New servers have been built with 64-bit capabilities for at least one year, yet we rarely see servers built with the 64-bit version of Windows Server.
Part of the reason for this is that there were never clear benefits of going down the 64-bit road. The performance improvements were marginal, yet we would have to also deal with potential application compatibility and driver compatibility issues.
It may come as a bit of shock that Exchange 2007 requires a 64-bit installation. A 32-bit production installation is not supported by Microsoft.
Once you see the clear benefits of running Exchange 2007 under a 64-bit environment, you will very likely change your mind regarding the whole 64-bit dilemma.
In this next video review, I’ll walk you through:
- the difference between 32-bit and 64-technology
- operating system and application limits
- disk input/output reduction by implementing 64-bit tech
- cache and storage benefits
I will also walk you through another new feature called Outlook AutoDiscovery, which I managed to squeeze onto this video as well.
This next video review of the benefits of 64-bit technology lasts for almost 11 minutes.
All Exchange 2007 review videos:
- Part 1 – Introduction to all of the new features that will be covered in the reviews (3.5 minutes)
- Part 2 – disaster recovery features (13 minutes)
- Part 3 – Unified Messaging (12 minutes)
- Part 4 – Outlook Web Access 2007 (27 minutes)
- Part 5 – Mobility features (13 minutes)
- Part 6 – 64-bit technology (11 minutes)
- Part 7 – management features (21 minutes)
- Part 8 – compliance features (17 minutes)
- Part 9 – edge services (6.5 minutes)
- Part 10 – roles (5.5 minutes)
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