What was Microsofts thinking behind the integration of Exchange 2003 and the Office System?
McCuistion: The integration really allows users to do more with less. This directly maps to the two main goals that the Exchange 2003 and Office System development groups had in establishing joint release criteria for these new products: Improve information worker productivity and drive down the overall cost of ownership for the system that brings the tools to you. The combination of Exchange 2003 and the Office System brings about a great level of integration between not only servers and clients, but also within the services that support the whole infrastructure. And Exchange 2003 really provides great new opportunities for working with Office System products like Microsoft Outlook, Word, SharePoint Portal Server, and Live Communications Server. Customers are saying, “Hey, it’s fantastic that you’re making these complementary products all work together and releasing them at the same time.” Myerson: The integration is especially important for Exchange and Outlook. From the customer’s p
