Microsft Says New Exchange Server 2010 Will Provide Compatibility, "New Efficiency"

Microsoft has announced the availability of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. 

The company made the announcement at TechEd 2009 currently being held in Berlin, saying that the new Exchange Server, in combination with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, will provide a "new efficiency" to  all Dynamics ERP and CRM products.

Among the new efficiencies Microsoft promises are "server consolidation, easier quicker access to information, and the ability to interact with information in new ways with Windows Touch." (Windows Touch includes games and special applications like 3-D presentation of graphics, that comes with Windows 7.)

"By running Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM applications on the latest Microsoft IT infrastructure, our customers can move closer to the goal of being a dynamic business, with productive people, adaptive processes and a connected ecosystem," Microsoft said in its statement.

The announcement about Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 noted that  all of the Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM products are currently certified to run on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 and are fully compatible with Hyper-V or other products that are part of the Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program. 

The Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP) is open to any vendor that delivers a machine virtualization solution that hosts Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4 (SP4)and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and subsequent service packs. The virtualization solution can either be hypervisor-based or a hosted solution. The program enables vendors to validate various configurations so that Microsoft customers can receive technical support for Windows Server in virtualized environments.

Among the vendors involved are Cisco Systems, Citrix ...