Gotta say, they've done such a good job with 365, I can't see me wanting to put an on-premise Exchange out there again.
Exchange Server 2016 will be mostly Cloud Exchange ported back on-premises
Microsoft has let it be known that it has a preview of Exchange Server 2016 ready to see the sun at its May Ignite conference. Along the way it's also said that the on-premises version of Exchange isn't getting much more than stuff it's already built for, and proved in, the cloud version of the server. Here's what the company …
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Thursday 16th April 2015 09:40 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: On-premise Exchange
"I guess that rules you out of any job where the privacy of the messages etc is of some concern to the business."
Nope - you can secure your messages / data on Office 365 so that Microsoft (and the US courts) can't get to them: https://www.thales-esecurity.com/msrms/cloud
"don't forget that the spooks will probably have a back door into your Cloud Exchange. Do you really want to keep deeding them everythnig about your biz?"
Possibly, but seeing as we know that they already have back doors in your routers , firewalls, hard drives, etc and access to your leased lines is that really anything new?
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Wednesday 20th May 2015 20:18 GMT ThunderCougarFalconBird
Re: On-premise Exchange
The problem is ownership of the data.
If the data travels on networks, servers and routers that do not belong to you and then are stored on servers that don't belong to you, who actually owns the data? And if there is legal discovery action initiated against the data you claim to own but is controlled by a different entity, who do you file the discovery action against?
And if you file the discover action against the vendor who holds the data/content, what recourse do you have to stop your vendor from complying with what they believe is a legal request, yet in your eyes is an illegal search and seizure since it's your data!
These are all very complicated legalities that need to be made clear in whatever contract you sign for a hosted mail service!
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Thursday 16th April 2015 06:34 GMT Pascal Monett
Did I get that right ?
Exchange 2016 is going to be in the cloud, but you can pretend you have it on-premise even though there will be a part in the cloud. Is that right ?
Well if it is, we're going to see just exactly how important all that privacy stuff actually is, because if it is important, companies will be avoiding that version like the plague.
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Thursday 16th April 2015 07:12 GMT Simon Sharwood, Reg APAC Editor
Re: Did I get that right ?
Not quite. You can have it on-premises, but the dev work for the on-premises version is derived from work that's *already* gone into the cloud version. So the innovation is being done for the cloud version and every so often MSFT gets around to productising some of that for on-premises ops.
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Thursday 16th April 2015 12:41 GMT P. Lee
Re: Did I get that right ?
Internet-based email?
'Tis a revolution I tell ya!
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What is actually interesting is that with every app which shifts to a web client, the Windows desktop becomes a little less important. It will be interesting to see if a less important desktop makes the Windows server less critical. Perhaps Visio will never be cloud-based and MS is just making one less app require a desktop installation procedure to fend off Google defections. It will be a fine line to walk.
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Thursday 16th April 2015 07:58 GMT Tim 11
"Faster and more intelligent search"
Having just switched from gmail to office 365, the biggest downside for me is search which doesn't seem to have improved significantly since I used exchange in 2001. If this is what on-prem exchange customers have to look forward to in exchange '16, don't get your hopes up too high.
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Thursday 16th April 2015 09:45 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Really?
"Is it really necessary to have a mahoosive pic of a woman's lips in a seductive post to head an article on Exchange?"
Looks like a kid to me. Don't see it's at all seductive. Unless you like that sort of thing...
Regardless of what it is, I can't see that photo ever being NSFW unless you work for ISIS or the Saudis...
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Thursday 16th April 2015 11:11 GMT Velv
Re: Really?
Don't care WHAT the picture is, they are (to me) a pain in the arse.
Please El Reg, introduce something to turn the images off. We've all consented to your cookies, there must be something smart you can do to remove the images for those readers who don't want them. It's meant to be responsive after all...
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Friday 17th April 2015 01:25 GMT Terafirma-NZ
awesome
So this means that they have actually tested the code. When I get it the features will work and be logical to end users.
This is the sole use that I love about O365 they build it see how hard it is to do fix it then give it to me. They don't have to get rid of on-prem just port back what they are doing online and allow us to build it.