Compare Microsoft Exchange Versions
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OWA Design | Basic version only | Includes drag and drop, right click, spell check. Premium version only available for Internet Explorer. | Includes mailbox search, preview pane, conversation view. Premium support for Explorer, Safari, Firefox, and Chrome. | Redesigned in Windows 8 style, optimized for touchscreens, automatically adjusts for mobile devices. Inline composition emails, tasks, etc. (no pop-ups). |
OWA Offline Access | Not available | Not available | Not available | Available for HTML5 browsers |
OWA Single Page View | Not available | Available in Internet Explorer | Available for all browsers | Available for all browsers |
OWA Calendar | Basic calendar view | Views for daily, weekly, and work week. | View multiple calendars side-by-side. | New month and agenda views. Able to overlay multiple calendars. |
Instant Messaging Support | Not available | Not available | Integrated IM with presence in Outlook and OWA | Integrated IM with presence in Outlook and OWA |
Conversation View | Only with Outlook 2007 | Available in Outlook | Available in Outlook, OWA, and mobile phone | Available in Outlook, OWA, and mobile phone |
Advanced Inbox Search | Outlook only | Outlook and OWA | Outlook and OWA | Outlook and OWA |
View Shared Calendars | Outlook only | Outlook and OWA | Outlook, OWA and mobile phone | Outlook, OWA and mobile phone |
Third Party Mail | Not available | Not available | Outlook Social | Integration of Bing |
Apps | None | None | Integration for LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media. | Social media and maps integration. Wide variety of other apps on Microsoft Marketplace. |
Unified Contacts | Not available | Not available | Outlook Social Connector to integrate social network contacts. | Integrate contacts from social media sites. |
Contact Search | Basic contact search | Nickname cache (autocomplete) | Outlook Social Connector allows searching contacts from social networks. | Fast-search across personal contacts, social networks, and GAL. Phonetic search, enhanced nickname search |
Infrastructure | Runs on 32-bit hardware. Single Copy Cluster (SCC) creates single point of failure | Runs on 64-bit hardware for faster performance | High availability offered through Database Availability Group (DAG) | New data store with improved indexing and searching |