Microsoft Entourage 2008 for Mac, Web Services Edition, uses Exchange Web Services as the primary protocol for interacting with the Exchange mailbox database. Exchange Web Services moves several responsibilities from the client computer to the server. For example, a significant amount of logic, such as accepting and forwarding meeting events, was moved to the server. This relieves Exchange client applications, such as Entourage, from performing many server tasks and also ensures compatibility across clients.
The following table shows the functions available in Entourage 2008, which uses both WebDAV and Exchange Web Services, versus those available in Entourage 2008, Web Services Edition. Use this information to develop an upgrade strategy for the new version of Entourage so that you can take advantage of the latest innovations that Exchange 2007 and Entourage have to offer.
Feature is included
Feature is not included
Function | Entourage 2008 (Uses WebDAV and Exchange Web Services) | Entourage 2008, Web Services Edition |
|---|---|---|
Provides logic for calendaring (such as handling meeting and calendar events) on the server | ||
Synchronizes tasks with the Exchange server | ||
Synchronizes notes with the Exchange server | ||
Synchronizes categories with the Exchange server | ||
Includes interoperability with Exchange server business logic | ||
Provides GAL details | ||
Enables meeting attachments | ||
Provides logging | ||
Enables Autodiscover service for hosted accounts | ||
Synchronizes contacts with Exchange server | ||
Enables implementation of corporate archival policies by using managed folders | ||
Exposes attendee free/busy information | ||
Enables delegate management (such as setting on-behalf rights) | ||
Enables delegate access | ||
Provides additional out-of-office settings, such as separate internal and external out-of-office messages | ||
Provides access to Exchange server over HTTP | ||
Synchronizes folders and items | ||
Enables proxy auto-config (.pac) files | ||
Resolves ambiguous names | ||
Enables meeting reminders | ||
Provides public folder support | ||
Enables Spotlight search | ||
Supports integrated Windows (Kerberos and NTLM) authentication and client certificate-based authentication |
