Updated: August 2, 2020 (November 19, 2007)

Exchange 2007 SP1 Prepares for New OS

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Despite its “service pack” designation, Exchange Server 2007 SP1 is an important update that supports the planned Windows Server 2008 OS, delivers a useful new high availability feature, and restores capabilities that were missing from the initial Exchange 2007 release. Consequently, many organizations will see SP1 as the starting signal for Exchange 2007 deployments. Organizations already on Exchange 2007 will have to test SP1 as they would a new minor release of the product. SP1 was released in beta form to MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers in Aug. 2007, with production release planned by the end of 2007.

Compatibility for Windows Server 2008, Communications Server

Other than bug fixes, the most important updates in SP1 support compatibility between Exchange 2007 and other Microsoft products. In particular:

SP1 is required to run Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008, an OS update that will deliver a variety of file system, networking, clustering, and management improvements
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