12
Feb
Exchange 2003 users consider alternatives for Outlook 2013 support
When Microsoft first unveiled Office 2013, they did at the time point out that it wouldn't be long before they withdrew support for Windows Vista, XP and Office 2003.
More recently however we've learned that Exchange 2003 is also on the 'chopping block', and that's forcing users to consider alternative email solutions.
Towards the tail end of last year, Microsoft announced a somewhat controversial decision to call time on the hugely popular Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 - the last OEM copies of which will be exhausted by the end of 2013.
SBS has now been replaced by two flavours of Windows Server 2012 (Essentials and Standard), but unlike their predecessor, neither of which include an email server component - highlighting Microsoft's intention to 'guide' customers towards their