Feature Comparison Chart
The table below can help you decide which program(s) are right for you, based on what you need to be able to do. Note that some features for email and calendaring will only be available in certain programs.
| Outlook 2007 | Entourage 2008 | Mail, iCal, on Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) | OWA Premium (using Internet Explorer) | OWA Light (using non-IE web browsers) | Other email programs (Eudora, Thunderbird, etc.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Able to use with Exchange |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Able to archive email to local folders |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Able to configure vacation/auto-replies |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Able to create email rules/filters |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Able to delegate access to your email and/or calendar to someone else |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
N/A |
|
Able to act as a delegate in email and/or calendar on behalf of someone else |
Yes |
Yes |
calendar = Yes |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
|
Able to choose whether or not to send a response, or edit a response, when replying to a meeting invitation |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
|
Able to use the scheduling assistant to find free meeting times for a group of people |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes, but no details unless you view the calendar as a delegate |
Yes |
N/A |
|
Able to share my calendar |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
N/A |
|
Able to view a shared calendar |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
|
Able to propose a new time for a meeting that you are invited to |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
|
Able to make a calendar event private |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
|
Able to use the Exchange global address list (GAL) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Able to have new Exchange information via push instead of timed updates |
Yes |
Yes, with Web Services Edition |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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