SecurenceView - Exchange 2007/10 Feature Comparison

Please note: A new release of SecurenceView is slated for August/September 2011.

Features

SecurenceView Exchange 2007 Exchange 2010

Notes

Maintenance: In-place upgrades Yes No  Yes* *You can upgrade the software but cannot do a migration from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 on the same server
Updates without reboot Yes No No Windows almost always requires a reboot on upgrades, SecurenceView/Linux almost NEVER requires a reboot - reduces downtime
Virtualization Support Yes No Yes  

*Assuming Exchange 2007/2010 "Premium Accounts" for Comparison



User Features

SecurenceView Exchange 2007 Exchange 2010

Notes

Mobile Device Sync with AS   Yes* Yes Yes IntelliPanel let's end-users select "which" secondary calendar, contacts, or tasks they want sync'd with ActiveSync
Global Signatures   Yes* Yes Yes *SecurenceView not only supports global signatures, but signatures by domain.  This gives Service Providers greater flexibility for customers
Forward mail inline or as attachments Yes Yes Yes  
Delegation Yes Yes Yes  
Instant Messaging    Yes**  Yes*  Yes* *Additional Cost, not native to the server.  **Open Source IM can easily be installed with SecurenceView at no extra cost
Task Management Yes Yes Yes  
Contact Managment Yes Yes Yes  
Shared Address Books Yes Yes Yes  
Authentication Type AD, OpenLDAP, Samba LDAP* AD AD SecurenceView can connect to Active Directory, OpenLDAP or Samba LDAP directories - giving greater flexibility to a user's existing structure
Web-based Administration Yes No No IntelliPanel gives greater flexibility to administrators on the go through secure, web-based admin controls (full admin)
Free/Busy Support Yes Yes Yes F/B can be viewed in either the Groupware WebClient or in Outlook with the Connector installed
Cross-browser compatible WebClient Yes No No Exchange 2007 only worked with IE.  Exchange 2010 resolves this, but SecurenceView has always had interoperability with all browsers
Out of Office Notifications    Yes**  Yes*  Yes* * Set in Outlook/OWA on Exchange. **Set in IntelliPanel on SecurenceView
Unified Messaging (VM and faxes to inbox)  No Yes Yes  


WebClient Features

SecurenceView Exchange 2007 Exchange 2010

Notes

Drag-and-drop  Yes* Yes Yes *SecurenceView only supports drag-and-drop on mail items
right-click Yes Yes Yes Full right-click menu options on messages and mailbox folders
Arrange by (sort order) No Yes Yes  
Flagging Messages    Yes**  Yes*  Yes* *Exchange - flagged messages show up in user's tasks.  **SecurenceView - Flagged messages display under "Top Flagged Items"
Junk E-Mail  Yes* Yes Yes *SecurenceView supports rules to move message to Junk Email, right-click to empty folder, but does not offer additional spam management
Explicit Login  Yes* Yes Yes *SecurenceView utilizes Access Control Lists for more granular control over "what" folders a person has access to instead of Explicit Login
Scheduling Assistant No Yes Yes  
SharePoint Services/Windows File Sharing No  Yes*  Yes* *Read only access
Search    Yes**  Yes*  Yes* *Exchange only returns the first 100 results in a search.  **SecurenceView' next release will resolve current erroneous search results
Reminders and Notifications Yes* Yes Yes Both Exchange and SecurenceView use a browser overlay for reminders .  *You cannot snooze reminders in SecurenceView
Mail Compose Options  Yes* Yes Yes *In SecurenceView you can select plain text or HTML emails, signatures and auto-save messages. Exchange offers other features for preferences that SecurenceView does not.
Spell Check Yes Yes Yes  
Calendar Options Yes* Yes Yes Exchange offers granular calendar preferences.  *SecurenceView allows you to select the default view (day, week, month) only.
Out of Office Assistant Yes* Yes Yes *SecurenceView requires Out of Office to be set through user's login of IntelliPanel. 
Search Folders No Yes Yes  
Password Change within Webclient  No* Yes Yes *SecurenceView passwords must be changed in IntelliPanel.
Empty Deleted Items on logoff No Yes Yes  
Distribution List Support Yes Yes Yes  
Server-side Rules  Yes* Yes Yes  l*Current version of SecurenceView requires that SmartSieve rules server software be installed (free).  Next version of SecurenceView (August/September) will include this feature.
Deleted Item Recovery No* Yes Yes *Current version of SecurenceView does not have this feature.  It is scheduled to be in the next major release of SecurenceView in August/September.
WebReady document viewing  No* Yes Yes *Future versions of SecurenceView will be capable of viewing XML documents in WebClient.  Exchange currently supports .xlsx, .docx, .pptx formats
Public Folders Yes Yes Yes  
SSL Support Yes Yes Yes  
Folder Sharing (any folder) Yes No  Yes* *Exchange 2010 requires additional steps to share folders.  SecurenceView is simple and identical to the process used in Outlook
Outlook "Auto-Discovery" No Yes* Yes *Exchange 2007 had limited success with Auto-Discovery of from Outlook clients
Custom Color Categories Yes* Yes Yes *SecurenceView with Outlook Connector supports colored categories.  SecurenceView WebClient does not - however, category settings are preserved
Threaded Conversation View (sorting) No Yes Yes  
Reading Pane View (right, bottom, off) Yes Yes Yes  
Custom Views (list view,) No Yes Yes  
Shared Calendar Viewing Yes  Yes* Yes *Exch2007 must enter shared Calendar URL manually.
Side-by-side Calendar Views Yes* No Yes *Available in SecurenceView with the Connector
Search Contacts  Yes* Yes Yes *Available in SecurenceView with the Connector. Will be added to Webclient end of August/September
Save Contact from email header Yes Yes Yes  
RSS Feeds Yes Yes Yes