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MS Exchange Server
A mail server developed by Microsoft that provides email, scheduling, and tools for custom collaboration and messaging service applications, runs exclusively on Windows OS.
| First released | 1993 |
| Developed by | Microsoft |
| Latest stable version | MS Exchange Server 2019 |
| Open-source | No |
| Used by | Iternity, AWS, Commvault |
Interesting facts
Microsoft introduced the Autodiscover service in Exchange 2007 as a solution for the perennial problem in which users had trouble configuring Outlook with the parameters that were necessary to connect to Exchange. The basic difficulty: Server names that make perfect sense to administrators put users into a deep sleep. Apparently, regular users have problems coping with names such as EXSERVER1 or MBXHUB-LONDON.
