BANGALORE, INDIA: IT major Microsoft has announced that its Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 would be available in Q3 2009.

Users who want to make the Exchange Server 2007 work with Microsoft's newest e-mail server release, namely, Exchange Server 2010, would need to apply the SP2 upgrade.

“Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) enables customers to increase their operational efficiency and it sets the foundation for the transition to Exchange Server 2010, which is expected to be available in the second half of 2009,” said the Microsoft's Exchange server website.

A public beta of Exchange Server 2010 is available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/2010.

SP2 is available at no additional cost to customers that have purchased Exchange Server 2007, said the website.