Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Distilled

Developer Enhancements in Exchange 2003

Since Exchange 5.5, Microsoft has tried to position and market Exchange as a platform for collaborative applications, such as document management, workflow, and other messaging-based applications. Put somewhat differently, the company has tried to turn Exchange into a knowledge and information management system. The goal of the ideal information management system is not to present all data to all users but rather to provide mechanisms that enable users to receive only the information they can absorb and use. While it would seem natural to want to provide key decision makers with access to more and more information, the goal here is to actually reduce the information that is presented, not increase it. This ...