'With Entourage, the logic resided on the client. 'The new architecture and database (high-speed file-based) puts us on the launching pad to deliver Outlook for Mac,' Tedesco said. Outlook for Mac will also tap into a new database. Cocoa enables a Mac-type user experience with the productivity features of Microsoft Outlook, according to Tedesco. Outlook for Mac is built 'from the ground up' using Cocoa, Apple's development platform. Outlook for Mac will include information rights management, a highly requested feature, according to Tedesco, that helps protect sensitive information in an organization. This new architecture will enable faster connectivity, plus synchronization with tasks, notes and categories. 'Today's enterprise Mac users need to be able to work seamlessly with Windows workers on the network and still have the Mac experience.'Įntourage 2008 for Mac Web Services Edition will use a new architecture to connect with Exchange Server, replacing WebDAV, Tedesco said.

'Our job at MacBU is to keep pace with our Windows Office team and with the Macintosh platform development and basically integrate from both sides,' he said. MacBU will keep pace and deliver product upgrades, following to a 'two- to three-year delivery cycle,' Tedesco explained. The PC side has been getting a lot of the buzz, with Windows 7 already released and Office 2010 scheduled for release in the first half of next year. 'I touch bases with Mac users in the enterprise on a daily basis so that we can deliver the right solutions in the right timeframe,' commented Mike Tedesco, senior product manager at Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU), in a telephone interview. Outlook for Mac will feature a new user interface, plus functionality requested by current enterprise Mac users. Next year, Microsoft plans to replace the desktop version of Entourage for Mac with a new application called 'Outlook for Mac.' This new e-mail client is scheduled for release in late 2010 as part of the next version of Office for Mac, according to Microsoft's blog.

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