Beta 2 of Exchange Server 2003, formerly code-named Titanium, is now available. This is the first public beta of the product, which is expected to ship along with Office 11 in mid-2003. Exchange 2003 is the only version of Exchange that will run on Windows Server 2003 and it includes an improved Web client, provides better mobile and remote access, and harnesses some of the new capabilities of Windows Server 2003, particularly improved backup and restore operations using the new Volume Shadow Copy feature. (For details on the new features in Exchange 2003, see "Interim Exchange, Outlook Upgrades Coming in 2003" on page 3 of the Oct. 2002 Update.) Microsoft has not yet released pricing or licensing details.

For more information and to download the beta or order it on CD, see www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/ti/beta.asp.

Developers building applications that use Exchange should see msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/etb2dp/mini_ti/_e2k3_welcome.asp.