Will the Service Pack 2 be required for Exchange 2007 to interoperate with Exchange Server 2010?
“A: Yes, Exchange Server 2007 SP2 is required to interoperate with Exchange Server 2010 and to enable the transition of services to the latest version of the product. “Q: Can customers decide to skip Service Pack 2 if they are not planning to deploy Exchange 2010 and wait for the next version of the product? “A: Given the benefits SP2 provides, Microsoft recommends customers deploy SP2, so they can immediately benefit from the operational efficiency improvements and Update Rollups that generally address hotfixes, security and critical updates for the product. Ultimately it is customer’s decision on the timing to apply the service pack and Microsoft will support those customers in alignment with the Service Pack Support Policy.” Exchange Server 2007 SP2 is slated to provide new auditing capabilities, volume-snapshot-backup functionality, dynamic Active Directory schema update and validation, and public folder quota management, among other features. Microsoft released a public beta of Ex
