Microsoft unveils Exchange Server 2010 beta

 

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By Stuart Turton

Posted on 15 Apr 2009 at 09:23

Microsoft has unveiled the public beta of Exchange Server 2010, with the final release slated for year's end.

Among the new features, Exchange Server 2010 will allow users to opt-out of group email threads they're not interested in, and offer a voice-to-text transcription feature allowing voice messages to be stored in the inbox.

Elsewhere, Microsoft's making a big noise over privacy and Exchange Server 2010 will now offer MailTips - a series of configurable warnings that will alert users before they send out mail to large groups, people with their out-of-office switched on and those not on "trusted" organisation lists.

It will also feature to three Gmail innovations: Mail Googles which requires the user to complete a difficult sum before sending an email; Undo Send, which holds the email for ten seconds in case the user immediately regrets pressing the send button and wants to stop it going out. Outlook will also now present mail in threads, a feature pioneered by Gmail.