Announcing the SP1 Release for System Center Data Protection Manager 2007

Since you guys can’t start a page somewhere to give a status on the “Windows Server 2008 Exchange aware backup plug-in" that you guys are supposedly working on. I’m finding that it is necessary to post here. What I find really amazing about this whole situation is that there is already a working version of the plugin for SBS that has been available for almost a year now and yet there isn’t a single person working for the exchange team who is smart enough to port it over to enterprise and standard after all this time. To be honest I believe that Microsoft is purposely delaying the plugin in order to maximize profits on its DPM and licensing rights to the various backup companies. If the exchange team is serious about the plugin why isn’t there a status announcement on the subject? Personally I feel this was a horrible way to make money on the part of Microsoft. Also, if I was going to take a major part of a product away like say its ability to back itself up, that had always been available to the earlier versions of the product. I would think that a very large warning would be needed. Like something printed on all the advertisements. The only thing I can think to equate this to, would be if an automaker decided to take away the ability to backup (go in reverse) on their newest model and only pushed all the positive features of the new car in their advertisements. Then once you bought the car they told you that you should have read the manual more carefully before you bought it. Though they can sell you the ability to go in reverse for more $$$.