Outlook for Mac! Coming this Holiday Season as part of Office 2010…

Microsoft said Thursday, August 13th that it plans to develop a new version of its Outlook email client for Apple computers to replace its Mac-based Entourage product. This will allow Mac users to fully integrate their Exchange mailboxes, public folders, contacts, and calendars into their OS 10.6 Snow Leopard OS’s when released.

“Outlook will be a Cocoa application,” Wilfrid said, citing the development layer of Mac OS X. “We’re building on the most modern OS X framework to make Outlook beautiful, to make it high performance, and to make it well integrated with the operating system.”

The application will also include information rights management with cross-platform support. The technology will allow users of Outlook on Mac and Windows to share confidential information on either platform. Features such as flagging messages, creating and accessing public folders and managed folders, and category sync will all be cross-platform as well. Outlook 2010 for Mac will be available sometime this 2009 Holiday Season.

Apple is also releasing its newest Operation System – 10.6 (Snow Leopard) sometime this coming September, which will feature full Active Sync integration with Exchange. Native apps like Address Book and iCal will now synchronize via LDAP with Exchange 2007 servers’ Global Address Lists and Calendars.

We are beginning to observe Microsoft and Apple converge towards a smooth operating cross-platform meeting environment, empowering consumers to be proactive in choosing an OS without interfering with overall business productivity.

If you are interested in learning more about incorporating Macs into your business environment, please contact Everon at 888-244-1748.

Danny Sears
Everon Network Engineer

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