Exchange 2007/OWA New Features Summary
UAB Information Technology is upgrading from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007; with this migration comes several new features that benefit the user. The following is a list of these features and a brief description. Links are provided when additional information is available.
Calendaring Enhancements:
- Calendar Attendant - reduces scheduling conflicts by limiting calendar items to reflect the latest version; marks meeting requests as tentative on recipient calendars until users can act on the request
- Resource Booking Attendant - enables resources (meeting rooms, equipment, etc.) to be automatically managed
- Scheduling Assistant - provides visual guidance on the best and worst dates/times to schedule meetings based on invitees/required resources
- Schedulable Out of Office (OOF) - users can now set the Out of Office Assistant to begin and end on specified dates and times; external recipients can receive a separate OOF message; messages can be set or unset from a mobile device
Outlook Enhancements
- Flag for Recipients - when sending an email, the sender can set distinct dates, times and types of flags, different from what they have chosen for the recipient.
Outlook Web Access (OWA) Enhancements:
- Outlook Web Access Light - provides a rich OWA experience over slower connections, and enables OWA 2007 features such as OOF messages, RSS subscriptions and managed email folder access; *Note: When using Internet Explorer 7 (IE7), you will automatically be logged into OWA Premium unless you specifically choose the Light option. Users with browsers other than IE7 will be automatically logged into OWA Light by default, as OWA Premium is not supported.
- WebReady Document Viewing - allows users the ability to view any Microsoft Office document (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files) in HTML so they can be viewed in a browser; documents are protected since HTML documents are purged by OWA at logoff/session time-out
Outlook Anywhere: Upon configuration, users can choose to connect to the UAB email server from any portable device or desktop, without logging in with VPN. To connect, users must have the Outlook client installed on their machine.