Microsoft acknowledged problems Tuesday morning with downloading its Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate. The software giant was working on the problem for TechNet members, and the links were reported working Tuesday afternoon.
The problem was reported just days after Microsoft made available the release-to-manufacturing version of Windows Server 2008 for TechNet and MSDN subscribers. Because it’s only available in 64-bit editions for x64 and Itanium processors, Virtual Server 2005 R2 cannot be used as a test platform.
According to Gerod Serafin, writing on a TechNet blog, Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate co-exists with Exchange 2003 and 2007. But using it with Exchange 2007 requires the Exchange 2007 SP2, which is expected to be released later this month.
Serafin also wrote that Exchange Server 2010 RC can be installed on Windows 2008 SP2 or Windows 2008 R2. He added that those who install the Exchange RC version will be able to do an in-place upgrade to the final version.in
Some new features of Exchange 2010 include rights-protected e-mail, a new messaging policy, a Web management interface, and new administration functions.