I am frustrated and discouraged by the now-seven-month delay on a Windows 2008 Backup plug-in for Exchange 2007. I quoted/billed/purchased/built a E2007/W2008 server for a SBE, and now the thing is sitting there useless--and more painful than--a broken arm.
How on earth am I supposed to deploy this thing without backup functionality? Does Microsoft honestly want me to try to sell DPM or Symantec to my SBEs? We're talking about thousands of SBEs here, mom-and-pops who *will not* upgrade to 2008 if they can get backup for free on 2003. What planet is Microsoft on?
I guess this shows us how low a priority SBEs are to the Exchange team. Come on guys, finish the crazy thing already.