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Part I: An Overview of Exchange Server 2007

It isn’t possible to create a system that maintains 100 percent reliability.

Given the right event, your server will become unavailable. Using multiple

backups does make this event extremely unlikely, but even so, you should

always have a plan in place for situations where your mail server becomes

inaccessible. You can read more about this in Chapter 10.

Implementing hardware security using

device security and management

Most administrators have read about someone losing a device such as a laptop

or cellular telephone somewhere and discovering a data breach because of that

loss. Fortunately, SP1 provides functionality that lets you set device security. No,

the security won’t prevent someone from accessing local data, but you can use

local encryption to prevent unauthorized local access in many cases. The device

security will prevent someone from accessing your Exchange Server without

providing a Personal Identification Number (PIN). SP1 provides this functionality

by adding 28 new policies you can use to change how Exchange Server interacts

with devices. Chapter 7 discusses how to use this feature.

Considering the Web-based

messaging additions

Many of the new features found in SP1 make working with mobile devices easier.

These Web-based messaging features create a better experience for users and

make it less likely that they will experience problems. A detailed description of

all these features appears in Chapter 7. The following list provides a quick

overview of the features you can expect to see after installing SP1:

 Outlook 2007 experience: Microsoft has included a number of new

features in Outlook 2007 that provide the user with a better e-mail

experience. Exchange Server 2007 now supports these new features fully.

 Self-service support: Most users want fast service to fix their problems.

After all, they really aren’t interested in the technology — they simply

want to complete an e-mail. The Outlook Web Access (OWA) 2007

Options menu provides entries that help the user fix the most common

causes of support calls. When you install SP1, Exchange Server provides

feedback messages when events such as a remote wipe of the data on a

mobile device have been completed.