We’re approaching the one-year anniversary of the release of Exchange Server 2013. This is traditionally the time when people start asking questions like: When is Service Pack 1 coming? ...
Updated Jul 01, 2019
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@Geoff-P: Thank you for the feedback. Note:
1. Windows Server 2012 R2 was http://blogs.technet.com/b/in_the_cloud/archive/2013/08/27/today-is-the-rtm-for-windows-server-2012-r2.aspx
released less than 3 months ago. Exchange support for newer Windows Server versions usually follows in the next service pack.
2. The Edge Transport server role has not disappeared. When we released Exchange 2013, we indicated this role won't be available at RTM. It is included in Exchange 2013 SP1. See today's post:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/11/20/exchange-server-2013-service-pack-1-coming-in-early-2014.aspx
Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 Coming in Early 2014.
3. Thanks for the feedback on ForeFront Protection for Exchange.
4. Re >>The cloud / Office 365 should be marketed as Exchange for dummies.
We recognize that most customers will not transition to the cloud overnight, some won't in the foreseeable future, and some customers may never do so for various reasons. However, as far as admin capabilities go, the fact is that Exchange Online and Office
365 provide IT Pros a great administration experience. If you're familiar with on-premises server products, you use the same familiar interfaces -
EAC and
EMS - to manage it (along with the needed "glue" to sync directories that you would use in multi-forest environments even in on-premises deployments, and ADFS for Single Sign-On).
5. Thanks again for your feedback! As this post indicates, we are committed to and working hard on the next release of Exchange Server.