Exchange 2010 will be available "before the end of CY 2010" for BPOS. It's already running in l...@edu.
Please note that BPOS is far more than just the software itself. It's an entire hosting ecosystem - call it integration software. It's no shocker that the plain software comes out well before a new major version of BPOS. And yes, the Exchange team runs dogfood, and then all of Microsoft runs release candidates, and minor updates get slipstreamed into BPOS/l...@edu before they are available to the public. But they are fairly different efforts run by different groups in MSFT. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 3:48 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hosted Exchange: Opinions on BPOS? I was Demo-ing it for a few months - oddly enough, just quit today. We opted to keep Exchange hosted ourselves. I too was looking into them for just the Exchange, not the Sharepoint etc... I was disappointed that they still did not offer Exchange 2010, which is kinda odd since MS internally runs the latest software even before it RTMs. (Right?). There were also some limitations such as Public Folders, Could not use GOOD Enterprise Messaging, ActiveSync was extra $$. Also, it was much cheaper to just buy Exchange and host it ourselves. I spoke with BPOS many times on the phone; nobody really knew what was going on. A few people admitted it got a rocky start. Many questions went unanswered... I gave up hope. Sam -----Original Message----- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 2:36 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Hosted Exchange: Opinions on BPOS? If you haven't heard of it, BPOS is short for "Business Productivity Online Standard", Microsoft's hosted offering for Exchange, Sharepoint, OCS, and Live Meeting. I'm interested in using them for hosted Exchange for a client. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
