Communicates with the server that is running Microsoft Exchange Server.

Yes

Entourage 2008 uses the WebDAV(Also known as WebDAV). World Wide Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning. An Internet protocol that is used by Entourage and Outlook Web Access to communicate with an Exchange server. protocol to communicate with the Exchange server to manage mail, contacts, and the Calendar.

Yes

Outlook uses a MAPI-based architecture to communicate with the Exchange server.

Provides offline access to the Global Address List (GAL).

No

Yes

Enables mapping between subscribed public folders in Entourage and public folder favorites in Outlook.

No

Public folders that are set as favorites in Entourage are not established automatically as favorites in Outlook. Users can choose to subscribe to such folders manually in Outlook.

No

Public folders that are set as favorites in Outlook are not established automatically as subscribed public folders in Entourage. Users can choose to subscribe to such folders manually in Entourage.

Enables Outlook forms, voting buttons, and receipt tracking.

No

Yes

Enables RTF message formatting.

Compose/Send: No

Receive: When an RTF e-mail message is sent to an Entourage client, the Exchange server converts the message into HTML or Plain Text format before sending it to the client.

Yes

Creates or modifies server-based rules.

No

For information about creating server-based rules, see How e-mail rules work in Entourage 2008 in the Office 2008 Planning section.

Yes

Synchronizes Tasks and Notes with the Exchange server.

No

For information about synchronization, see How information is synchronized between Entourage 2008 and Exchange Server in the Office 2008 Planning section.

Yes

Manages Exchange server distribution lists

No

Yes

Synchronizes the following with Outlook:

No

Not applicable

Synchronizes S/MIME certificates and contact photos between Outlook and Entourage

No

No