Outlook Licensing Support

[Tom]

As we migrate to the new Exchange server 2003, we're
currently on Exchange 5.5, using various outlook clients
97 -98-2000-2002-2003 with different licening. Can we use
Outlook 2000 inplace of 97, I found that 98 can supercede
97. Outtlook 2000 came with sp3 for exchange
Any ideas

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

You can use whatever Outlook versions you have licenses for.....OL98 was far
better than the very buggy OL97 (which is why it was available for free
download for a long time) but is no longer available, or supported. It is a
very good idea to keep all clients (OS, Office version) as similar/identical
as possible, from a support and roaming standpoint.....

I was under the impression that the retail version of E2003 might sometimes
include Outlook - not sure if this is the case. Check with your reseller.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Probably yes, after you buy your Exchange 2003 CALs, which include the use
of Outlook 2003, and Microsoft has a policy that volume license customers
can downgrade to a previous version. But ask a Microsoft licensing
specialist to be sure.