beta was released in June, and half a million mailboxes are using it within TAP customers. >>> Paul Steele <[email protected]> 8/25/2010 9:43 AM >>> It's very tempting, but I know better than to put a beta service pack on my production server. :-( -----Original Message----- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: August-25-10 1:17 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: The Future of Exchange Starts Here! I so wanted to share this with y'all a couple of weeks ago...but an NDA is an NDA! (And availability dates change all the time anyway...) The Future of Exchange Starts Here: Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Is Now Available http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/08/25/455861.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com
