Exchange Server 2013 vs. 2010 vs. 2007 – Quick Comparison Notes (New Features & Concepts)

Here is a quick reference table for Exchange Admins of what’s new or improved in successive versions of Exchange, from 2007 through 2013.

For a more general comparison, please visit here.

Exchange 2007	Exchange 2010	Exchange 2013
Exchange Server Roles	DAG	Cut down of Exchange Roles
64-bit Architecture	RBAC	No Edge – Included in SP1
Autodiscover	Shadow redundancy
Exchange Management Shell, EMC Console & Public Folder Management Console	CAS Array	No EMC – Exchange Admin Center
High Availability for Mailbox(LCR, SCR, CCR and SCC) and Hub server	Archive mailbox
		Public Folder mailbox
	Mail tips	In-place e-Discovery and In-place Hold. Integrated with Lync and SharePoint.
Database portability	Moderated delivery
	hybrid deployment
OWA with improved features (smart calendar scheduling, improved search, web ready document viewing)	Federation trust – Organization relationship – Sharing policies	OWA Offline Access and Apps.
		DAG – Auto-reseed and Managed Store (Multiple store-exe process)
Transport Rules/ Connectors Anti-spam filters	e-Discovery and Litigation Hold Mailbox move request
		Data Loss policy and Policy tips
	More transport rules	Load balancing CAS (No CAS array) All clients connect through RPC-over-https – No MAPI connections
New Exchange Services Accepted domain and email address policy	Address Book Policy OWA mailbox policies
	Manages certificates from EMC Manage mobile devices from EMC Reset virtual directories
		Exchange Workload Management
		Anti-Malware scanning
	Single Item recovery/Dumpster version 2.0
	Exchange Control Panel