It’s hard to believe, but Exchange Server is now 30 years old! A lot has changed since the first release of Exchange Server 4.0 in 1996: protocols, platforms, scale, and even what “email” means in th...
Updated Mar 23, 2026
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Congrats, and it's been a fun ride (still is).
Just one note about the birth date: I still remember setting up WGPO in WFW 3.11 back in the early 90's, so it may be even older.
OK, not technically Exchange Server, but still - if I remember correctly, Exchange started at v4 because Ms Mail was v3.2. 😉
Feeling old now...
I feel that pain of "feeling old" in this day of "supersonic" IT. I miss the old days when a new version was launched once every 3 years with no cloud services.