TABLE OF CONTENTS When I first used e-mail many years ago, I was not particularly impressed with any potential benefit that would be ultimately realized for businesses and consumers. In fact, e-mail for me in those early days was more of a novelty than a business-critical application. What was once simple e-mail has today evolved into mission-critical messaging and collaboration. Today, businesses and consumers alike rely on messaging systems like Microsoft Exchange Server to fulfill critical communication requirements in their personal and professional lives. This development has grown even since the release of Exchange 2000. In fall 2000, when Exchange 2000 shipped and my first edition of Mission-Critical Microsoft Exchange 2000 was published, I knew that messaging and collaboration were something on which businesses were becoming more and more dependent. However, even since then, messaging and collaboration have become downright mission-critical . Thus, we are here again reemphasizing this point and looking at the next version of Microsoft Exchange Server code-named Titanium and marketed as Exchange Server 2003.
When the first edition of Mission-Critical Microsoft Exchange 2000 was published in November 2000, Exchange 2000 Server had just shipped and system administrators and implementers were looking forward to deploying this new version of Exchange Server. Part of the reason this version was so interesting was the promise of new features that would ultimately make their lives a little easier. Exchange 2000 Server touted features such as a partitioned storage model (storage groups and...
