Exchange 2010 Sp1 Beta is available now, let’s have a first look

As posted by the Exchange team yesterday, it is true: Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Beta Now Available for Download

Once you have downloaded the files, and deployed them, you are ready to rock the Exchange 2010 Sp1 world.

Let’s have a short look at some of the new features..

1. Ability to store a user’s personal archive in a different mailbox database than the one homing it’s primary mailbox

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2. Theme selection available in Outlook Web App

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3. Possibility to create a new role group using ECP

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4. Possibility to create a new role assignment policy using ECP

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5. Ability to create transport and journal rules using ECP

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6. Ability to create Retention Policy Tags and Retention Policies using the EMC

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Just a few first impressions…more to follow :-)

Ilse