Exchange Server 2010 Enterprise Edition (Includes Software Assurance)

Exchange Server 2010 provides a collaboration environment that delivers secure messaging capabilities to recipients inside and outside an organization. Besides a powerful email server, it supports group scheduling capabilities, discussion groups, team folders, mobile and web access, and a host of other features.

Exchange Server 2010 Enterprise Edition is designed for large organizations. It allows up to 100 databases, each with a database storage limit of 16 TB. Smaller organizations should consider Exchange Server 2010 Standard Edition.

Enhancements in the 2010 edition include:

• Integrated email archiving, retention policies, and search capabilities
• A new unified mailbox resilience model that provides high availability, disaster recovery, and backup capabilities
• New self-service capabilities to help users perform common tasks without calling the help desk

Service Pack 1 includes improvements to archiving and retention policy functionality, enhancements to the Outlook Web Access (OWA) e-mail client, and support for multiple client organizations.

Here are some notable features of this product:

• With unified messaging, users can receive their email, voice mail, and faxes through a single inbox that can be accessed from anywhere.
• Integrated antivirus, anti-spam and anti-phishing technologies stop the latest threats.
• New database availability groups of up to 16 mailbox servers can be configured by administrators for automatic, database-level recovery from failures
• Advanced management tools help administrators save time and reduce effort.

Important

The 2010 version requires a 64-bit system.

Licensing

This product includes a server license. Every user or device accessing Exchange Server must have a standard Exchange Server user or device client access license (CAL). Enterprise Exchange Server CALs (user or device) are needed for certain server functions; they can be used only in conjunction with standard Exchange Server CALs.

For additional information about Exchange Server and the server and client licensing requirements, see the Guide to Exchange Server Editions and Licensing.

Obtaining This Product

Expect three emails:

1. When your donation request has been approved, TechSoup will send a message to your organization email address confirming the number of licenses you have requested.
2. Microsoft will send an email welcoming your organization to the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC).
3. TechSoup will send an email with information about managing your donation at the VLSC. If you are new to the VLSC, you should wait for this email before you register there.

Software Assurance

Under the Software Assurance program, you have the right to install any new release of products covered in the agreement during the term of your coverage.

Products

The following products are in the Exchange Server server and license title groups.

• Exchange Server 2010 servers: Standard, Enterprise
• Exchange Server licenses: Standard User CAL, Standard Device CAL, Enterprise User CAL, Enterprise Device CAL, User CAL Suite, Device CAL Suite

Articles and Information

Read about Microsoft servers in these Learning Center articles:

• Making Sense of Software Licensing
• A Field Guide to Servers

• Hardware:
• x64-architecture-based computer with Intel processor that supports Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel EM64T) or AMD processor that supports the AMD64 platform; Intel Itanium family IA64 processors are not supported
• 4 GB or more RAM per server plus 5 MB of RAM recommended for each mailbox
• Hard disk:
• 1.2 GB free space on the hard disk where you install Exchange Server 2010
• 200 MB of free space on the system drive
• Additional 500 MB free space per language if installing language packs for Unified Messaging beyond those included in the default installation
• Disk partitions formatted for the NTFS file system, not the FAT file system
• DVD drive, local or network accessible
• 800x600-pixel (or higher) display
• Software:
• Windows Server 2008 SP2 x64 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter; Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter; Enterprise or Datacenter editions of Windows Server 2008 are required for Mailbox Resiliency features
• For installing Exchange Server 2010 management tools: Windows Vista; Windows 7; Windows Server 2008
• If the following required prerequisites are not already installed, the Exchange Server 2010 setup process prompts and provides links to the installation location:
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
• Windows PowerShell v2.0

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