Exchange 12 is in the mail. No, really!!!

Yes, you read that correctly. The Exchange 12 CTP is being mailed to a bunch of lucky Microsoft IT Pros. There is a catch however… They are being mailed to TechNet Plus subscribers. In fact, they started shipments on 2/28 so some of you may get the goods tomorrow. Now in an evil twist of irony, the MSDN subscribers expecting it on the download area will have to wait. What? Yes, you read that correctly as well. It gets better…

This morning I went and registered as an attendee for the webcasts running 3/14 – 3/17. As I was registering, I recalled that I had heard they were dropping Exchange 12 to the MSDN download area. I thought to myself, self, we need to fix this for our beloved TechNet IT Pros. I mean, what are we, chopped liver? So I started making some not so subtle queries to find out if we could load the TechNet Plus user ids into the MSDN download center.

I found out that instead, the Exchange 12 CTP is already being mailed out. This is great!!!  So here are the registration links for the webcasts and some other resource links:

Exchange '12' Preview – Live Webcasts

TechNet Webcast: An Overview of Exchange “12” (Level 200)
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
1:00 P.M.–2:30 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Giving the Administrator More Control in Exchange “12” (Level 200)
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
1:00 P.M.–2:30 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Client Access and Web Services in Exchange “12” (Level 200)
Thursday, March 16, 2006
11:30 A.M.–1:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Message Security and Active Protection in Exchange “12” (Level 200)
Friday, March 17, 2006
9:30 A.M.–11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

Exchange 12 Preview Area – https://www.microsoft.com/exchange/preview/default.mspx

Exchange 12 Overview – https://www.microsoft.com/exchange/preview/overview.mspx

Exchange 12 FAQ – https://www.microsoft.com/exchange/preview/faq.mspx