Mac OS® X Snow Leopard™ Bible

Chapter 19. Working with Microsoft Exchange

IN THIS CHAPTER

Understanding Microsoft Exchange

Using Apple's Mail, iCal, and Address Book with Exchange

Using Microsoft Entourage with Exchange

Adding an iPhone or iPod Touch to the Exchange mix

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard comes with a great e-mail application (Mail), calendar application (iCal), and contacts manager (Address Book). But many people in the business world use Microsoft's Exchange products to handle all three functions, with Exchange Server on the back end managing everything and Entourage on the Mac (called Outlook in Windows) providing users with access to their e-mail, calendars, and contacts from the Exchange Server.

Microsoft has long made its Entourage application available for the Mac, so users have been able to work with Exchange for more than a decade. But Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard now integrates the Microsoft ActiveSync technology, making it even easier to work in an Exchange Server-based business, especially if your business uses the newest version of that server, Exchange Server 2007.

That means you can continue to use Entourage as your e-mail, contacts, and calendar applications alongside Address Book and iCal, or you can drop Entourage and use Mail, Address Book, and iCal exclusively and still be a "native" participant in your business's Exchange environment.

New Feature

Native support for ActiveSync and Exchange Server 2007 is new to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Cross-Ref

Chapter 11 explains how to set up and use Mail, ...