Outlook 2007 vs. Outlook 2003

Executive Summary:

If you’re migrating from Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 to Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, you need to up-to-date on all of Outlook 2007’s new features, including those that work only if you’re also using Exchange Server 2007.

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Do you remember the first time you purchased a software application upgrade, only to discover that you’d wasted your hard-earned money on a few new bells and whistles that you didn’t even need or want? I remember the first time this happened to me—and the many times since then. Those experiences have made me leery about purchasing new software if the version I’m using is working just fine. For years, I kept using Microsoft Office 2000 or Microsoft Office 97/98, even though I had a perfectly good copy of Microsoft Office XP waiting to be installed. “No thanks,” was all I could think whenever I looked at that box. . . .