Betanews says: [snip]…A lot of work on Exchange 12 has been focused on administrative tools. The new release has been componentized and administrators can choose to install only the pieces they need. Exchange will also be able to automatically detect and configure end-user systems.Microsoft’s new command line shell, known as Monad, will make its first appearance in Exchange 12. The scriptable shell can be used for automating tasks, essentially providing command line control of Exchange that goes beyond the standard Exchange System Manager…[snip]
Zdnet says: [snip]…The company is also adding a scripting tool that enables power users to write code to automate repeated tasks, such as building new email accounts for each new employee. The tool is based on Monad, Microsoft’s next-generation scripting shell and is the first product to incorporate Monad technology.“In the past that was something you could do, but it was not that easy,” Kidd said…[snip] That’s totally awesome….
I can’t wait till we start getting customer feedback on all the new features: brand new OWA, Calendaring, Scripting, Cmdline, new ESM, Clustering, Mobility… and much more.