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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It's not an exaggeration to say Exchange changed the world, and we can only hope it continues to and that Microsoft doesn't throw the baby out with the bathwater). I cut my teeth on Exchange Server 2000. That, along with Windows 2000 and Active Directory felt like a huge leap forward. Fun fact; upgrading my Windows 2000 domain controller to Service Pack 4 killed my Exchange Server 2000. I opened a case with Microsoft and they never could figure out why and the eventual "fix" was just to roll it back to Service Pack 3. When we eventually introduced Windows Server 2003 DC isn't want a problem and Exchange 2003 and later 2010 never had any problems. Never did figure it out.