Microsoft Releases Public Betas of Exchange Server 2007 and Forefront Security for Exchange Server

Microsoft today announced availability of the public betas of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and the new Forefront Security for Exchange Server. Customers can immediately evaluate both products and begin the migration to an advanced secure messaging solution.

Exchange Server 2007 builds on the leading e-mail, messaging and calendaring server with new features for improved security, remote and mobile access, compliance management, and unified messaging. Forefront Security for Exchange Server helps provide advanced protection against viruses, worms and spam, and is the first product available under the recently announced Microsoft Forefront brand for business security products.

“Today we enter the home stretch of delivering an unparalleled messaging solution, providing our customers with a cost-effective way to meet their most challenging messaging needs including compliance management and protection against constantly evolving security threats,” said Dave Thompson, corporate vice president of the Exchange Business Unit at Microsoft. “In conjunction with Exchange Server 2007, Forefront Security for Exchange will provide our customers with the advanced anti-virus and anti-spam protection needed in today’s world.”

Exchange Server 2007 beta 2 is available for download here,
Forefront Security for Exchange Server beta can be downloaded here.