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You can use Outlook 2003 or an older version of
Outlook to access the Exchange server. All you need is a
dial up Internet connection (or better) to access your
mailbox and public folders from anywhere; home, office,
or on-the-road.
To help you configure Outlook to access the Exchange
server, we provide step-by-step instructions for various
different versions of Windows and Outlook. Our screen
shots make it as easy as possible. Start here...
Cached Exchange Mode
Outlook 2003 has a new feature called Cached Exchange
Mode that keeps a local copy of your data for speedy
performance, but constantly synchronizes everything with
the server. Read more
about it...
VPN
VPN (Virtual Private Network) access is
available. Even if your cable company is blocking your
access to port 135, you can still use our service, by
connecting through VPN.
RPC over HTTP
Outlook 2003 clients can connect simply using HTTP or HTTPS, thereby reducing the need for
virtual private networks (VPNs). Read more about it...
With Exchange 2003, new features and a new
user interface make the Outlook Web Access user
experience very similar to the full desktop Outlook. Read more about it...
Exchange 2003 includes Outlook Mobile
Access. Mobile browser-based devices, Smartphones and
Pocket PCs can access Exchange. Read more about it...
Use Exchange 2003 server public folders like a shared
folder on a file server.
Just like the calendar, contacts and email folders in
your mailbox, except they're available to everyone in
your workgroup. This is one of the most exciting things
about using Outlook to access an Exchange server. A
public folder of contacts can eliminate duplicate,
conflicting phone lists. A public folder calendar can
show the schedule for company events. Keep your latest
price list (or any document) in a public folder and your
workgroup gets updates automatically.
Delegates - Group Calendaring
Based on specific permissions that you control,
"delegates" in your workgroup can access your mailbox
directly from the server. This means your delegate can
review and edit your calendar at any time. Delegates can
also be granted access to your inbox, task list and
other folders.
Server-based Rules
It's easy to automatically forward emails to your
2-way pager or PDA. Exchange fully supports Outlook's
powerful Rules Wizard and Out Of Office Assistant. You
create and modify rules easily in Outlook, then the
rules are stored and processed by the server, so Outlook
does not have to be running for your rules to
execute.
Outlook 2003 clients using Cached Exchange Mode
perform most e-mail-related tasks from the local client,
reducing the number of requests to the server for data
and improving performance for items stored in the local
copy of the mailbox. After the full copy of a user
mailbox and offline address book is downloaded, Cached
Exchange Mode significantly reduces network bandwidth
consumption for e-mail between the client and server.
This greatly improves the Outlook experience for hosted
users as well as removes the need to restart Outlook to
an offline profile when network interruptions occur.
While Cached Exchange Mode works with previous versions
of Exchange, additional improvements in compression and
performance between Outlook 2003 and Exchange 2003 make
the user experience even better.
MAPI
compression
When using Outlook 2003 and Exchange 2003, all
mailbox content is compressed on the server running
Exchange before sending information to Outlook 2003
clients. This significantly reduces network bandwidth
consumption between the client and server, enabling you
to consolidate additional Exchange sites.
When used with the Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 RPC
Proxy Service and Exchange 2003, Outlook 2003 clients
can connect simply using HTTP or HTTPS, thereby reducing
the need for virtual private networks (VPNs) or dial-up
remote access. If remote users only need to gain access
to corporate messaging information, your IT department
does not need to deploy VPN infrastructure. VPN-less
access reduces costs and provides for increased security
by ensuring that remote Outlook users don’t need access
to the entire network. This unifies the connection
methods also found in Microsoft Office Outlook Web
Access and Outlook Mobile Access.
Save time and reduce communication
costs by using Outlook 2003 from the Internet without a
VPN
Most information workers who use Outlook to access
Exchange from the Internet must first establish a VPN
connection to secure the channel for access. Now,
Outlook 2003 running on Windows® XP can connect to
Exchange 2003 running on Windows Server 2003 over the
Internet without the need for a VPN connection. Outlook
2003 users easily and more securely connect over the
Internet to their Exchange servers (over HTTPS).
Outlook access without the need for a VPN now
enables wireless laptop scenarios. Because wireless
network coverage can be inconsistent, users with Outlook
2003 using this new feature do not have to bother with
manually re-establishing a VPN connection each time
their network connection drops; they continue working
with Outlook 2003 and Exchange. Outlook 2003
automatically re-establishes the connection when the
network becomes available again. This should increase
productivity and speed communication within your
organization, reduce VPN infrastructure costs, and
reduce the time and money associated with VPN help desk
support calls.
Buffer
packing
After information is compressed, all information sent
from servers running Exchange 2003 to Outlook 2003
clients is packaged in larger and more optimized buffer
packets, thereby reducing the number of requests to and
from the servers running Exchange.
Advanced antispam filters
Let your antispam filters learn from experience. This
feature uses keywords and patterns (for example, mail
sent at an unusual time of day) automatically derived
from examples of spam and normal mail to produce a
score. By using this score, all suspected spam can be
moved to a special e-mail folder. Both positive and
negative scores are used when evaluating the likelihood
that a message is spam. You can customize how Outlook
handles this e-mail, whether it is setting your filters
to low, high, or exclusive, or by turning it off
completely. The choice is yours.
Safe and Block
lists
Get additional spam control by choosing to only
receive e-mail from individuals already set up in your
address book, from specific e-mail addresses, or from
designated domains.
External html
blocking
By blocking external html by default in Outlook 2003,
you can stop spammers from using Web links to sneakily
verify recipients' e-mail addresses as active. You can
unblock html on a per-message basis or disable it
completely.
Incremental change synchronization
In earlier versions when interruptions occurred
during the offline synchronization process, the entire
process had to start over from the beginning.
Incremental change synchronization in Outlook 2003 and
Exchange 2003 enables the synchronization process to
resume where the outage occurred instead of starting the
entire synchronization process over.
Smart change synchronization
In earlier versions of Outlook, the entire message
and body was sent back to the server. In Outlook 2003,
when items are marked read, unread, or flagged or
slightly modified in other ways, only the header that
lists the change is sent back to the server.
Skip bad items
During synchronization, items marked as bad or
conflicting are now moved to the Sync Items folder,
enabling the synchronization to continue.
Presynchronization reporting
The synchronization progress meter (found in the
lower right corner of the Outlook 2003 user interface)
shows detailed synchronization information such as new
e-mail headers, total size left to synchronize, and
whether the folder is up to date.
If you would like to know more about Exchange server,
see www.microsoft.com/exchange
