Another important point from that post is Microsoft has clarified their position on supporting Public Folders. They will support them for 10 years from the release of the next version of Exchange 2007. Let's assume the next release is in 2011. I am assuming this because the previous release to 2007 was in 2003. That means support for public folders will continue until 2011 + 10 = 2021. So will be thirteen more years of Public Folders support.

This is from the SharePoint blog:

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/04/01/updated-exchange-public-folder-vs-sharepoint-guidance.aspx

They say it is difficult to migrate complex environments from Exchange to SharePoint, and there are differences in functionality. For example, SharePoint calendars do not have the sophisticated tools for inviting attendees to events like in Outlook/Exchange. Of course, I would merge SharePoint and Exchange if I could, Mail and Calendars belong in SharePoint in my opinion.

I still think consolidating your information management in SharePoint is a better long term strategy, but there is not the short term urgency there once appeared to be. A gradual migratio is the best bet.


And here's a useful link, it explains what SharePoint means by a Property, Column, Field, Content Type etc.

http://blogs.msdn.com/andrew_may/archive/2006/06/14/SharePointTermsColumnsFieldsProperties.aspx

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