Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1

Brief Description

Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) offers new updates and improvements to Exchange Server 2003.

Overview

Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) offers new updates and improvements to Exchange Server 2003. Enhancements include new language support for Outlook Mobile Access and Microsoft Office Outlook® Web Access spelling checkers, and out-of-office modification, a larger text entry field, search folder support, and improved menu navigation for the Outlook Mobile Access user interface.

Updated deployment tools are included with SP1 to help you with site consolidation. Site consolidation involves moving Exchange servers from remote sites into a larger central site and allowing users in remote offices to access their mailboxes and public folders over the network. Site consolidation provides the following benefits:

The Exchange topology is simplified.

You can administer Exchange centrally and reduce administrative costs.

You can make better use of hardware because there are fewer mailbox servers as well as fewer auxiliary servers. A centralized datacenter can also increase scalability and availability.

Consolidating sites can help your organization reach the goal of running Exchange in native mode by reducing the number of Exchange 5.5 servers in the organization.

With fewer mailbox servers, there are fewer targets for security issues.

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003

Read the release notes for SP1 to ensure a successful SP1 installation. This service pack cannot be uninstalled.
Before installing SP1, you must make a complete backup of all of your Exchange data.
After installing SP1, you must make another complete backup of your Exchange data for your records.

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Instructions

Create a folder named SP1 on your local hard disk.
Download the E3SP1ENG.exe file into the SP1 folder.
In My Computer, open the SP1 folder, and then double-click E3SP1ENG.exe.
In the Unzip To Folder dialog box, enter the location of the SP1 folder, and then click the Unzip button.
When the self-extraction process is complete, click OK, and then click Close.

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