Exchange 2003 to RTM Monday
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Microsoft will release Exchange Server 2003 to manufacturing on Monday, company officials said Thursday. The company plans to hold prices steady from Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003 and will include more flexible licensing options for the messaging server, as well.
"Availability for volume licensing customers will be later this summer. General availability for retail is going to be later this year," said Missy Stern, an Exchange product manager.
Release to manufacturing means the code is finished and ready to be pressed into CDs or posted for download. For Exchange, the milestone means the end of a three-year development cycle that saw the inclusion of part of the functionality of Mobile Information Server and an interruption for the development team to get security training and review the code under the Trustworthy Computing initiative.